Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- 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
- SPEEA, Boeing at impasse over safety program, union says April 23, 2024
Boeing signs US composites tooling deal
Boeing has signed a $53m deal with Aerospace Composites & Transparencies, the California-based division of Britain’s Hampson Industries. Aerospace Composites, which also has plants in Texas and Michigan, builds tooling for composites work. Although Hampson would not directly… Read More
787 stands down suppliers third time
Boeing has implemented its third, 30-day stand-down for its supply chain on the 787 program. Says Boeing: As we have previously indicated, when opportunities arise we distribute flow in our production system to make the most efficient use… Read More
Tanker update
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the KC-X tanker competition, which is coming to the forefront again with the issuance of the Interim Report on Boeing subsidies by the WTO. Flight International has this story citing… Read More
Boeing WTO report due today
Update, 6:45pm PDT: Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times updated his 12:45pm snippet eight minutes ago with far more detail, and as of this moment represents the most detailed news report we’ve seen. As before, both sides are… Read More
777-300ER, 737-800 top Airfinance Journal poll; A330, A320 close behind
Boeing’s 777-300ER once again topped the poll by aviation financial trade magazine Airfinance Journal, which has been doing the polling for as long as we can remember. On a scale of 0-5, the 777 ranked 4.2, followed closely… Read More
Voice of Watergate Past: Tanker date may be “inoperative”
It never ends. Reuters has this story that the tanker award date may slip from the November 12 dated, but we shouldn’t be surprised, since we suggested as much quite a while ago. What caught our attention is… Read More
Boeing to use 10 787s for tests
Update, Sept. 2: Boeing retracts its information to Buckingham. Buckingham just put out a follow-up note to its one issued yesterday, cited below. Interesting to say the least: BA is using 2, not 4 additional aircraft for 787… Read More
New, 6-12 month delay forecast for 747-8
Buckingham Research forecasts a new delay in first delivery of the Boeing 747-8 of 6-12 months. Boeing has indicated first delivery was likely to slip into 2011, but hasn’t announced the move yet. Boeing said design issues were… Read More