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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 16. Airframe with lower induced drag June 9, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 16P. Airframe with lower induced drag June 9, 2023
- The Small Airliner Problem, Part 7. How affected are Green airliners? June 8, 2023
- Pontifications: Lockheed confident as C-130J faces Airbus A400M and Embraer C-390 June 6, 2023
- Boeing still hopes for 737-7 certification this year, 737-10 next year and an Amended Type Certificate for the 777X June 5, 2023
Pontifications: Boeing vows to maintain freighter dominance
June 27, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing dominated the jet freighter market from the dawn of the jet age. It aims to keep its dominance. But for the first time since the collapse of McDonnell Douglas in 1997,… Read More
Boeing lands a series of passenger and freighter orders at Dubai
By Judson Rollins Introduction November 16, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing captured a handful of orders and a further expansion into freighter conversion at this week’s Dubai Air Show. The largest of these, announced Tuesday, is for 72… Read More
Freighter conversion will absorb some excess widebody supply – but not all
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction June 17, 2021, © Leeham News: A key question hanging over the used widebody market is what percentage of available aircraft could be converted into freighters. Indeed, existing passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion providers… Read More
Assessing the wide-body and narrow-body freighters
This column has been updated since distribution to our e-mail recipients Sept. 22. There is an emerging demand to replace aging small- and medium-size wide-body freighters, but with limited choices to replace them. Airbus A310Fs and A300Fs are… Read More