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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 18. April 18, 2025
- Natilus: Composite BWB, entry-into-service by 2029, 570 on order April 17, 2025
- China bans Boeing, US parts imports in tariff war April 15, 2025
- Boeing welcomes COMAC competition as Asia-Pacific demand soars April 15, 2025
- How good is the C929? April 14, 2025
The all-important cabin. Part 3
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 6, 2024, © Leeham News: We do an article series about the all-important cabin and its seating for an airliner. We have looked at different narrowbody cabins and how the seating differs… Read More
Preview of Rolls-Royce Capital Markets Day
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Nov. 27, 2023, © Leeham News: Rolls-Royce’s Capital Market Day is tomorrow. “Our multi-year transformation programme will deliver a high-performing, competitive, resilient, and growing business. Join us to find out how we are… Read More
The A350 enhancements, Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Nov. 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Last week, we described the New Production Standard (NPS) of the Airbus A350. Now we look at the economic performance of the A350-900 versus the Boeing… Read More
Impact of Russian Airspace Closure on Finnair
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction April 28, 2022, © Leeham News: Last week, we started an article series that looks at the impact of the closure of the Russian airspace for Western airlines. We start with analyzing… Read More
A Boeing 787-10 HGW, how good is it? Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction March 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the predicted performance of a new version of Boeing’s 787-10 with an increased Gross Weight as announced by Boeing (called 787-10… Read More
A Boeing 787-10 HGW, how good is it?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction February 24, 2022, © Leeham News: The CEO of Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA), Stan Deal, said at the Singapore Air show the company worked on increased gross weight versions of both the… Read More
Impact of 787-10 HGW on the large twin-aisle aircraft market
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Feb. 14th, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA) CEO Stan Deal announced that the company was working on a high gross weight (HGW) variant of the 787-10 Dreamliner. United Airlines… Read More
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
Is the cargo capacity deciding the airliner variant? Part 3.
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction October 7, 2021, © Leeham News: In last week’s article, we could see today’s high cargo prices can motivate a 325 seat Airbus A350-900 even though the passenger load on the routes… Read More
Is the cargo capacity deciding the airliner variant? Part 2.
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction September 30, 2021, © Leeham News: In last week’s article, we put the question: Has the increased cargo pricing started to affect the choice of airliner variant? We analyzed Boeing’s 787-8 and… Read More