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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 40. The initial production crisis December 1, 2023
- The Exception to the Green Propulsion Rule November 30, 2023
- Rolls-Royce sets out ambitious vision to future-proof its business November 29, 2023
- Pontifications: Airbus ponders A330neo MRTT, Boeing ponders KC-46A re-engine November 28, 2023
- Preview of Rolls-Royce Capital Markets Day November 27, 2023
First flight of Universal Hydrogen Dash 8 opens new era, company says
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton March 6, 2023, © Leeham News: Universal Hydrogen (UH2) last week took off with its demonstrator aircraft for what it believes is the beginning of a new era. The first flight of a… Read More
Universal Hydrogen’s first flight nears
Universal Hydrogen nears first flight of containerized fueling concept. Eviation’s Alice all-electric airplane offers another option for clean skies. Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Feb. 27, 2023, © Leeham News: Universal Hydrogen (UH2) is just days away from… Read More
Universal Hydrogen could be first with Hydrogen Airliner
Subscription required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Dec. 15, 2022, © Leeham News: Universal Hydrogen (UH2) is perhaps weeks away from its first flight of a demonstrator that equips a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 with tanks… Read More
HOTR: China-US relations continue to dive
By the Leeham News team Oct. 17, 2022, © Leeham News: The G-7 meeting among the leaders of world’s top countries is next month. There were hopes that the USA’s President Biden and China’s President Xi would meet… Read More
Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, ATR orders at Day Two of Farnborugh
By Alex Derber (c) Airfinance Journal, July 19, 2022 Commercial aircraft – Airline investor 777 Partners placed firm orders for 30 737 Max 8200 aircraft and agreed to a further 36 commitments for the high-density Max model. The… Read More
Pontifications: Engines drive timing of new Embraer TPNG
The first report appeared Oct. 18, 2021. Oct. 25, 2021, © Leeham News: Embraer appears marching toward launching a new turboprop aircraft next year with a targeted 2027 entry into service. The timing will be determined by the… Read More
De Havilland to pause production this year after backlog built
By Scott Hamilton Jan. 12, 2021, © Leeham News: De Havilland Canada will pause production later this year when the current Dash 8-400 backlog is assembled. According to data reviewed by LNA, there are 17 Dash 8s scheduled… Read More
Pontifications: Outlook 2021 Series begins today
Jan. 4, 2021, © Leeham News: Beginning today through next week, Leeham News presents its annual Outlook series for the coming year. We’ve been doing this for years. In recent years, the Outlook reflected continued growth in commercial… Read More
Podcast: 10 Minutes About Embraer’s Turboprop
Dec. 7, 2020, (c) Leeham News: Embraer studies whether to develop a new generation turboprop to compete with and replace the ATR-72 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400. Both of these airplanes were designed in the 1980-90s, although… Read More