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Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing 3Q deliveries up despite strike October 8, 2024
- Strike slows Boeing’s march toward improving safety culture October 7, 2024
- Aerospace supply chain still ailing; Sustainable Aviation Fuel isn’t the answer to go green October 4, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 27. Long developments October 4, 2024
- Longshoreman strike adds to Airbus, Boeing woes October 1, 2024
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 4
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 1, 2024, © Leeham News: We are comparing the Airbus a321XLR to the Boeing 757 to understand to what extent it can replace the 757 on the longer routes it operates for… Read More
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 3
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 11, 2024, © Leeham News: We are comparing the Airbus a321XLR to the Boeing 757 to understand to what extent it can replace the 757 on the longer routes it operates for… Read More
To what extent can the A321XLR replace the Boeing 757, Part 1.
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm June 27, 2024, © Leeham News: The Airbus A321XLR, the extra-long-range version of the A321neo, will start operational service with IBERIA on the Madrid-Boston trans-Atlantic route later this year. It’s the type of… Read More
Pontifications: Boeing’s alphabet soup of airplanes and more
It’s time for catching up on Odds and Ends. By Scott Hamilton March 2, 2020, © Leeham News: NMA. NSA (version 1). NSA (version 2). NLT. FSA. MOM. These are Boeing’s acronyms for its next airplane. Whatever it… Read More
SAP and advanced manufacturing cut costs for current, new airplanes
Subscription Required July 1, 2019, © Leeham News: Improving supply chain management is one of the many, many key factors in making the business case for the prospective Boeing New Midmarket Airplane. The prospective Boeing NMA needs SAP… Read More
The range of Airbus A321XLR
By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction June 27, 2019, © Leeham News: Airbus launched the extended range A321XLR last week at the Paris Air Show. The range of the aircraft was presented as 4,700nm with an “around 200… Read More
Airbus appears poised to launch A321XLR
Subscription Required Introduction Feb. 25, 2019, © Leeham News: The longer Boeing dithers on launching the New Midmarket Airplane, the harder it is to close an already difficult business case. News last week that Airbus finally, at long… Read More
Pontifications: March is a critical month for engine OEMs
Feb. 25, 2019, © Leeham News: Even as Boeing put off a decision whether to launch the New Midmarket Aircraft until 2020, next month could be an important milestone—not only for the program but especially for the engine… Read More
Countdown to NMA decision, Part 4: Time out
Subscription Required Feb. 4, 2019, © Leeham News: It’s time for Airbus to launch the A321XLR. Boeing last week announced a program launch for the New Midmarket Airplane won’t come until 2020 at the earliest. Authority to Offer… Read More
Key customers shrug off Boeing’s 2020 NMA launch date
Jan. 30, 2019, © Leeham News: Key customers and suppliers shrugged off Boeing’s announcement today that a program launch for the prospective New Midmarket Aircraft won’t come until 2020. If Boeing goes ahead with the NMA, a decision… Read More