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- AIN Media Group Agrees to Acquire Leeham News & Analysis June 17, 2025
- Five for Five: Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix June 15, 2025
- Airbus sees Boeing as medium-term competitor, with Comac next June 14, 2025
- Boeing bullish on 20-year forecast, despite short-term headwinds June 14, 2025
- Embraer’s 20-year market forecast under 150 seats: fewer turboprops, jets about the same June 14, 2025
Five for Five: Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix
By Scott Hamilton June 15, 2025, © Leeham News, Le Bourget, France: The Paris Air Show was supposed to be another step, however small, in Boeing’s way back from six years from crisis after crisis, safety and quality… Read More
Boeing CEO: Lessons learned are key to certification of 737-7/10 and 777X
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
Boeing First Quarter Results Update: China is 10% of the backlog, with 500 in “Unidentified”
By Karl Sinclair April 23, 2025, © Leeham News: China represents 10% of Boeing’s commercial airliner backlog, CFO Brian West clarified on the Boeing 1Q2025 earnings call. About 50 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered to China this… Read More
Boeing reports mixed results of latest employee survey, but middle management and officers remain key obstacles
By Scott Hamilton April 22, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing released an employee survey last week about safety, culture, and related items. Some areas recorded improvements, while others recorded declines. But the survey data released did not address… Read More
Hopes for 1Q financial progress turns into bumpy ride for Boeing
Subscription Required By Karl Sinclair At its peak, there were 140 Boeing 737 MAXes stored across Washington state destined for China. The number is now around 40, and with the tariff war, there is no telling when these… Read More
Boeing 2024 Proxy Statement: Executive Compensation includes retirement gifts for Calhoun, Deal; housing support for Ortberg, Pope, and other stuff
Subscription Required By Karl Sinclair March 17, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing’s top executives on average earn 81 times more money than the average company employee, the 2024 Proxy Statement reveals. And in addition to the usual perks… Read More
Ortberg, SPEEA meet; union surveys members for contract negotiations, strike
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg (left) and SPEEA president John Dimas. Credit: SPEEA. Feb. 27, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg met with the company’s engineers and technicians union, SPEEA, on Feb…. Read More
Boeing sees achieving pre-MAX grounding production rates 8 years later
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 30, 2025, © Leeham News: When Airbus began to record more orders than Boeing in the early 2000 decade, Boeing’s CEO dismissed the shift. Orders didn’t matter, sniffed Phil Condit. Only deliveries… Read More
Ortberg sees path with FAA for returning to full rate 737 production
By Karl Sinclair Jan. 28, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing’s CEO Kelly Ortberg, now five months into his job, painted an encouraging picture of the company’s path to recovery in an appearance on the financial news network CNBC… Read More