Ryanair, Southwest, United take biggest hit from FAA cap on 737 MAX production

By Scott Hamilton Feb. 16, 2024, © Leeham News: When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) put a freeze on Boeing 737 production rates at the currently approved 38/mo level, LNA revealed that hundreds of orders will face delivery… Read More

Risk-Adjusted Business Outlook

A 2024 view of macroeconomic and indicators for the aircraft finance and leasing markets By David Yu and William Loh Feb. 13, 2024, © Leeham News: As we entered 2024, this is an interesting time for aircraft finance… Read More

Pontifications: It’s been five years since Boeing’s last normal year. Five more to go.

Feb. 6, 2024, © Leeham News: Think about it. The last normal year for The Boeing Co. was 2018—five long years ago. At best, we think the next normal year may be 2028. Another five long years. And… Read More

Certifications of MAX 7 and 10 may take hit from 737-9 grounding

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 22, 2024, © Leeham News: The grounding of the Boeing 737-9 MAX is likely to delay certification of the 737-7 and 737-10, customers fear. At a minimum, certification of the 737-7 is… Read More

Propelled by MAX 10, Boeing thumps Airbus at Paris Air Show

June 22, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The Boeing 737 MAX 10 received a rousing endorsement from lessors and airlines last week at the Paris Air Show. There were 361 orders and commitments announced, blowing through Boeing’s own forecast… Read More

Developing Boeing’s airplanes

June 21, 2017, © Leeham Co.: “It’s all about continuing the development strategy since thirty years” said Mike Delaney, VP of program development for Boeing. “It’s about continuing the development strategy for 30 years producing super efficient twins that… Read More

Boeing soft launch for 737 MAX 10

March 6, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing effectively did a soft launch today of the 737-10 MAX at the ISTAT Americas conference in San Diego. Randy Tinseth, VP-Marketing, revealed basic specifications for the MAX 10, the first time… Read More

Boeing 737 MAX 10

Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction January 17, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Boeing has given its sales team the “authority to offer” the 737 MAX 10. The aircraft is a stretched version of the 737 MAX 9, designed… Read More

Pontifications: The crystal ball

May 30, 2016, © Leeham Co.: We at Leeham Co. and Leeham News and Comment take some risk when we make analyses, forecasts, projections and predictions. These often put us out on a limb, open us to criticism and even… Read More