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Leeham News and Analysis
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Digital technology key to future airplane programs
June 14, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Increasing use of digital technology will be one of the stories to watch at the Paris Air Show, says the consulting firm Accenture. Airbus and Boeing are expanding their use of digital… Read More
Enders: Airbus has to change
By Bjorn Fehrm June 14, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: Airbus Group has to change, following the example of SpaceX and similar cultures favoring disruptive technology, says CEO Tom Enders. Staying the same is not an option. Enders, speaking at… Read More
Pivotal year for A380
Subscription Required Introduction June 12, 2017, © Leeham Co.: This is a pivotal year for the Airbus A380. Sales have dried up. Singapore Airlines is retiring five early versions of the airplane and there is no new home… Read More
Dueling press releases: Airbus, Boeing claim big wins at the WTO
June 9, 2017: It never ends. Airbus and Boeing each claimed wins in yet another round at the World Trade Organization. This time, it’s over whether the EU and US complied with earlier findings about compliance is curing… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Keeping airliners operational. Part 8
June 09, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: This week we continue our analysis of the operator’s maintenance plan we made last week for our tentative airline. Our airline is using Airbus A320s as our operational airplane. For these aircraft we have… Read More
MC-21 and C919 compared. Part 2.
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription required. Introduction June 08, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We started the comparison of Irkut’s MC-21 and COMAC’s C919 last week. We compared project time plans, structures and aerodynamics. Now we continue with the comparison of… Read More
Qatar Airways: Caught in a political crisis
By Bjorn Fehrm June 07, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: We wrote about Qatar Airways last week, the flag carrier of Qatar. One week later, the airline finds itself caught in a political crossfire. The background to the crisis is… Read More
Boeing has MOM sector “crisis,” says Leahy
June 5, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has a “crisis” in the Middle of the Market airplane sector, declared Airbus’ top salesman. Development of the 737 MAX 10, which is expected to be launched at the Paris Air… Read More
Airbus ponders lowering production rate on A380
June 5, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Airbus “likely” will decide this year to lower production rates below 1/mo in 2019, officials said today during a press event at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Cancun, Mexico. They declined… Read More