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The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 13, 2023, © Leeham News: We have done a deep dive series on the cost problems experienced by small airliners and how these make life difficult for alternative propulsion projects. The eVTOL… Read More
Day One at Paris: Airbus lands record IndiGo deal for 500 A320s
By Bryan Corliss Monday, June 19, 2023, © Leeham News – Airbus landed a huge but widely expected order for 500 A320s from Indian carrier IndiGo, as the 2023 Paris Air Show got underway Monday. Analysts had issued… Read More
The production cost trap for eVTOL upstarts
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm April 13, 2023, © Leeham News: Last week, we gave the example of a new propulsion principle 30-seat airliner as a project that would face the liquidity strain of initial production costs. We… Read More
Pontifications: Technical challenges for UAMs, et al, only part of the problems
March 28, 2023, © Leeham News: Technical challenges for alternative energy aircraft are daunting. Urban Air Mobility, Advanced Air Mobility, eVTOLs, batteries, hydrogen, hybrids—this list goes on. Advances are reaching a point where some of the concepts in… Read More