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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 14. March 21, 2025
- How good is the COMAC C919? March 20, 2025
- Boeing CFO Brian West: OK on tariffs for now, backlogs and inventories help March 20, 2025
- Pontifications: Southwest’s core problems are not solved by business model changes-yet March 19, 2025
- Boeing 2024 Proxy Statement: Executive Compensation includes retirement gifts for Calhoun, Deal; housing support for Ortberg, Pope, and other stuff March 17, 2025
A321neo continues upward market share; good luck hitting rate 14/mo for the A220
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 20, 2025, © Leeham News: The A321neo continues its climb as the dominant single-aisle airplane in the Airbus family. Figure 1. Airbus A321neo deliveries overtook all its single-aisle deliveries beginning in 2023… Read More
CFM gets FAA and EASA certification for a more robust LEAP-1A turbine.
By Bjorn Fehrm December 10, 2024, © Leeham News: CFM has announced that FAA and EASA have certified an upgrade to the LEAP-1A turbine, allowing the engine to stay on wing longer, especially in hot and harsh environments…. Read More
Spirit Airlines bankruptcy could free up scores of A320/321s
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Nov. 18, 2024, © Leeham News: Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy will likely be its death knell unless a deep-pocketed savior emerges. The carrier filed a pre-packaged bankruptcy petition today, expecting to emerge in the… 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
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 1.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 27, 2024, © Leeham News: The Airbus A321XLR, the extra-long-range version of the A321neo, will start operational service with IBERIA on the Madrid-Boston trans-Atlantic route later this year. It’s the type of… Read More
The all-important cabin. Part 3
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 6, 2024, © Leeham News: We do an article series about the all-important cabin and its seating for an airliner. We have looked at different narrowbody cabins and how the seating differs… Read More
The all-important cabin. Part 2
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm May 30, 2024, © Leeham News: We will do an article series about the all-important cabin and its seating for an airliner. The cabin layout and its comfort are the most important part… Read More
When does a larger airliner pay off? Part 4
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm March 28, 2024, © Leeham News: We are doing an article series about what drove the cross-over from Airbus A319 to A320 and then to A321. We analyzed the change from A319/A320ceo to… Read More
When does a larger airliner pay off
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm March 7, 2024, © Leeham News: Over the last decades, the choice of domestic market airliners has gone from the typical 120-seater to today 200 seats or more. We will look into what… Read More
Further developments of the A321, Part 6
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm November 23, 2023, © Leeham News: We do an article series about what can be the subsequent development for Airbus’ most popular aircraft, the A321neo. We looked at different changes to the aircraft… Read More