Leeham News and Analysis
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Pontifications: Boeing takes another charge on tanker program; What’s next?
July 20, 2015, © Leeham Co.: Boeing on Friday took another charges against its USAF aerial refueling tanker program, the KC-46A, this time $536m after taxes ($855m before taxes). This brings the charges to date to more than $800m… Read More
Options for Singapore Airlines to operate direct flights to the US.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. July 20, 2015 © Leeham Co. Last week week we wrote about how Singapore Airlines is in talks with Airbus and Boeing to find a suitable solution for its Ultra-Long Haul airplane needs…. Read More
Boeing’s McNerney on 787 costs, obsoleting airplanes
July 8, 2015: Bloomberg News interviewed Jim McNerney, then-CEO of The Boeing Co., June 15 at the Paris Air Show. (McNerney relinquished his CEO title a week later to Dennis Muilenburg.) Although McNerney got it wrong on the… Read More
Airbus, Boeing YTD orders assessed (Update)
Update, July 8: In our original post, we omitted 44 Boeing 737NGs from the YTD firm orders. The charts and text have been updated to reflect this information. July 7, 2015, © Leeham Co. Airbus pulled ahead of… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Hot competition in Middle east.
By Bjorn Fehrm Boeing needs hundreds of 777 orders to bridge the production gap is now open to all Readers. Introduction 12 June 2015, C. Leeham Co: Earlier in the week we had an interesting interview with… Read More
Widebody sales prospects this year
Subscription required. Introduction June 3, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Sales of widebody jets have slowed going into the Paris Air Show in under two weeks. Airbus sold six A330-200s, four A330-200Fs and Boeing hopes to make a sale… Read More