Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 5. Turbofan design problems April 26, 2024
- Airbus 1Q2024 results: Airbus CEO: “A350 in-service experience drives positive reputation and orders” April 25, 2024
- A350-1000 or 777-9? Part 3 April 25, 2024
- Boeing CEO promises company is turning around…again April 24, 2024
- Solid start for stand-alone GE Aerospace despite cuts to LEAP output April 23, 2024
Implications of IAM-Boeing talks on 777X (Updated 11am PST Nov. 5)
Update, Nov. 5, 11am PST: The Seattle Times has this update of the secret talks (well, not secret any more) between the IAM and Boeing over the site location for the 777X. Boeing wants health care and pension… Read More
Boeing 777X engineering assigned outside Washington State
The Seattle Times, Reuters and others are reporting that Boeing has decided to assign 777X engineering outside the State of Washington. The news went down like the proverbial lead balloon in Seattle. The fear, of course, is that… Read More
777X FAL: 50/50 for Washington, decision boils down to tactical or strategic considerations, says trade group chair
The decision where to site the Boeing 777X Final Assembly Line–Everett (WA), where the current 777 is built, or Charleston (SC), where Boeing is rapidly acquiring land and shifting work from Washington–will boil down to tactical or strategic… Read More
Chasing the 777X assembly site
Washington State is ramping up its all-out effort to land the assembly site of the Boeing 777X. Gov. Jay Inslee appointed a bi-partisan panel from the Legislature to come up with an incentive package to present to Boeing…. Read More
777X decision due in October; where will it be assembled?
Lufthansa Airlines announced an order for the Boeing 777-9X, but the program hasn’t officially been launched yet. Source: Airline Reporter The Boeing Co. Board of Directors is expected to do so in October. Boeing doesn’t reveal the date… Read More
Odds and Ends: Slowing sales; Airbus in Japan; MRJ delay; Crandall on merger
Slowing Jet Sales: Within a few days, Bloomberg, Reuters and The Seattle Times each had stories about slowing jet sales. Here is the Bloomberg story, focusing on cargo sales. Here is the Reuters story. Here is The Seattle… Read More
Right-to-Work, Creepy and Right-to-Worse in Washington State
No column we’ve written has gotten more attention outside the blogosphere than the one in which we concluded that if Washington State is to truly become competitive with the South, it needs to become a Right-to-Work state. Gov…. Read More
McNerney may seek retirement waiver: our view
Boeing’s Jim McNerney may seek a waiver to the mandatory retirement age of 65–he’s 64 this year–to continue as chairman and CEO. As soon as the news was out, we got a call from one Wall Street analyst… Read More