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- Pontifications: “We’re sick and tired of new technologies:” Avolon CEO September 26, 2023
- eVTOL operator profitability: an elusive dream? September 25, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 31. Detailed design -3 September 22, 2023
- The Airliner Production Problem, Part 2 September 21, 2023
- Pontifications: IAM 751 gearing up for Boeing contract talks in 2024 September 19, 2023
Pontificatons: Paris Air Show preview
June 13, 2023, © Leeham News: The Paris Air Show officially opens next Monday. LNA will be there, with some events scheduled as early as this Friday. Our expectations are modest. We don’t expect any new airplane programs… Read More
Pontifications: LNA’s Top 10 stories of 2022
Dec. 26, 2022, © Leeham News: This year has been a year of recovery. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Recovery from shortages in the supply chain, layoffs during the pandemic and from financial losses. Boeing continues to struggle… 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
ATR, Pratt & Whitney launch new turboprop engine
By Judson Rollins November 16, 2021, © Leeham News: ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada jointly announced a new PW127XT engine for the ATR-42 and -72 series at the Dubai Air Show. The XT designation stands for “extra… Read More
The Regional Aircraft Fleet
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Oct. 11, 2021, © Leeham News: The regional aircraft market, defined as aircraft seating 100 or fewer passengers in standard configurations, has fewer OEM players than before. Embraer’s E175-E2 The Bombardier CRJ,… Read More
2021 fleet trends: small jets get bigger, bigger jets get smaller – and the old makes way for the new
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction May 13, 2021, © Leeham News: Aviation data provider Cirium said last week that just under 7,850 commercial aircraft were still in storage, down from 8,684 at the beginning of the year… Read More
Outlook 2021: Turboprops challenged
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins & Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Jan. 11, 2021, © Leeham News: COVID-19 may ultimately prove to be a net positive for turboprop manufacturers. Near-term orders will be pinched just as for jets, but a… Read More
HOTR: Lease rates, aircraft values continue to plunge/Update
Update: Ishka advises that its starting comparison point in the chart below should have been January, not July. This changes the rate of value and rent decline appreciably. Aug. 19, 2020, © Leeham News: Aircraft values and least… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 2. Ecosystem.
July 31, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliner use we begin by looking at the needed ecosystem that can produce and distribute Hydrogen. When I was skeptical about hydrogen… Read More
Looking ahead for 2020 and 2030 decades: ATR & De Havilland Canada
Subscription Required Seventh and final in a series. By Judson Rollins Introduction Jet manufacturers typically introduce a new airplane every 15 years or so. Commercial turboprops have not innovated to nearly the same extent as jets, with rival… Read More