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Jean Pierson, key figure in early Airbus, dies at 80
Nov. 4, 2021: Reuters reports that Jean Pierson, a key figure in the early decades of Airbus, died overnight in France.
Single aisle or Widebody over the Atlantic on thin routes? Part 2
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction November 4, 2021, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of an Airbus A321LR and A330-200 on a thin route over the Atlantic. We found the Widebody could compensate for… 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
Single-aisle or Widebody over the Atlantic on thin routes?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction October 28, 2021, © Leeham News: The headline seems like a no-brainer. On long thin routes over the Atlantic, we have learned a Boeing 757, or its replacement, the Airbus A321LR, is… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 25. Safety monitoring and reporting
October 15, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we introduced the activities around Continued Airworthiness that we have to do during development and flight testing of our aircraft. As described, the majority of accidents for aircraft are attributed… 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
Airbus begins “stuffing” A220 to speed assembly, cut costs
By Scott Hamilton Sept. 28, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus is streamlining some of its production of the A220 to reduce costs and the time to assemble the airplanes at its Montreal and Mobile plants. Florent Massou, the… Read More
Airbus presents their CityAirbus UAM
By Bjorn Fehrm September 21, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Airbus helicopter division presented their entry for the UAM market today at the Airbus 2021 Summit in Toulouse. It was a presentation of a vehicle and ecosystem that has… Read More