A321neo continues upward market share; good luck hitting rate 14/mo for the A220

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 20, 2025, © Leeham News: The A321neo continues its climb as the dominant single-aisle airplane in the Airbus family. Given Boeing’s continued inability to deliver its 737 MAX singles aisles at pre-grounding… Read More

Production increase delays hurt Airbus costs

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Dec. 2, 2024, © Leeham News: Boeing gets all the attention for late deliveries, higher costs, and bloated staff. However, Airbus isn’t immune to similar problems. Late deliveries and missing delivery targets are… Read More

Pontifications: Airbus slows A320 production ramp up; widebody rates squishy

Jan. 25, 2021, © Leeham News: JP Morgan thinks Boeing 787 production rates will come down more than the 5/mo planned from May. Airbus last week announced ramping up A320 rates will be slower than previously hoped. And… Read More

Airbus cut production rates by a third

By Scott Hamilton April 8, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus today said it will cut production of the A320, A330, and A350 lines due to COVID-19. The new rates are: A320 to rate 40 per month (from 60-63);… Read More

Airbus posts strong earnings; ‘hell of a ride’ ahead, says CEO

By Dan Catchpole July 26, 2018, © Leeham News: Airbus posted strong earnings for the year’s second quarter, thanks to better profitability on its A350 and A320 programs. Investors rewarded the news by pushing Airbus share prices to… Read More

Boeing notified supply chain: prepare for 52 737s per month

Boeing has notified is supply chain that demand for the 737 is sufficient to support a rate increase to 52 a month by the end of the decade. In a letter dated January 3, Kent Fisher, vice president… Read More