Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 17.

April 11, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to improve the emission situation for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. We now examine the non-CO2… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 16.

April 4, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to improve the emission situation for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. We now examine the non-CO2… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 15.

March 21, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to improve the emission situation for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. After covering alternative propulsion concepts… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 14.

March 21, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. Last week, we… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 1.

October 18, 2024, ©. Leeham News: In Corners over the last years, we have covered new airliner technology and engine developments that would apply to the next-generation airliners in the largest segment of the market, the single-aisle segment,… Read More

Re-engining the Boeing 767, Part 3

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm December 21, 2023, © Leeham News: We are looking at a re-engine of the 767, a move that Boeing is considering to avoid a production stop after 2027. The present 767 engines don’t… Read More

The Exception to the Green Propulsion Rule

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm November 30, 2023, © Leeham News: The interest in Green alternative propulsion for airliners started in earnest at Farnborough Air Show 2014, where Airbus flew the E-Fan battery-electric aircraft. What followed was a… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 7.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 24, 2023, © Leeham News: We have looked at the promises the VTOL industry made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as the VTOLs come closer to Certification and… Read More

The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 6.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 17, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that the VTOL industry has made in their Investor prospects and what the reality is as they come closer to Certification and… Read More

The Small Airliner Problem, Part 10. Cash costs for a battery-based airliner

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 6, 2023, © Leeham News: In our series on costs factors that make up Cash Operating Cost for a battery-based airliner with range extenders, we now add Crew costs and Airport/Airway fees…. Read More