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Airbus’ A220 conundrum
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing face a challenge that is good news and bad news. The Airbus A220-300 is essentially an orphan. An “A220-500” is needed, but so is… Read More
Heading toward year-end, Airbus maintains lead in narrowbody orders but Boeing commands the widebody sector
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 13, 2025, © Leeham News: As the commercial airliner industry sprints to the end of this year, Boeing remains the champion in the widebody, twin-aisle sector with a commanding lead over Airbus…. Read More
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