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Leeham News and Analysis
- Single or twin Aisle for cargo rich routes? October 21, 2021
- Pontifications: Embraer’s strategy for the TPNG October 18, 2021
- Air freight demand explosion: a long-term trend? October 18, 2021
- Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 25. Safety monitoring and reporting October 15, 2021
- With high cargo prices, will airlines fly larger aircraft in their widebody fleets? October 14, 2021
Single or twin Aisle for cargo rich routes?
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Oct. 21, 2021, © Leeham News: LNA started the cargo-themed series by comparing factory and converted freighter aircraft performance. We followed with the comparison of cargo capacity for different passenger airliners with… Read More
Behind the latest Boeing CMO
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Sept. 20, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) released its latest Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) last week. While the latest total 20-year outlook for commercial aircraft remains below 2019 (43,610… Read More
Airbus delivers strong 1H2021 and launches A350 Freighter
By Bjorn Fehrm July 29, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first half of 2021 today. The company reported a profit of €2.7bn on a turnover of €24.6bn, a very strong result from the… Read More
A history of jet freighter aircraft
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction A Cathay Pacific 747-8F July 29, 2021, © Leeham News: Last week, LNA compared the performance of the 777F against the A350F, launched today. As a follow-up, we thought it relevant to… Read More
NBA Single or Dual Aisle Airline preferences
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Credit: Leeham News May 10, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing has been studying the launch of a clean-sheet design aircraft for at least a decade. Studies included a single-aisle design but favored… Read More
The A350, Part 12 Wrap Up
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm and Vincent Valery Introduction Apr. 1, 2021, © Leeham News: After extensively discussing the A350 family and comparing it with its main competitors, it is now time to wrap up the series. Summary… Read More
Airbus’ production plans
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Feb. 15, 2021, © Leeham News: LNA wrote last month an article about Boeing’s latest production plans for future years. Airbus announced updated production plans on Jan. 21. Airbus’ latest production plans… Read More
The A350, Part 4, A350-900
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Feb. 4, 2021, © Leeham News: After comparing the rejected Airbus A350-800 and its replacement A330-900, we now turn our attention to the main A350 variant, the -900. It was the main… Read More
Pontifications: Airbus slows A320 production ramp up; widebody rates squishy
Jan. 25, 2021, © Leeham News: JP Morgan thinks Boeing 787 production rates will come down more than the 5/mo planned from May. Airbus last week announced ramping up A320 rates will be slower than previously hoped. And… Read More