Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 21. May 9, 2025
- Does an A220-500 need a new wing and engines? Part 2. May 8, 2025
- Embraer downplays tariff impact on 2025 results May 6, 2025
- JetZero readies effort for private equity fund raising May 5, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 20. May 2, 2025
Odds and Ends: Asia’s LCCs; Fiscal Cliff Deal; Boeing v Airbus; Desert Airplanes
Asia’s LCCs: Aviation Week has this lengthy piece about Asia’s Low Cost Carriers. Update: Financial Times has this in-depth look at AirAsia vs Lion Air. (Free registration required.) Fiscal Cliff Deal: The can was kicked down the road… Read More
Odds and Ends: Airbus takes a look at the future; Air India gets 787 Saturday; John Leahy
Looking at the future: Airbus takes a look at the future in this company-issued document. Airbus discusses the environment, Air Traffic Management and more. This link has more information about how Airbus looks at the future. Air India:… Read More
Airbus Innovation Days: synopsis of a lot of stuff
We’ve been at the Airbus Innovation Days in Toulouse, with about 200 others from around the globe. Here are some highlights: A380 wing rib issues: As reported previously in various media, Tom Williams, EVP-programs, outlined the issues with… Read More
Republicans in Congress out to lunch on Ex-Im Bank funding
The politically-focused publication The Hill has an article that describes a Republican Party that is completely out of touch with reality on the Ex-Im Bank funding of exports. Ex-Im supports a broad spectrum of industries, but is especially… Read More
Strategically speaking, why American Airlines?
Update, 11:30am PDT July 25: The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram summarizes the delivery schedule of the huge AA order. Of particular note: AA doesn’t receive its first 737RE until 2018. This raises the question: is the EIS of the… Read More
Leahy to Boeing: you’re “whistling past the graveyard”
This is a story we provided KIRO TV in Seattle, for which we provided reports during the air show. Airbus A320neo success far exceeds expectations Special to KIRO TV Airbus ended the primary portion of the Paris Air… Read More