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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 6. Fuselage manufacturing March 31, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 6P. Fuselage manufacturing March 31, 2023
- MCAS, The Aircraft Certification Act and the unintended consequences of Congressional Intervention March 30, 2023
- Pontifications: Technical challenges for UAMs, et al, only part of the problems March 28, 2023
- An uneven financial recovery among OEMs and Suppliers March 27, 2023
Airbus 9 months 2022 results: Widebody demand picking up
By Bjorn Fehrm October 28, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first nine months of 2022 today. Airbus’ problem is how to fulfill demand as the supply chain is still recovering from COVID. The… Read More
The A350 enhancements, Part 1
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Oct. 24, 2022, © Leeham News: Last month, Airbus announced that it started delivering A350s with a New Production Standard (NPS) with Iberia. The upgrades include weight savings, a maximum takeoff weight… Read More
The Airbus and Boeing market outlooks, Part 2
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Credit: Leeham Company LLC Sept. 19, 2022, © Leeham News: In the first article last week, we focused on the differences in market outlook assumptions between Airbus and Boeing. Despite similar levels… Read More
The future small twin-aisle market
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction July 21, 2022, © Leeham News: As outlined in the previous article, there are now only 46 orders for twin-aisle aircraft seating 250 or fewer passengers in long-haul cabin configuration (39 Boeing… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing vows to maintain freighter dominance
June 27, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing dominated the jet freighter market from the dawn of the jet age. It aims to keep its dominance. But for the first time since the collapse of McDonnell Douglas in 1997,… Read More
Commercial Aircraft programs duration from launch to delivery over the years
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 20, 2022, © Leeham News: New airplane programs used to come to market in four years. Now, the launch-to-entry-into-service period has been seven years or more. (Chinese and Russian programs take… Read More
Mind the gap between announced and actual production rates
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction May 9, 2022, © Leeham News: As passenger traffic is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the Americas and Western Europe, many airlines are eager to take delivery of more fuel-efficient… Read More
Spirit AeroSystems seeks bigger role in aftermarket
By Scott Hamilton May 5, 2022, © Leeham News: Spirit AeroSystems has had a tough couple of years. It’s not only had COVID to contend with, but its customer that provides more revenue than any other—Boeing—had a major… Read More
Airbus 1Q2022 results; A better year ahead but conditions tricky
May 4, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first quarter of 2022 today. The results were better on all accounts compared with the first quarter last year, and the year’s outlook is unchanged. However,… Read More
Pontifications: From the aviation perspective, there’s something in China to watch
March 21, 2022, © Leeham News: Eyes are focused on Ukraine and the Russian War. In our corner of the world, commercial aviation, the stakeholders follow the fallout from the war: sanctions placed on Russia which affect overflights,… Read More
