Pontifications: Boeing softens 747-8F recovery

July 25, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing July 21 announced it is taking an after tax charge of more than $800m against the 747-8 program. It also canceled plans to increase production of the 747-8F from the current 0.5/mo to… Read More

Boeing announces $2bn in new charges

July 21, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing today announced $1.66bn in new after tax charges to its 787 and 747-8 commercial programs and a $393m after tax charge for its KC-46A USAF tanker program. “On a pretax basis… Read More

Boeing launches PFS 2.0

Update, 0815 PDT July 7: Boeing Corporate Headquarters responded to our questions. The transcript has been added to the article below. July 7, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Boeing’s controversial Partnering for Success (PFS) drew ire from its suppliers… Read More

Book Review: The Crash Detectives

  July 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The Crash Detectives, by Christine Negroni, © 2016. Penguin Books. Available on Amazon.com. As an avid follower of The Smithsonian Channel’s “Air Disaster” series and The Weather Channel’s “Why Planes Crash,”… Read More

Pontifications: Boeing is back

July 4, 2016, © Leeham Co.: It’s looking like all the pain and agony of the 787 development is behind Boeing. (Except for the deferred production costs, of course.) Boeing is back into airplane development mode. To be… Read More

Fuel prices rising, muted wide-body demand noted by analysts

  June 22, 2016: Our weekly synopsis of select analyst notes point to increasing fuel costs and weak wide-body demand, among other things, as issues to consider. Highlights: A350 deliveries at risk due to Zodiac supplier issues. (Buckingham.)… Read More

Don’t look for defections to Boeing over Airbus delays

Subscription Required Introduction June 20, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Recent suggestions and threats that delays at Airbus for the A320neo and A350 means angry customers will flock to Boeing are naïve and grandstanding under the circumstances existing today…. Read More

Weekly analyst note synopses

Note: LNC begins today a weekly synopsis of select analyst notes we receive in the previous seven days. Highlights: Delta Air Lines guides down on weaker PRASM. Garuda claims it’s now a buyer’s market for new aircraft. Interior… Read More

Slowing economies begin to impact Airbus, Boeing

Subscription Required Introduction LatAm Airbus A350. LatAm may defer some A350s and/or Boeing 787s. Photo: Flickr via Google images. June 13, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Signs are becoming more frequent that airlines are facing slowing economies around the… Read More

UTAS sees increasing electronic architecture in future airplanes

Subscription Required Introduction June 9, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The debate continues whether the next new, clean-sheet airplane will be a Middle of the Market aircraft (MOMA) or replacements for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families. Along… Read More