Airbus procurement head “convinced” supply chain issues are on right path

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Juergen Westermeier, head of procurement for Airbus. Source: Airbus. Dec. 12, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus wants to sharply increase the production rates of its A220, A320, and A350 lines between now and… Read More

Airbus 9 month 2024 results: Inventory build-up for Q4 and Space Business lowers results

By Bjorn Fehrm October 30, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the first nine months of 2024. The operational result (EBIT Adjusted) is €0.8bn lower than in 9M2023, caused by an inventory increase of… Read More

Longshoreman strike adds to Airbus, Boeing woes

Update, Oct. 3: The Longshoreman’s union and the employers agreed to a 62% pay hike over six years. The strike has been called off. By Scott Hamilton Oct. 1, 2024, © Leeham News: As if the aviation industry… Read More

Slow production ramp up, international sanctions slow C919 progress

Subscription Required By Karl Sinclair Sept. 9, 2024, © Leeham News: China isn’t getting into the commercial aviation industry to let Airbus and Boeing supply three quarters of the market, says a consultant. The long-term outlook for the… Read More

Airbus a sideshow in Boeing-Spirit deal, but intertwined

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team  Aug. 9, 2024, © Leeham News: The financial results for the first half of 2024 are in for the corporations of the aviation industry and it has been a mixed bag… Read More

Airbus sees 3.8% growth in new aircraft deliveries through 2043 vs last year’s forecast

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton July 15, 2024, © Leeham News: Airbus boosted its 20 year forecast for new aircraft deliveries by 3.8% compared with last year’s Global Market Forecast (GMF). Single aisle mainline aircraft (ie, no regional… Read More

Embraer’s outlook improves as supply chain stabilizes, near-term availability drives demand

Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction  July 8, 2024, © Leeham News: Embraer is on track for a relatively upbeat Farnborough Airshow later this month, having been spared most of the supply chain headwinds plaguing Airbus and Boeing…. Read More

Boeing is fighting fire with fire in reacquiring Spirit Aero (Updated)

Subscription required By Dan Catchpole Analysis July 1, 2024, © Leeham News: This is an analysis of Boeing’s reported $4.7 billion purchase Spirit AeroSystems, as Reuters reported Sunday. First, let’s set the frame. Boeing seems incapable of doing… Read More

Southwest could solve its MAX 7 woes … by buying Breeze?

Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction  May 6, 2024, © Leeham News: Southwest Airlines, still awaiting the certification and delivery of the Boeing 737 MAX 7 as a replacement for its aging 737-700s, might have an unorthodox alternative:… Read More

Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team April 15, 2024, © Leeham News: It was a stunning number. Boeing CEO David Calhoun said his successor will have to decide on whether, or how, Boeing will proceed with its… Read More