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Leeham News and Analysis
- Pontifications: Technical challenges for UAMs, et al, only part of the problems March 28, 2023
- An uneven financial recovery among OEMs and Suppliers March 27, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 5. Optimal fuselage March 24, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 5P. Optimal fuselage March 24, 2023
- A Chinese intervention in Ukraine would kill its aerospace industry March 23, 2023
The A350 enhancements, Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Nov. 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Last week, we described the New Production Standard (NPS) of the Airbus A350. Now we look at the economic performance of the A350-900 versus the Boeing… Read More
A Boeing 787 freighter, which variant and how good?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 17, 2022, © Leeham News: Monday, we started a series of articles discussing a possible Boeing 787 freighter. It shall replace the Boeing 767 freighter, one of Boeing’s most-produced models, with… Read More
A Boeing 787-10 HGW, how good is it? Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the predicted performance of a new version of Boeing’s 787-10 with an increased Gross Weight as announced by Boeing (called 787-10… Read More
A Boeing 787-10 HGW, how good is it?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 24, 2022, © Leeham News: The CEO of Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA), Stan Deal, said at the Singapore Air show the company worked on increased gross weight versions of both the… Read More
HOTR: Boeing works on HGW 787-10—and the 787-9
Jan. 5, 2022, © Leeham News: In his first interview since becoming CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Stan Deal told The Seattle Times that development of a High Gross Weight (HGW) version of the 787-10 is underway. “[Deal]… Read More
Enhancing the Dreamliner, Part 8: Wrap Up
Subscription Required By Bjorn Ferhm and Vincent Valery Introduction Nov. 26, 2020, © Leeham News: After analyzing the three members of the Dreamliner family on several routes out of San Francisco to Asian destinations, we conclude the series… Read More
Enhancing the Dreamliner, Part 7: The optimum range for the 787-10
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction November 19, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of the 787-10 to the 787-9 on the San Francisco to Sydney route. We could see this 6,500nm route does… Read More
Enhancing the Dreamliner, Part 6: The 787-10 analyzed
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction November 12, 2020, © Leeham News: We look deeper at the 787-10, the stretched Dreamliner. The 787-10 was conceived as a “cut and stretch” of the 787-9, leaving as many parts untouched… Read More
Boeing 787 SC plant has room to increase production in current building: Exclusive Leeham News Analysis
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Introduction Nov. 2, 2020, © Leeham News: When Boeing announced consolidation of the 787 Program in Charleston, Washington State and local officials—as well as thousands of employees—hoped that if production rates… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing works on green aviation initiatives
Oct. 5, 2020, © Leeham News: Even as Boeing works its way through the final days of the 737 MAX grounding and how to survive the COVID-19 crisis, it’s working on greener aviation. LNA already reported how Boeing… Read More
