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- Boeing still hopes for 737-7 certification this year, 737-10 next year and an Amended Type Certificate for the 777X June 5, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 15. Airframe for lower Induced drag June 2, 2023
- Boeing’s Calhoun: Be patient for a new airplane June 1, 2023
- Embraer gears for growth June 1, 2023
- Boeing SC construction underway for second 787 final assembly line May 31, 2023
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
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
Hexcel reports increased demand for aerospace composites as industry rebounds
By Bryan Corliss Jan. 27, 2023, © Leeham News: Composites materials supplier Hexcel Corp. reported that its fourth-quarter sales were up 29% over the same period last year, driven by increased demand from all across the aerospace industry…. Read More
GE, Raytheon report orders surges, but labor and supply chain headwinds
By Bryan Corliss Jan. 24, 2023, © Leeham News – Aerospace suppliers GE and Raytheon both reported fourth-quarter sales surges, as the commercial aviation industry continued its recovery from the worst of the Covid pandemic. Both companies also… Read More
HOTR: Supply chain hurts A220 assembly flow, big push to meet year-end delivery target
By the Leeham News Team Dec. 20, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus’ woes with the A320 family production line are widely reported. So are Boeing’s woes with the 737 line. Less well reported are the woes Airbus has… Read More
Airbus 9 months 2022 results: Widebody demand picking up
By Bjorn Fehrm October 28, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first nine months of 2022 today. Airbus’ problem is how to fulfill demand as the supply chain is still recovering from COVID. The… Read More
Engine Development. Part 6. High Bypass goes mainstream
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction September 22, 2022, © Leeham News: With the introduction of the High Bypass engine for the Boeing 747, Douglas DC-10, and Lockheed Tristar, it was obvious Pratt & Whitney’s low bypass engines… Read More
The Airbus and Boeing market outlooks, Part 2
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Credit: Leeham Company LLC Sept. 19, 2022, © Leeham News: In the first article last week, we focused on the differences in market outlook assumptions between Airbus and Boeing. Despite similar levels… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing vows to maintain freighter dominance
June 27, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing dominated the jet freighter market from the dawn of the jet age. It aims to keep its dominance. But for the first time since the collapse of McDonnell Douglas in 1997,… Read More
Commercial Aircraft programs duration from launch to delivery over the years
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 20, 2022, © Leeham News: New airplane programs used to come to market in four years. Now, the launch-to-entry-into-service period has been seven years or more. (Chinese and Russian programs take… Read More