Leeham News and Analysis
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We’re off to the Paris Air Show
Today is Thursday and we are on our way to the Paris Air Show. First up on the schedule is the EADS/Airbus media day on Saturday, with a briefing that is expected to unveil the changes we previously… Read More
Observations on labor, Boeing
As we prepare to head off to the Paris Air Show, there have been a couple of important developments on the labor front with Boeing. First, what we consider to be good news. SPEEA, the engineers union representing… Read More
Boeing ups 737 production to 42/mo from 1H2014
Boeing announced today that it will increase the production rate of the 737 to 42 a month from the first half of 2014. This is on top of consecutive rate increases from 31.5 to 35 to 38 a… Read More
Boeing’s thinking still up in the air on New Small Airplane
Boeing promises “clarity” at the Paris Air Show about its New Small Airplane (NSA) program, but aside from settling on the performance it believes is required, little clarity has truly been achieved inside Boeing. We learned last week… Read More
Odds and ends: A350-1000, A380 orders coming; NLRB action starts today
A350-1000: We broke the international news that Airbus and Rolls-Royce were going to modify the design of the A350-1000 to increase the range of the airplane. Now, the ever-thorough Flight Global has this story with a fair amount… Read More
Larger engine, longer range A350-1000 to be announced at Paris Air Show
Airbus and Rolls-Royce have agreed to up-size the Trent XWB engine powering the A350-1000, which will add about 500nm of range, Leeham News has learned. The formal announcements have been planned for the Paris Air Show. Airbus issued… Read More
UBS: Boeing too aggressive in 787 ramp-up plans
UBS Securities issued a note today that says Boeing is too aggressive in its production ramp-up plans for the 787. A synopsis: * 787 learning curve appears more aggressive than 777: BA’s assumed learning curve is a key… Read More
Paris Air Show outlook for Boeing
Here is a preview for Boeing for the Paris Air Show. More detail will be coming from AirInsight next week.
Flight recorders narrow cause of AF447
Recovery of the flight recorders from Air France 447, an Airbus A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic two years ago, appears to have quickly identified the events that led to the crash–and contrary to all those who claimed… Read More