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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: Fly by steel or electrical wire, Part 9 September 20, 2019
- Embraer’s E195-E2 or Airbus’ A220-300 for the 120 to 150 seat segment? September 19, 2019
- Milestone for Embraer with the E195-E2 September 18, 2019
- Lower interest rates, a tailwind for new orders September 16, 2019
- Pontifications: Spirit Air reveals new seats at Apex September 16, 2019
Airbus faces challenges for A330neo
Subscription Required Aug. 26, 2019, © Leeham News: Airbus faces near-term challenges with its production skyline for the A330, even at a reduce rate of 4/mo, an analysis shows. Looking forward from next year, when there are slightly… Read More
Opportunity and challenges of a 787-10ER
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Aug. 22, 2019, © Leeham News: By 2024 the 777-300ER will have been in service for 20 years and the 777-200ER 27 years. United Airlines 787-10. Credit: United Airlines. LNA was the first… Read More
Pontifications: Trump-China trade war hits Boeing
Aug. 19, 2019 © Leeham News: There have been no widebody orders placed by China with Boeing since President Trump launched a trade war in March 2018, hurting American’s biggest exporter and affecting the US balance of trade…. Read More
Stored A330s, 777 Classics offer alternative to new orders
Subscription Required Aug. 12, 2019, © Leeham News: Slow sales of the Airbus A330neo, A350 and 777X this year are the result of a dip in the order cycle, A330ceos and 777-300ERs coming off lease and route fragmentation… Read More
Will the A220 drive the trans-Atlantic fragmentation to smaller jets?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required Introduction August 8, 2019, ©. Leeham News: Airbus announced a hike of the Gross Weight of the A220 by 5,000lb at the Paris Air Show in June. It will be available for aircraft… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Fly by steel or electrical wire, Part 2
July 25, 2019, ©. Leeham News: In our series about classical flight controls (“fly by steel wire”) and Fly-By-Wire (FBW or “fly by electrical wire”) this week we cover the difference in system infrastructure the two controls methods… Read More
How much of an NMA market will the Airbus A321XLR capture, Part 3?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction August 1, 2019, © Leeham News: We wrap up our study of what part of an NMA market the Airbus A321XLR could capture with looking at the difference in available engine technology… Read More