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Airbus’ A321neo, A321LR or A321XLR? Part 2.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm October 30, 2025, © Leeham News: We went through the creation of Airbus’s A321 in the first article, and why its initial sales were slow, and why the sales only picked up after… Read More
Heading toward year-end, Airbus maintains lead in narrowbody orders but Boeing commands the widebody sector
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 13, 2025, © Leeham News: As the commercial airliner industry sprints to the end of this year, Boeing remains the champion in the widebody, twin-aisle sector with a commanding lead over Airbus…. Read More
Airbus 1Q2025 results: So far, so good, but US tariffs make future results unpredictable
May 1, 2025, © Leeham News in Toulouse: Airbus CEO Guillame Faury and CFO Thomas Toepfer presented the Airbus 1Q2025 results yesterday. All Airbus divisions performed to plan, producing a group EBIT Adjusted of 0.6bn Euro. The company… Read More
How good is the C919? Part 3.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm April 3, 2025, © Leeham News: The COMAC C919 is finding its first customers outside China, which gives us a reason to examine the aircraft. Last week, we estimated its efficiency versus its… Read More
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