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

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

Further developments of the A321, Part 4

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm October 26, 2023, © Leeham News: We do an article series about what can be the next development for Airbus’ most popular aircraft, the A321neo. We looked at a minimal makeover in Part… Read More

Further developments of the A321, Part 3

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm October 12, 2023, © Leeham News: We do an article series about what can be the next development for Airbus’ most popular aircraft, the A321neo. We started with the base data last week… Read More

Further developments of the A321, Part 2

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm October 5, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at what can be the next development for Airbus’ most popular aircraft, the A321neo. We looked at the history of the A320/A321 last week and… Read More

Further developments of Airbus’ A321

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm September 28, 2023, © Leeham News: We recently looked at the latest developments around Airbus’ A321XLR certification. When the certification is completed, it extends the A321 to a true Trans-Atlantic airliner. After the… Read More

The range of the Airbus A321XLR, Part 2

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm September 7, 2023, © Leeham News: The advertised range of 4,700nm for the Airbus A321XLR enables true trans-Atlantic single-aisle routes that can originate further inland, both in the US and Europe. When EASA… Read More

The range of Airbus’ A321XLR

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 31, 2023, © Leeham News: The advertised range of 4,700nm for Airbus’ A321XLR enables true trans-Atlantic single-aisle routes that can originate inland both in the US and in Europe. It was, therefore,… Read More

MCAS, The Aircraft Certification Act and the unintended consequences of Congressional Intervention

First in a Series of Articles  Subscription Required  By the Leeham News team March 30, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing is suffering delays getting the 737-7, 737-10, and 777X certifications completed. Airbus delayed the certification of the A321XLR… Read More

Outlook 2023: ramping up production at Airbus

Leeham News in addition to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin, may now be found on Post.news here and on Mastodon here. Subscription Required By Vincent Valery and Scott Hamilton Introduction   Jan. 2, 2023, © Leeham News: LNA wrote a… Read More