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Leeham News and Analysis
- US 5G roll out ignores concerns for Air Transport safety January 18, 2022
- 2022 Forecast: C919 EIS unlikely before 2023-24 January 17, 2022
- Pontifications: COTS and the KC-46A Aircraft Production Systems January 17, 2022
- Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 2. The problem to solve? January 14, 2022
- Air freight growth: one-hit wonder or long-term trend? January 13, 2022
Estimating the A330neo replacement market
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Jan. 6, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing 787 Dreamliner deliveries have been halted for 15 months, except for about a dozen early last year. There is still no clarity on when deliveries… Read More
Air Lease Corporation tops LOI with launch order for Airbus new freighter
By Bjorn Fehrm November 15, 2021, ©. Leeham News Dubai: Air Lease Corporation (ALC) crowned its agreement for 111 Airbus single-aisle and wide-body aircraft with a launch order for the new A350F freighter. The order for seven A350F… Read More
Update on twin-aisle production rates
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Nov. 15, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing updated their commercial production plans a few weeks ago, including rates on their twin-aisle families. As a result of solid freighter demand, Boeing… Read More
HOTR: Lessors warn Airbus
By the Leeham News team Oct. 26, 2021, © Leeham News: Two mega-lessors warned Airbus against dramatically upping production rates of the A320 family, London’s Financial Times reported Oct. 23. “[B]old plans to speed up production are unjustified… Read More
Airbus sees encouraging signs of wide-body demand recovery
Subscription required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 25, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus sees some “encouraging” signs wide-body demand is recovering from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Christian Scherer. Source: Airbus. Passenger demand is nearing-pre-pandemic levels in key areas of… Read More
Is cargo capacity deciding passenger airliner choice?
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Sep. 16, 2021, © Leeham News: LNA has so far compared the performance of both factory and converted freighter aircraft. We will continue the cargo-themed series by analyzing how cargo capacity might… Read More
Aircraft replacement conundra
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Credit: Delta Air Lines Aug. 23, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing has been studying the launch of a clean-sheet aircraft design for more than a decade. In light of the lingering effects… Read More
An Update on Airbus, Boeing Orders at Risk
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 16, 2021, © Leeham News: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and delays in the re-certification of the 737 MAX, Boeing lost a large number of 737 MAX orders in… Read More
HOTR: About those 737 MAXes in inventory….
By the Leeham News staff July 29, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing said yesterday that it delivered about 130 737 MAXes since the recertification of the aircraft last November. It won’t reveal exactly how many came from the… Read More
The conundrum of a new airplane design vs a derivative
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction April 19, 2020, © Leeham News: When it comes to a decision by an aircraft manufacturer whether to develop an entirely new airplane or a derivative, these multi-billion dollar decisions involve hundreds… Read More