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Leeham News and Analysis
- How good is the C929? Part 2. April 24, 2025
- Boeing First Quarter Results Update: China is 10% of the backlog, with 500 in “Unidentified” April 24, 2025
- Boeing First Quarter Results: Tariffs, Return flights, $10.55bn asset sale April 23, 2025
- RTX Q1 2025 Earnings: GTF Talk Takes A Back Seat To Tariffs April 22, 2025
- Tariffs Tumult Takes Over GE Aerospace Q1 2025 Earnings Call April 22, 2025
How Trump tariffs affected, and could affect, Airbus, Boeing and Embraer
By Scott Hamilton Dec. 6, 2024, © Leeham News: President-elect Donald Trump vowed to immediately impose a 25% tariff on “ALL” imports into the US from Canada and Mexico, and 10% from China. Last week, he threatened to… Read More
Posted on December 6, 2024 by Scott Hamilton
Bombardier, C Series, Donald Trump, EU, tariffs, USTR, WTO
Slow production ramp up, international sanctions slow C919 progress
Subscription Required By Karl Sinclair Sept. 9, 2024, © Leeham News: China isn’t getting into the commercial aviation industry to let Airbus and Boeing supply three quarters of the market, says a consultant. The long-term outlook for the… Read More
Posted on September 9, 2024 by Scott Hamilton
Dissecting Boeing CEO’s statement next new airplane will cost $50bn
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team April 15, 2024, © Leeham News: It was a stunning number. Boeing CEO David Calhoun said his successor will have to decide on whether, or how, Boeing will proceed with its… Read More
Posted on April 15, 2024 by Scott Hamilton
Posted on April 8, 2024 by Scott Hamilton
As Airbus ponders the A220-500, Boeing shrugs
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton June 12, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO David Calhoun says he’s not worried about the prospect of Airbus launching a stretched model of the A220 family. Airbus has said it’s a matter… Read More
Posted on June 12, 2023 by Scott Hamilton
The production cost trap for upstarts
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm April 6, 2023, © Leeham News: The last five years have been among the busiest in aeronautical history, with announcements of new aircraft and VTOLs based on greener propulsion technologies. The public focus… Read More
Posted on April 6, 2023 by Bjorn Fehrm
Retrospective: 2011 pros and cons of composite airplanes as Boeing, Airbus look to next 20 years
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton What will the Future Small Airplane look like? Composites, metal, or a combination? Concept Credit: Leeham News. Aug. 29, 2022, ©Leeham News: Airbus and Qatar Airways are in a nasty court battle over… Read More
Posted on August 29, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Airbus nears 800 sales for A220, but major challenges continue
Aug. 15, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus now has nearly 800 orders for the A220, but the program is years from profitability and production faces supplier challenges like those facing the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX. Passenger… Read More
Posted on August 15, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
Forecast 2022: ATR has monopoly, De Havilland looks to hydrogen and Embraer lurks with new design
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Introduction Jan. 31, 2022, © Leeham News: ATR is now effectively the only turboprop manufacturer outside of China and Russia in the 40-80 seat sector. The models are the ATR… Read More
Posted on January 31, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
HOTR: Dropping Embraer comes back to bite Boeing
By the Leeham News Staff Updated with details of Air France – KLM order Dec. 16, 2021, © Leeham News: When Boeing decided to drop its joint venture plan with Embraer, there were good business reasons to do… Read More
Posted on December 16, 2021 by Scott Hamilton