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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 40. The initial production crisis December 1, 2023
- The Exception to the Green Propulsion Rule November 30, 2023
- Rolls-Royce sets out ambitious vision to future-proof its business November 29, 2023
- Pontifications: Airbus ponders A330neo MRTT, Boeing ponders KC-46A re-engine November 28, 2023
- Preview of Rolls-Royce Capital Markets Day November 27, 2023
Boeing beats Airbus in order tallies at Dubai Airshow thanks to widebody jetliner demand
By Dan Catchpole Subscription Required Nov. 20, 2023 © Leeham News: Boeing dominated the Dubai Airshow, racking up 313 orders—232 firm and 81 non-firm. Meanwhile, Airbus garnered only 86 orders, as of Friday, the last day of the… Read More
Boeing lands a series of passenger and freighter orders at Dubai
By Judson Rollins Introduction November 16, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing captured a handful of orders and a further expansion into freighter conversion at this week’s Dubai Air Show. The largest of these, announced Tuesday, is for 72… Read More
Sunset of the Quads, Part 7, The A380
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction All Nippon Airways’ Flying Honu A380 livery Sep. 17th, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of the A340-600 and the 777-300ER on the Los Angeles to Shanghai route…. Read More
An accelerating widebody fleet streamlining, Part 2
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 8, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we saw that earlier generations of widebody aircraft had significant range restrictions. Airlines with sizable long haul operations had to operate multiple aircraft types… Read More
Better to bring capacity back with a 787-10 or 777-300ER
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction May 14, 2020, © Leeham News: Last week, we compared the economics of the Boeing 777-300ER and 777-9 on the world’s busiest intercontinental route. The older aircraft proved a viable alternative, thanks… Read More
Big Three Gulf Carriers’ financials
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Nov. 4, 2019, © Leeham News: The rise of the Big Three Middle Eastern carriers since the mid-2000s has been nothing short of astounding. They took full advantage of an advantageous geographical… Read More
Boeing’s 777X problem: Shifting market, lagging economics, softening order book
By Judson Rollins Subscription Required Introduction Oct. 28, 2019, © Leeham News: The Boeing 777X’s lackluster sales to date put it in a similar light as the soon-to-end A380 program. Is the era of the 400+ seat aircraft… Read More
A380 service life struggles
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Sep. 30, 2019, © Leeham News: It hasn’t been an easy year for the Airbus A380 program since the end of production was announced in February. Lufthansa announced in March that Airbus… Read More
Boeing 777-9 or Airbus A350-1000 for the Gulf carriers?
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction May 17, 2018, © Leeham News: The recent agreement between the US and the Gulf carriers limits the expansion of the carriers on the US market. As the premier long-range destination area… Read More