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Leeham News and Analysis
- HOTR: Alaska begins service with 737 MAX March 1, 2021
- Boeing’s Ability to Finance the Next Airliner March 1, 2021
- Pontifications: Legislature weighs overdue actions for aerospace March 1, 2021
- Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of hydrogen. Part 26. Auxiliary power February 26, 2021
- The A350, Part 7: The A350-900ULR versus 777-200LR/A340-500 February 25, 2021
Airbus 2020, prudent navigation of a challenging environment
February 18, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for 2020 today. The company reported a net loss of €0.5bn at revenues of €50bn (€70.5bn 2019). Airbus’ operations delivered a result of +€1.7bn; it was then reduced… Read More
Podcast: 10 Minutes About the Airbus A330neo
Feb. 3, 2021, © Leeham News: The Airbus A330neo is technically a good airplane. But sales never took off. There are only 331 orders for the airplane and easily more than 100 are iffy. Airbus publicly said there… Read More
The A350, Part 3: The A350-800 versus A330-900
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction January 28, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we analyzed the smallest member of the Airbus A350 family, the A350-800. After Airbus changed the variant to a non-optimal “cut and shut” variant,… Read More
The A350, Part 2: Analyzing the A350-800
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction January 21, 2020, © Leeham News: Before the holidays, we started a series to look into Airbus’ A350 family. We analyzed the development program and how the variants have sold. Initially, the… Read More
The A350, Part 1: Intro and A350-800
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Dec. 17, 2020, © Leeham News: After running a series on the Dreamliner, LNA will now start a series on Airbus’ latest-generation twin-aisle aircraft, the A350. Airbus should deliver its 400th A350… Read More
A year of reckoning for Low-Cost Long-Haul
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Dec. 7, 2020, © Leeham News: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, numerous carriers have either ceased operations or gone into court-supervised restructurings. Among those undergoing restructurings are the world’s two… Read More
Updating Airbus and Boeing Orders At Risk
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Nov. 23, 2020, © Leeham News: It’s time to update the analysis on Airbus and Boeing orders at risk for delivery under the “weak customer” doctrine. Under a US accounting rule known… Read More
Airbus stopped consuming cash in 3Q2020
October 29, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus announced its third-quarter 2020 financial results today. It has achieved convergence of production and deliveries by delivering 145 aircraft in the quarter and 341 since the start of the year. It… Read More
Enhancing the Dreamliner, Part 4: the 787-9 analyzed.
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction October 29, 2020, © Leeham News: We look deeper at the 787-9, the most successful member of the Dreamliner family. It’s 50 seats larger than the 787-8 but shares the same wing… Read More
Enhancing the Dreamliner, Part 3: 787-9
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Oct. 22, 2020, © Leeham News: After analyzing the 787-8, we now turn our attention to the following Dreamliner variant that entered into service, the -9. Summary Lessons learned from 787-8 mishaps;… Read More