Leeham News and Analysis
There's more to real news than a news release.
Jet Airways, Kenya Airways dumping Boeing 777s
Jet Airways is disposing of all 10 Boeing 777-300ERs (five of which are already leased out) and Kenya Airways is disposing of three 777-300ERs, according to published reports from the regions. The Jet aircraft are 2007 and newer;… Read More
Paris Air Show: Boeing
Subscription required. Second in a Series of Previews for the Paris Air Show. Introduction May 10, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Don’t expect Boeing to come away from the Paris Air Show next month with a ton of orders…. Read More
CFM LEAP-1B enters flight testing
May 7, 2015: The CFM LEAP-1B has entered flight testing on GE’s company-owned Boeing 747. The engine is for the Boeing 737 MAX. Aviation Week has a story and one section in particular caught our eye, as it relates… Read More
Airbus A350 start stretching its wings
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction May 6, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Qatar Airways, as the first operator of the Airbus A350, now has four months of experience of the new twin aisle aircraft. As we have described in Bjorn’s… Read More
Boeing 777 production gap remains challenging
Subscription Required. Introduction May 5, 2015: c. Leeham Co. The order for 10 Boeing 777-300ERs last month by United Airlines was a welcome addition to the backlog for the Classic line, but it remains a struggle for Boeing… Read More
The higher level game
By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction May 4, 2015, c. Leeham Co. The other day one of our readers asked something along the lines, “now that Airbus has the A320neo 20% more efficient than today’s A320, how shall Boeing’s 737… Read More
Pontifications: the A380, Airbus and Boeing
May 4, 2015, c. Leeham Co. Of all the things we write about, nothing stirs responses and readership than news–of any kind–about the Airbus A380. Last week I wrote about Malaysia Airlines putting a large number of its… Read More
Malaysia Airlines fleet restructuring
April 30, 2015: Malaysia Airlines is offering for sale or lease all six of its Airbus A380s, its two Boeing 747-400Fs and four Airbus A330-200Fs and four Boeing 777-200ERs as it seeks to restructure following a disastrous 2014…. Read More