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Leeham News and Analysis
- FAA understaffing affects air operations oversight; NTSB falls short, too January 13, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 4. January 10, 2025
- The market is ready for a 787F. But is Boeing? January 9, 2025
- 2025 remains another year for recovery in commercial aerospace January 6, 2025
- Boeing touts safety progress but opposes SPEEA initiative January 3, 2025
Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 25. New versus old, CFM56 vs. LEAP
September 20, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We do an article series about engine development and why it has longer timelines than airframe development. It also carries larger risks of product maturity problems when it enters service than the… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 7. Open Rotor Propulsive Efficiency
May 10, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We do an article series about engine development. The aim is to understand why engine development now has longer timelines than airframe development and carries larger risks of product maturity problems. To… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 5. Turbofan design problems
April 26, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We do an article series about engine development. The aim is to understand why engine development now dominates new airliner development when it comes to the needed calendar time and risks. To… Read More
SR Technics navigates surge in MRO demand, bridge to new-gen engines
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins November 13, 2023, © Leeham News: On the sidelines of last month’s Aviation Week MRO Europe conference, LNA sat down with Matthias Düllmann, CEO of engine MRO provider SR Technics. Düllmann spoke at… Read More
Maintenance cost, availability are growing concerns for OEMs, airlines
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins November 7, 2023, © Leeham News: Maintenance costs and lead times have been a growing topic in aviation circles and financial markets since last month’s Aviation Week MRO Europe conference in Amsterdam. Wage… Read More
Pontifications: One “good” engine in future for RR, faulty business strategy and model: JP Morgan
Feb. 7, 2023, © Leeham News: Our report last week about Rolls-Royce’s new CEO characterizing the company in dire straits is just part of the story. Shortly before that, on January 18, JP Morgan issued a 38-page dissection… Read More
Pontifications: A lost decade for new airplanes
By Scott Hamilton Subscription Required Dec. 5, 2022, © Leeham News: In September 2020, LNA wrote that commercial aviation was facing a “lost decade.” The impetus for this prediction was the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. “Commercial aviation is facing… Read More
Engine Development. Part 6. High Bypass goes mainstream
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction September 22, 2022, © Leeham News: With the introduction of the High Bypass engine for the Boeing 747, Douglas DC-10, and Lockheed Tristar, it was obvious Pratt & Whitney’s low bypass engines… Read More
Engine Development, Part 1: Launch to Entry into Service
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan Aug 18, 2022, © Leeham News: LNA analyzed the evolution of commercial aircraft development timelines last month. The time between a program launch and entry into service… Read More
