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Boeing dominates Dubai Air Show opening day (Updated with additional news)
By Scott Hamilton Nov. 17, 2025, © Leeham News: Despite Boeing saying it was going to concentrate on outlining a path for certification of the 777X at the Dubai Air Show, the company dominated the opening day with… Read More
Embraer’s possibilities with a stretched C-390
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Nov. 17, 2025, © Leeham News: Sales of Embraer’s E195-E2 have taken off this year after a long period of stagnation. It also appears that its slow-selling military KC-390 tanker-transport is gaining traction… Read More
Dubai Air Show, Day 1: Boeing’s 777X; Anticipated orders
Boeing Insists 777X Widebody Is Worth the Wait By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor Charlotte Bailey • Writer Nov. 16, 2025, © AIN: Twelve years since Boeing launched the 777X program at the 2013 Dubai Airshow, the OEM… Read More
Airbus’ A321neo, A321LR or A321XLR? Part 2.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm October 30, 2025, © Leeham News: We went through the creation of Airbus’s A321 in the first article, and why its initial sales were slow, and why the sales only picked up after… Read More
GE advances on RISE’s dust ingestion, installation testing
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Arjan Hageman. Credit: GE Aerospace. Oct. 16, 2025, © Leeham News: GE Aerospace has begun dust ingestion testing of its RISE Open Fan engine, the earliest it’s ever done so. The company told… Read More
Airbus Balances Automation and Airmanship
Subscription Required By Chris Sloan Oct. 09, 2025, © Leeham News: Automation, advances in the prospect and single-pilot operation, and overall aircraft safety are great for the airline and commercial aerospace industries. But the downside is that pilot… Read More
FAA begins to ease restrictions on Boeing
Subscription Required Part 2 of 2 By Scott Hamilton Oct. 06, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing is making progress toward its recovery from six years of back-to-back-to-back crises, but slow certification of three airplane derivatives has been a… Read More
Manufacturing and Materials Takes Center Stage in Next-Gen Aircraft at Global Aerospace Summit
Subscription Required By Chris Sloan Sept. 29, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 9, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury reminded attendees that propulsion alone cannot deliver the… Read More
Tariffs, Trade, and Turbines: Aerospace Leaders Call for Zero Barriers at Global Summit
By Chris Sloan Sept. 16, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit, the topic of tariffs dominated the discussion — and industry leaders didn’t hold back in calling for a return to… Read More
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on Supply Chain, Tariffs, and the Next Generation of Aircraft at US Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit
By Chris Sloan Sept. 9, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury shared an optimistic outlook for Airbus operations speaking on supply chain recovery, production… Read More