August 15, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about recent ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New project talks about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster… Read More
By Scott Hamilton Analysis Aug. 8, 2025, © Leeham News: Today is the one-year anniversary of Kelly Ortberg stepping into what is probably the most challenging career move of his professional life: becoming the chief executive officer of… Read More
AIN’s Oshkosh Air Venture show news is here. House Panel Approves Budget Jump for FAA in 2026 House bill to provide a $23.3 billion budget for FAA in 2026 By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine… Read More
Open to all Readers By Scott Hamilton June 9, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing announced the addition of a fourth 737 production line in 2023 as the last 747 rolled out of the Everett (WA) widebody factory where… Read More
By Karl Sinclair Analysis June 2, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg believes that lessons learned from the 737 MAX crisis and subsequent in-depth oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are key to certifying the… Read More
By Scott Hamilton May 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing will release its fourth annual safety report this month. The first was in 2022. The document is the Chief Aerospace Safety Officer Report (CASO Report). Previous CASO reports… Read More
Subscription Required By Colleen Mondor Commentary Jan. 13, 2025, © Leeham News: When discussing the topic of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staffing, it is traditionally Air Traffic Controllers that command media attention. Even when problems surfaced after the… Read More
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 31, 2024, © Leeham News: When Boeing held its first investors day since 2018 in November 2022, then-CEO David Calhoun projected that the production rate for the 737 would be 50/mo sometime… Read More
By Scott Hamilton Commentary Aug. 8, 2024, © Leeham News: Kelly Ortberg becomes president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Co. today. He replaces David Calhoun, who was named to the position in January 2020. Calhoun replaced… Read More