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Leeham News and Analysis
- The future of regional jets is limited by choices, Scope Clause July 6, 2020
- Pontifications: Why I won’t be flying any time soon July 6, 2020
- Bjorn’s Corner: Do I get COVID in airline cabins? Part 9. Stay hydrated. July 3, 2020
- Restoring capacity with the A330ceo or A330neo, Part 3 July 2, 2020
- Looking ahead for 2020 and 2030 decades: COMAC July 1, 2020
Restoring capacity with the A330ceo or A330neo, Part 3
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction July 2nd, 2020, © Leeham News: In the previous section, we saw that low lease rates on Airbus A330-200s could hurt demand for the newer and more fuel-efficient A330-800. Sell-lease back transactions… Read More
Restoring capacity with the A330ceo or A330neo, Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction June 25, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we started looking at the Airbus A330-200 market and whether to hold on to one’s A330-200 or restoring capacity after the COVID-19 shut-down with… Read More
Looking ahead for 2020 and 2030 decades: Boeing
Subscription Required Second in a series. By Scott Hamilton and Vincent Valery Introduction June 24, 2020, © Leeham News: “Airbus’ widebody strategy is a mess.” This is what Kostya Zolotusky, then a VP with Boeing Capital Corp., said… Read More
Restoring capacity with the A330ceo or A330neo, Part 1
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 18, 2020, © Leeham News: The Airbus A330-200 has been a commercial success, with 642 deliveries since 1998. The Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A330-300 are the only twin-aisle variants with more… Read More
Pontifications: bleak near- to mid-term future for Rolls-Royce engine unit
June 15, 2020, © Leeham News: The jet engine division of Rolls-Royce faces an uncertain future because of its own problems, exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19 on commercial airlines. Beset by problems with its Trent 1000, Boeing… Read More
An accelerating widebody fleet streamlining, Part 2
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 8, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we saw that earlier generations of widebody aircraft had significant range restrictions. Airlines with sizable long haul operations had to operate multiple aircraft types… Read More
Can the Airbus A321XLR fly trans-Oceanic routes?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction March 19, 2020, © Leeham News: Over the last weeks, we compared the Airbus A330-900 to the A350-900 when flying the long routes over the Pacific Ocean. Now we pose the question:… Read More
Does the new weight bump turn the A330-900 to a trans-Pacific aircraft? Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction March 12, 2020, © Leeham News: We continue last week’s theme and compare Airbus’ new 251t variant of the A330-900 to the A350-900 in this article. We saw in the first article… Read More