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Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing CEO promises company is turning around…again April 24, 2024
- Solid start for stand-alone GE Aerospace despite cuts to LEAP output April 23, 2024
- SPEEA, Boeing at impasse over safety program, union says April 23, 2024
- Better transparency needed on Boeing’s 1Q earnings call April 22, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 4. Propulsive efficiency April 19, 2024
Bjorn’ s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 47. MSG-3 Maintenance
February 2, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different phases of a new airliner program. After covering the Design and Production, we now look at the Operational phase of a new airliner family. For the operational… Read More
Bjorn’ s Corner: New aircraft technologies. Part 46. Maintenance Program
January 19, 2024, ©. Leeham News: We are discussing the different phases of a new airliner program. After covering the Design and Production, we now look at the Operational phase of a new airliner family. For the operational… Read More
Airbus: Global services sector to double by 2042
Subscription Required By Gordon Smith December 4, 2023, © Leeham News: If the last decade taught us anything, it’s just how challenging it is to make accurate forecasts. While this is true of almost all industries, few are… Read More
Rolls-Royce sets out ambitious vision to future-proof its business
Subscription Required By Gordon Smith November 29, 2023, © Leeham News: Rolls-Royce’s (RR) capital markets day presented a business that has bookended 2023 with two very different narratives. The November 28 event heralded targets such as a quadrupling… Read More
SR Technics navigates surge in MRO demand, bridge to new-gen engines
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins November 13, 2023, © Leeham News: On the sidelines of last month’s Aviation Week MRO Europe conference, LNA sat down with Matthias Düllmann, CEO of engine MRO provider SR Technics. Düllmann spoke at… Read More
Maintenance cost, availability are growing concerns for OEMs, airlines
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins November 7, 2023, © Leeham News: Maintenance costs and lead times have been a growing topic in aviation circles and financial markets since last month’s Aviation Week MRO Europe conference in Amsterdam. Wage… Read More
MRO demand, pricing power near record levels: great for providers, painful for operators
Subscription Required By Judson Rollins October 24, 2023, © Leeham News: In aviation’s topsy-turvy post-Covid recovery, one group of companies faces a near-perfect storm of positive developments: maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) service providers and their suppliers. Source:… Read More
MRO companies report double-digit growth in RBC survey
Subscription Required By Bryan Corliss April 12, 2023, © Leeham News: – MRO operators foresee double-digit growth in the rest of 2023 – as long as they can get the spare parts they need. That’s the finding from… Read More
Pontifications: Engine problems are getting worse
May 14, 2018, © Leeham News: The engine problems are getting worse. These have moved beyond the technical issues with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, GE Aviation GEnx, Pratt & Whitney GTF and CFM56. The problems are trickling down… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Keeping airliners operational. Part 9.
June 16, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: This week we finish our analysis how an operator would keep our tentative airline operational. By now we know the maintenance of the fleet is a critical part of running an airline. If… Read More