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Leeham News and Analysis
- Risk Adjusted Business: Aircraft and leasing values October 3, 2023
- Analysis: With Gentile out at Spirit, here’s what Shanahan’s hiring likely means October 2, 2023
- Mammoth quietly drops trade secrets theft lawsuit October 2, 2023
- Analysis: Boeing’s options for Spirit AeroSystem October 2, 2023
- Bjorn’s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 32. Design for production September 29, 2023
Pontifications: “We’re sick and tired of new technologies:” Avolon CEO
Editor’s Note: As Airbus and Boeing consider new airplanes, their current generation aircraft are plagued with technical issues. The engines on the A320neo and 737 MAX families continue to have problems years after entry into service. The Boeing… Read More
An uneven financial recovery among OEMs and Suppliers
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction March 27, 2023, © Leeham News: In an article last year, LNA highlighted the divergence in the post-Covid-19 recovery among OEMs and select Tier 1 suppliers. Airbus had higher profits than before… Read More
Engine Development. Part 10. Next generation engines
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction October 20, 2022, © Leeham News: We finish our series about engine development by looking at the next-generation engines and future trends in airliner engine development. We limit this look forward to… Read More
Engine Development. Part 8. Throttle push or not?
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction October 6, 2022, © Leeham News: The early years of 2000 saw new engine programs launched for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus response, the A350. Substantial differences in the life… Read More
Engine Development. Part 7. Engine reliability changes the aircraft market
Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction September 29, 2022, © Leeham News: The 1970s saw the introduction of the High Bypass engine for the medium/long range Boeing 747, Douglas DC-10, and Lockheed Tristar, with Airbus A300 employing an… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 16. Thrust generation
April 22, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we examined propulsion system alternatives and their principal advantages and disadvantages. Now we go deeper into these alternatives. All propulsion systems for aircraft use a propulsion device like a propeller… Read More
An uneven financial recovery among OEMs
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction March 28, 2022, © Leeham News: In an article last year, LNA highlighted the significant impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the financials of commercial aviation OEMs. Most recorded sizable losses and… Read More
Pontifications: Bringing some reality on electric airplanes
Nov. 15, 2021, © Leeham News: The momentum and press about electric airplanes is spinning out of control. Earlier this month, there was an article from one of the most respected news organizations by a reporter who apparently… Read More