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Leeham News and Analysis
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Airbus details A350F specifications
By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm November 11, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus has given more information about what led to their new freighter, the A350F, and its data. Scott Hamilton talked to Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian… Read More
Boeing and Airbus freighter battle
By Scott Hamilton Oct. 28, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing yesterday gave its clearest indication yet that it’s moving closer to launching the 777X Freighter. In a message to employees in conjunction with its third quarter earnings release… Read More
777X demand grows ever less certain
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Introduction Sep. 6, 2021, © Leeham News: As Boeing slogs through an increasingly deep obstacle path to getting its beleaguered 777X into service, questions are growing around the airplane’s true demand… Read More
Rejuvenating the current in-service cargo fleet
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 30, 2021, © Leeham News: The COVID-19 pandemic lingers on passenger airlines, delaying a full traffic recovery. At the same time, the freighter market is very active and shows no signs… Read More
Exclusive: Airbus discusses A321F new-build program with customers
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction Aug. 9, 2021, © Leeham News: Call it Airbus’s attack on Boeing’s final frontier. After an embarrassing failure with the new-build A330-200F and an ill-conceived A380F, Airbus last month launched the A350F…. Read More
The Airbus A350F versus Boeing’s 777-XF.
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction August 5, 2021, © Leeham News: Two weeks ago we compared the launched Airbus A350 freighter with Boeing’s in-service 777F. We found the 777F is a freighter with a very high payload… Read More
Podcast: 10 Minutes About the A350F and the Impact on Boeing
Aug. 3, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus last week launched the A350 freighter program. This is the first real challenge to Boeing’s decades-long dominance in the freighter market that poses a real threat. LNA wrote on April 6… Read More
Airbus delivers strong 1H2021 and launches A350 Freighter
By Bjorn Fehrm July 29, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first half of 2021 today. The company reported a profit of €2.7bn on a turnover of €24.6bn, a very strong result from the… Read More
Pontifications: Two re-fleeting campaign give Airbus and Boeing each an edge
July 19, 2021, © Leeham News: There are two re-fleeting campaigns coming up that are significant and in which Airbus and Boeing each have the incumbent advantage. The successor to Alitalia, Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA), will restructure with… Read More
