Tariffs, Trade, and Turbines: Aerospace Leaders Call for Zero Barriers at Global Summit

By Chris Sloan Sept. 16, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit, the topic of tariffs dominated the discussion — and industry leaders didn’t hold back in calling for a return to… Read More

Embraer E2 Finally Breaks Into The U.S. Market Following 50 Firm Orders +50 Purchase Rights from ULCC Avelo Airlines

By Chris Sloan Sept. 10, 2025, © Leeham News: Embraer announced today that Embraer’s E2 will finally break into the U.S. market with a firm order from ULCC Avelo for 50 E2-E195s and 50 purchase rights, becoming E2’s… Read More

How’s the next new aircraft produced? Part 2. Advancing the State of the Art

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team  Sept. 8, 2025, © Leeham News: In the second part of our article series about the Production of the next new aircraft, we look at the latest trends around advancing the… Read More

Embraer reports record Q2 revenue and backlog; reaffirms 2025 outlook

By Tom Batchelor Aug 5, 2025, © Leeham News:  Embraer’s revenue and order backlog hit a record high in 2Q 2025, with the Brazilian manufacturer reaffirming its full-year guidance after a strong performance across its business. Revenues totaled… Read More

AIN, LNA to share select stories

By Scott Hamilton July 18, 2025, (c) Leeham News: Now that AIN Media Group has completed the acquisition of Leeham News, I can tell our readers that we will begin to expand coverage at both outlets. AINonline and LNA… Read More

Airbus books 142 firm orders as Boeing retracts from the Paris Air Show

By Bjorn Fehrm June 19, 2025, © Leeham News at Paris Air Show: Boeing chose to scale down its participation at this week’s Paris Air Show out of respect for the victims of the Air India crash last… Read More

Engine makers emphasizing durability, reliability

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Larry Culp, CEO of GE Aerospace. Credit: GE. June 3, 2025, © Leeham News: Engine reliability and durability for the next new commercial aviation engine for the next new single-aisle airplane has emerged… Read More

Embraer downplays tariff impact on 2025 results

May 6, 2025, © Leeham News: Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto sought to reassure investors on Tuesday, emphasizing the limited effect of new U.S. tariffs on the company’s operations as its Q1 2025 results were published. “Our initial… Read More

Does an Airbus A220-500 need a new wing and engines?

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm May 1, 2025, © Leeham News: For years, the debate has been going on about when Airbus will complement the A220-100 and -300 with a longer, higher-capacity A220-500. In fact, the Bombardier team… Read More

Pontifications: Southwest’s core problems are not solved by business model changes-yet

March 19, 2025, © Leeham News: I’ve been reading hand-wringing opinion pieces in recent weeks—especially last week—about the changes at Southwest Airlines. Beginning with its first layoffs in its 50+ years of 1,700 headquarters staff through last week’s… Read More