Spirit Aero losses, cash burn continue

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 7, 2023, © Leeham News: Spirit AeroSystems reported another loss-making quarter last week as more special charges in Airbus and Boeing programs. Spirit is a major supplier to Airbus and Boeing. Airbus… Read More

Airbus 1H2023 results: Supply chain limits Airbus’ growth

July 26, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the first half year of 2023. A few critical suppliers are still Airbus’ constraint for growth. The orders are there, and the Final Assembly Lines as… Read More

Pontifications: A330neo, still struggling, nears 300 sales

June 27, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus inked a memorandum of understanding with lessor Avolon for 20 A330-900s at last week’s Paris Air Show. When converted to a firm contract, this will bring the -900 order book to… Read More

Paris Day Two: Air India finalizes earlier deals; Embraer, ATR announce orders

By Bryan Corliss June 20, 2023, © Leeham News – While Monday’s news from the Paris Air Show was dominated by the one big Airbus order from Indian carrier IndiGo, Tuesday saw a host of smaller deals announced… Read More

GTF’s troubled history hurting future orders

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm May 8, 2023, © Leeham News: India’s GoFirst Airlines filed for bankruptcy last week. The carrier pointed to around 29 of its 50 Pratt & Whitney Geared TurboFan-powered Airbus A320neos… Read More

Airbus 1Q2023 results: Supply chain problems persist

By Bjorn Fehrm May 4, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus has presented its results for the first quarter of 2023. The supply chain problems that lowered the 2022 production targets and that Airbus thought would subside in 2023… Read More

The production cost trap for upstarts

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm April 6, 2023, © Leeham News: The last five years have been among the busiest in aeronautical history, with announcements of new aircraft and VTOLs based on greener propulsion technologies. The public focus… Read More

Pontifications: Complacency, arrogance aren’t a Boeing exclusive

March 21, 2023, © Leeham News: Airbus is resting on its laurels while Boeing struggles to recover from one crisis after another since the March 2019 grounding of the global 737 MAX fleet. Multiple sources tell me that… Read More

Airbus posts solid 2022 full-year results despite supply chain problems

By Bjorn Fehrm February 16, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for 2022 today. The company announced net profits of €4.3bn on revenue of €58.8bn despite several disruptive events during 2022. Disruptions like the effects of… Read More

Orders at risk: Year-End 2022 snapshot

Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction   Feb. 6, 2023, © Leeham News: With the publication of the Airbus and Boeing announcing  2022 orders and deliveries last month, and Boeing’s published its 2022 Annual Report (10-K), we undertake our… Read More