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Boeing’s transition to more automation
Subscription Required Introduction Robots drill holes for fasteners. Boeing photo via Google images. Sept. 12, 2016, © Leeham News: Boeing is on a transition to improve manufacturing efficiency that will take years to complete. Dominic Gates of The… Read More
Russian-Chinese wide-body; The aircraft Part 3
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction September 08, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: Having covered the possibilities of reusing parts of the Il-96 fuselage for a new Russian-Chinese wide-body, it’s now time to look at the existing IL-96 wing… Read More
Pontifications: Odds and Ends to end the summer
Sept. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: August was unusually slow, so today is sort of an Odds and Ends clean-up of the summer. There was the Southwest Airlines engine incident and the reports that ANA’s Boeing 787s have… Read More
New value Guide: A look at A320, 737
Subscription Required Introduction Sept. 5, 2016, © Leeham Co.: The semi-annual update to The Guide, from appraiser Aviation Specialists of Herndon (VA), indicates Airbus and Boeing single-aisle aircraft remain hotly competitive in current market values and future residual… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Aeronautical greats
By Bjorn Fehrm September02, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: One of our aeronautical greats, Joe Sutter, left us this week. He’s one of the characters in aeronautics that I admire for his capability to find what is the right thing… Read More
Russian-Chinese wide-body: The aircraft, Part 2
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction September 01, 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In Part 1, we concluded that the existing Il-96 fuselage cross section would be suitable for a new Russian-Chinese wide-body. This means that a lot of experience… Read More
Weekly analyst report: Boeing’s price freeze
Aug. 31, 2016: The dog days of August continue, with limited news and research notes from the Wall Street aerospace analysts. A few items of note from the past week: Boeing’s price list freeze for its 7-Series airplanes… Read More
Will United’s new president open door for Airbus?
Aug. 30, 2016, © Leeham Co.: Will Scott Kirby’s move from president of American Airlines to the same position at United Airlines lead to a major shift in fleet acquisition at the Chicago-based carrier? This is an intriguing… Read More