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- The BWB has a long way to go before flying passengers, freight May 12, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 21. May 9, 2025
- Does an A220-500 need a new wing and engines? Part 2. May 8, 2025
- Embraer downplays tariff impact on 2025 results May 6, 2025
- JetZero readies effort for private equity fund raising May 5, 2025
Airbus stopped consuming cash in 3Q2020
October 29, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus announced its third-quarter 2020 financial results today. It has achieved convergence of production and deliveries by delivering 145 aircraft in the quarter and 341 since the start of the year. It… Read More
Pontifications: Earnings previews Airbus, Boeing; Watching Mitsubishi
Oct. 26, 2020, © Leeham News: It’s earnings call week for Boeing and Airbus. And Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is said to plan an announcement “freezing” development of the SpaceJet. Let’s preview these events.
R&D spending at Boeing plunges; Airbus yet to kick in
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction Aug. 24, 2020, © Leeham News: Research and development spending at Boeing Commercial Airplanes declined 21% in the first half this year compared with 2019. From 2017 through 2019, BCA’s R&D spending… Read More
Boeing’s Renton plant may close from 2033: Analysis
Subscription Required Now open to all Readers. Introduction Aug. 10, 2020, © Leeham News: With Boeing likely to consolidate 787 production in Charleston (SC), reflecting a rate of 6/mo, the future of assembly in Puget Sound rears its… Read More
Airbus 1H2020; “We have reached the right production level for the pandemic”
By Bjorn Fehrm July 30, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first half of 2020 today. Airbus CEO, Guillaume Faury said on the analyst call “We made a large adjustment to lower production rates… Read More
Narrowbody Aircraft Retirements
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 15, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, LNA analyzed the accelerating widebody fleet streamlining by airlines. We now turn our attention to the narrowbody market. Numerous airlines, including American and Lufthansa,… Read More
Pontifications: New GE Aviation CEO will face big challenges
June 1, 2020, © Leeham News: The new chief executive officer for GE Aviation (GEA) will face huge challenges when he or she succeeds David Joyce when he retires this year, say industry sources. Joyce was named CEO… Read More
What’s the gain of flying a smaller single-aisle during COVID-19 recovery?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction May 28, 2020, © Leeham News: As flying recommences after country lockdowns, the fill factors for the flights will be low for an extended period. Airlines and the OEMs are anticipating the… Read More