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Airbus 1H2025 results: A solid first half except for 60 gliders
By Bjorn Fehrm July 31, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus CEO Guillame Faury and CFO Thomas Toepfer presented the Airbus first half 2025 results yesterday. The Airbus performance is very much to plan, except there are 60 A320/A321… Read More
What’s the next new aircraft, Part 5
By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm July 31, 2025, © Leeham News: We wrap up our five-part series today on What’s the Next New Airplane in the coming decades. We now look at Airplanes 9-13 in Figure 1… Read More
At long last, Boeing appears near certification and EIS for 777X
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton July 14, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing is still months away from receiving certification of its newest, largest jet—the 777-9—and the company didn’t bring one of the test airplanes to the Paris Air… Read More
Does an A220-500 need a new wing and engines? Part 4.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 3, 2025, © Leeham News: We are writing an article series about stretching the A220 to a capacity in the A320neo range. The idea is to replace the A320neo over time, making… Read More
Airbus books 142 firm orders as Boeing retracts from the Paris Air Show
By Bjorn Fehrm June 19, 2025, © Leeham News at Paris Air Show: Boeing chose to scale down its participation at this week’s Paris Air Show out of respect for the victims of the Air India crash last… Read More
Airbus forecasts that almost three times more aircraft needs to be produced by year 2044
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm Thursday, 12, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus has released its forecast for new airliners needed between 2024 and 2044. The forecast says there is a need for 43,420 new aircraft over the next… Read More
Engine makers emphasizing durability, reliability
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Larry Culp, CEO of GE Aerospace. Credit: GE. June 3, 2025, © Leeham News: Engine reliability and durability for the next new commercial aviation engine for the next new single-aisle airplane has emerged… Read More
Airbus 1Q2025 results: So far, so good, but US tariffs make future results unpredictable
May 1, 2025, © Leeham News in Toulouse: Airbus CEO Guillame Faury and CFO Thomas Toepfer presented the Airbus 1Q2025 results yesterday. All Airbus divisions performed to plan, producing a group EBIT Adjusted of 0.6bn Euro. The company… Read More