Leeham News and Analysis
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Will increasing fuel prices revitalize new aircraft sales?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction August 2, 2018, © Leeham News.: As outlined in our Monday article the changing fuel price is affecting fleet plans. With increasing cost of fuel one would expect the airlines to order… Read More
US seeks arbitration for Boeing “harm” in WTO subsidies case
July 19, 2018, © Leeham News, Farnborough: Without fanfare and with no announcement from Boeing or the US Trade Representative, an official request has been filed with the World Trade Organization to commence arbitration in the 14-year trade… Read More
Farnborough: NMA business case appears to weaken, evidence at air show indicates
Analysis July 18, 2018, © Leeham News, Farnborough: The biggest, longest-running story at this year’s Farnborough Air Show is about an airplane that doesn’t exist: the prospective Boeing New Midmarket Aircraft (NMA or 797). And the underlying story… Read More
Norwegian’s red spring
By Bjorn Fehrm June 27, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In our March 7th article, we described the creative accounting methods Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) had used to hide its weak state of solvency after a tough 2017. In two… Read More
IAM may be playing with fire in SC union vote
June 20, 2018, © Leeham News: The International Association of Machinists may be playing with fire. Puget Sound’s IAM 751 may be burned in the process. The Charleston Post and Courier reported that the IAM will file a… Read More
Airbus risks losing market share if it doesn’t boost A350 production
Subscription Required Introduction June 11, 2018, © Leeham News: Boeing is increasing the production rate of the 787 next year from 12 to 14/mo. Airbus is reducing the production rate of the A330neo from 10 to 6/mo. Last… Read More
How competitive is A330neo? Part 3.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction June 7, 2018, © Leeham News: In Part 1 we compared the base characteristics of Airbus’ A330-900 and Boeing’s 787-9. In Part 2 we compared the fuel consumptions. Now we continue with the… Read More