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Airbus meets revised delivery target in 2025, touts sales performance for A350
By Scott Hamilton Jan. 12, 2026, © Leeham News: Airbus confirmed today that it delivered 793 jetliners last year. This was on a target revised downward from 820 guided at the beginning of the year. A late 2025… Read More
Outlook 2026: Embraer well positioned, but new airplane launch fraught with risk
Subscription Required By Tom Batchelor and Karl Sinclair January 12, 2026, © Leeham News: Embraer enters the new year in a strong position: financially sound, operationally stable, and arguably in prime position to disrupt the Airbus-Boeing duopoly. Credit:… Read More
Airbus gets new CEO for Commercial Aircraft; faces supply chain issues, decisions on A220 Stretch, Open Fan engine
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Jan. 5, 2026, © Leeham News: The big news at Airbus at the start of this year is the new president and chief executive officer for Airbus Commercial Aircraft: Lars… Read More
Avolon: Looking to long-term eco-aviation investment opportunities
Subscription Required By Charlotte Bailey Dec. 11, 2025, © Leeham News: With around 50% of the world’s operational commercial aircraft owned by lessors, companies such as Avolon are keeping a weather eye on the technologies that could power… Read More
Airbus rolls out prototype A350F in march toward 2026 certification
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Dec. 1, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus rolled its first A350F out of the factory last week. It now moves to another building for the installation of systems and engines…. Read More
NTSB issues preliminary report of UPS crash with dramatic moment engine leaves airplane
Nov. 20, 2025, (c) Leeham News: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report of the UPS Boeing MD-11F accident of Nov. 4 in Louisville (KY). Included are photos of the dramatic moment the No. 1… Read More
Airbus dominates orders, commitments on Day 2 of Dubai Air Show
Nov. 18, 2025, © Leeham News News: Airbus notched orders on Day 2 of the Dubai Air Show. Boeing announced a small deals today. The European OEM gained a new customer, flipping from Boeing, with a major deal… Read More
Airbus’ A220 conundrum
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing face a challenge that is good news and bad news. The Airbus A220-300 is essentially an orphan. An “A220-500” is needed, but so is… Read More
GE advances on RISE’s dust ingestion, installation testing
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Arjan Hageman. Credit: GE Aerospace. Oct. 16, 2025, © Leeham News: GE Aerospace has begun dust ingestion testing of its RISE Open Fan engine, the earliest it’s ever done so. The company told… Read More
EU Awards €945 Million to 12 ‘Clean Aviation’ Projects
From our partners at AIN: Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking funds further R&D for decarbonization efforts By Hanneke Weitering • Science & Technology Editor Sept. 12, 2025, (c) AIN: The European Union’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking has awarded €945… Read More