China still needs Boeing as much as Boeing needs China, despite interminable limbo

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 31, 2022, © Leeham News: China needs Boeing as much as Boeing needs China was the conclusion of an analysis by LNA in July 2021. A trade expert last week agreed. Airbus… Read More

The Airbus and Boeing market outlooks, Part 1

Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction   Sept.  12, 2022, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing published their updated 2022-2041 commercial aircraft outlooks ahead of the July Farnborough Air Show. Unsurprisingly, both OEMs saw robust demand for the next… Read More

Freighter conversion will absorb some excess widebody supply – but not all

Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction June 17, 2021, © Leeham News: A key question hanging over the used widebody market is what percentage of available aircraft could be converted into freighters. Indeed, existing passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion providers… Read More

Pontifications: Boeing’s latest forecast raises more doubt than hope

Oct. 12, 2020, © Leeham News: Every year, like clockwork, when Boeing publishes its 20-year Current Market Outlook, there is always another upward revision in forecast demand for new aircraft. So, when the Chicago-based OEM admits that demand… Read More