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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
The A330neo for medium haul or twice the frequency with A321XLR? Part 3
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm September 19, 2024, © Leeham News: We examine the high-volume short-to-medium-range market and check whether a route previously reserved for the Airbus A330 can be flown with a fleet of A321XLRs. At equal… Read More
The A330neo for medium haul or twice the frequency with A321XLR? Part 2
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm September 12, 2024, © Leeham News: We examine the high-volume short-to-medium-range market and check whether a route previously reserved for the Airbus A330neo can be flown with a fleet of A321XLRs. At equal… Read More
The A330 for medium haul or twice the frequency with A321XLR? Part 1
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 29, 2024, © Leeham News: We have compared the Airbus A321XLR to the Boeing 757 to see if it can replace the long-range single aisle on its trans-Atlantic routes. The result was convincing:… Read More
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 4
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 1, 2024, © Leeham News: We are comparing the Airbus a321XLR to the Boeing 757 to understand to what extent it can replace the 757 on the longer routes it operates for… Read More
Farnborough, Day 1: Boeing jumps to orders lead; De Havilland puts new life into the Dash 8-400
July 22, 2024, © Leeham News: Boeing was the clear winner in the orders announcements today at the Farnborough Air Show. The beleaguered company announced orders, options, and commitments for 78 aircraft (see chart). Rival Airbus announced a… Read More
Aircraft Certification: How the Max crashes changed everything
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team The Airbus A321XLR got caught up in the new aircraft certification environment created by the Boeing 737 MAX crisis. Source: Airbus. July 18, 2024, © Leeham News: Much of the attention… Read More
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 3
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 11, 2024, © Leeham News: We are comparing the Airbus a321XLR to the Boeing 757 to understand to what extent it can replace the 757 on the longer routes it operates for… Read More
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 2
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 4, 2024, © Leeham News: We are comparing the Airbus A321XLR to the Boeing 757 to understand to what extent it can replace the 757 on the longer routes it operates for… 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
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