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Pontifications: Boeing focuses on design, production vs airplane development–for now
By Scott Hamilton May 11, 2020, © Leeham News: Boeing killed development of its alphabet soup of airplane concepts for now. “For now” is a relative term. When Boeing will be ready to show concepts to customers as… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Can I get COVID-19 in airline cabins? Part 1.
May 8, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our Corner series, we now dig into this important subject: Is my probability of getting infected with the COVID-19 virus higher in an airliner cabin than in other places? We look… Read More
Updated with earnings call: Spirit Aerosystems reports 1Q loss, expect worse 2Q
By Scott Hamilton May 6, 2020, © Leeham News: Spirit Aerosystems, a major supplier to Boeing and Airbus, reported a net loss of $163m for the first quarter. The loss was a negative margin of 15.5% on revenues… Read More
Engine OEMs forecast big hit to aftermarket revenue
Subscription Required Now open to all readers. By Scott Hamilton May 5, 2020, © Leeham News: The COVID crisis will damage the aerospace aftermarket in ways that are only beginning to be understood. As key companies report 1Q… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Why e in ePlane shall stand for environment, Part 20. Wrapup.
May 1, 2020, ©. Leeham News: We now wrap the series about technologies that can help reduce air transport’s environmental footprint. I wrote in the first article, December 13: We have lost our way in our search for… Read More
HOTR: Product development another victim of virus crisis
By the Leeham News staff April 28, 2020, © Leeham News: The Coronavirus not only decimates the airline industry. It’s going to completely upend the product strategies of Airbus, Boeing and Embraer. Boeing is most immediately affected.