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Leeham News and Analysis
- Pontifications: Boeing needs massive reset, and not just with labor October 14, 2024
- How Boeing’s actions affect Products, Airbus: Analysis (Update) October 11, 2024
- Boeing Announces Preliminary Significant Q3 Loss: Cuts 767 Freighter Program, Delays 777X EIS, Major Layoffs October 11, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 28. Wrapup. October 11, 2024
- Boeing strike hits suppliers, Airbus steps in October 10, 2024
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
One or Two hops cheapest for long flights?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction May 26, 2022, © Leeham News: There is a notion that it’s better to fly a long flight in two hops rather than one long flight. The idea is that the plane… Read More
Pontifications: 8-year old A330-300 converted to freighter, reflects weak market
By Scott Hamilton Sept. 20, 2021, © Leeham News: An 8-year-old Airbus A330-300 was converted recently from passenger to freighter configuration by EFW. Actually, says EFW’s Wolfgang Schmid, the airplane is not quite eight. It is the youngest… Read More
Pontifications: Unraveling the numbers
Feb. 1, 2021, © Leeham News: Understanding the real market demand for an airplane sector is a complicated thing. What Airbus and Boeing say the market is for an airplane sometimes is a matter of what they don’t… Read More
Enhancing the Dreamliner, Part 5: 787-10
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Nov. 5, 2020, © Leeham News: After analyzing the 787-9, we now turn our attention to the last Dreamliner variant that entered into service, the -10. The 787-10 was developed as a… Read More
Restoring capacity with the A330ceo or A330neo, Part 4
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction July 9, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we started the analysis of restoring capacity with the Airbus A330-300 or the A330-900 when reopening international traffic after the COVID-19 lockdown. As we… Read More
How much of International passenger flights can be paid by belly cargo? Part 2.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction June 11, 2020, © Leeham News: As international passenger traffic slowly recovers, how much of the cost of flying passengers on the international routes can be paid by the freight under the… Read More
How much of International passenger flights can be paid by belly cargo ?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction June 4, 2020, © Leeham News: Air cargo prices are at an all-time high. The air cargo demand is down 28% compared with the same time last year, but the capacity has… Read More