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

The Small Airliner Problem, Part 7. How affected are Green airliners?

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 8, 2023, © Leeham News: We have analyzed the costs factors that make up Cash Operating Cost, COC (Fuel, Maintenance, Airway/Airport fees, Crew costs), and how these vary with different size airliners…. Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 14. Airframe for lower friction drag

May 26, 2023, ©. Leeham News: This is a summary of the article Part 14P. Airframe for lower friction drag. The article discusses in detail a Blended Wing Body (BWB) type airframe and how it reduces the wetted… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 14P. Airframe for lower friction drag

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm May 26, 2023, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 14. Airframe for lower friction drag. It discusses in detail the Blended Wing Body (BWB) type of airframe that shall… Read More

The Small Airliner problem, Part 2

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm April 27, 2023, © Leeham News: We started a series about the viability of the business plans for small airliners (nine to 50 seats) last week in the light of a continuing decline… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 2. Target markets.

March 3, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We started a series last week that will look at what environmental and air traffic economy improvements we can get with traditional aeronautical technology developments. Before we look at technology, we must… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft technology developments. Part 1.

February 24, 2023, ©. Leeham News: In the Sustainable Air Transport series we finished last week, we described new aircraft technologies developed to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. There was one area we didn’t discuss, the progress… Read More

What is the ticket price influence of SAF? Part 2

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm Feb. 16, 2023, © Leeham News: Last week, we looked at the ticket price influence if airline fuel costs would increase going forward, either through increased use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF, or… Read More