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- Boeing Announces Preliminary Significant Q3 Loss: Cuts 767 Freighter Program, Delays 777X EIS, Major Layoffs October 11, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 28. Wrapup. October 11, 2024
- Boeing strike hits suppliers, Airbus steps in October 10, 2024
- Boeing-IAM contract talks fail, no new negotiations scheduled, no end in sight October 9, 2024
- Boeing 3Q deliveries up despite strike October 8, 2024
Pontifications: For aviation geeks and historians; Boeing’s next airplane
Oct. 10, 2023, © Leeham News: For aviation geeks—and there are plenty of us—and historians, a resource that is the best single place I’ve seen is Chris Sloan’s TheAirchive.Net – The Hub of Air Transport History. Sloan—who joined LNA… Read More
Posted on October 10, 2023 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Moonshot for engines for Next Boeing Airplane may have to wait
Sept. 12, 2023, © Leeham News: The Next Boeing Airplane (NBA) may be a moonshot for CEO David Calhoun, but airlines will probably be reluctant to take a moonshot on the next new engine. Service issues with the… Read More
Posted on September 12, 2023 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s Calhoun: Be patient for a new airplane
By Scott Hamilton June 1, 2023, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO David Calhoun remains upbeat about the company’s future despite occasional setbacks and a struggling defense unit. But in a media briefing on May 30 in advance of… Read More
Posted on June 1, 2023 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing shows off new Additive Manufacturing facility, a key to future aerospace
By Scott Hamilton Sept. 28, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing last week officially celebrated the opening of its Boeing Additive Manufacturing plant (BAM) in the small suburb of Algona (WA), east of Tacoma. BAM opened just at the… Read More
Posted on September 28, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
Jump in R&D spending at Boeing Commerical Airplanes points to renewed studies for new airplane
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Return of the NMA? Photo credit: Leeham News. Aug. 1, 2022, © Leeham News: Buried in Boeing’s second quarter results released last week was a sharp jump in research and development spending. It… Read More
Posted on August 1, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator latest in 10 year effort
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton This Boeing 777-200ER is the latest in the company’s 10-year ecoD program. Credit: Boeing. June 27, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing’s unveiling of a 777-200ER ecoDemonstrator on June 14 is the latest “ecoD”… Read More
Posted on June 27, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: The soup du jour
March 14, 2022, © Leeham News: You might call it the soup du jour. EcoAviation is all over the place at aviation conferences these days. It was a key topic at last October’s Annual General Meeting of the… Read More
Posted on March 14, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
HOTR: Consensus that Boeing must launch new airplane in 2023 or 2024
By Scott Hamilton Feb. 15, 2022, © Leeham News: There is a belief that when Boeing clears out much of its 737 MAX inventory, resumes delivery of the 787, and reduces a good portion of its debt that… Read More
Posted on February 15, 2022 by Scott Hamilton
Pontifications: Boeing’s production system of the future
Nov. 1, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing executives have been hinting for years about the production transformation the company sees as critical to the Next Boeing Airplane (NBA), no matter what form it takes. Boeing’s effort, begun under… Read More
Posted on November 1, 2021 by Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s apparent shifting product strategy
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction Aug. 2, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing last week reiterated it believes the 777-9 will be certified and delivered in late 2023. CEO David Calhoun also said, “I’m confident that might be… Read More
Posted on August 2, 2021 by Scott Hamilton