Differentiation in the marketplace and the time for the open rotor

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Introduction Feb. 22, 2021, © Leeham News: Airliners are now so efficient, one challenge facing Airbus and Boeing in competing is overcoming the laws of diminishing returns. The time may finally… Read More

The world of diminishing returns: challenges Boeing faces

Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Introduction Feb. 8, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing faces a dilemma of Solomonic proportion. Which direction should it extend its product offerings? With the suspension a year ago of the New… Read More

Finally, Boeing moves in the right direction

By Scott Hamilton Feb. 3, 2021, © Leeham News: At long last, Boeing seems to be moving in the right direction on its next new airplane. Aviation Week reported this week Boeing appears to be developing a third… Read More

Boeing seeks to cut production costs of 787-8 to boost sales

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 2, 2020, © Leeham News: Boeing is considering production changes to the slow-selling 787-8 to lower costs and boost sales. The effort comes at a time when global passenger traffic is at record lows… Read More

Is reengining the Boeing 767 a good idea? Part 3.

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction October 31, 2019, © Leeham News: We have looked into what a reengining of the 767 with GE GEnx engines would give over the last two weeks. FlightGlobal wrote Boeing considers reengining… Read More

How much of an NMA market will the Airbus A321XLR capture? Part 2

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction July 25, 2019, © Leeham News: We continue our discussion from last week of what part of an NMA market the Airbus A321XLR would capture. We started the study by comparing the… Read More

How much of an NMA market will the Airbus A321XLR capture?

By Bjorn Fehrm Subscription Required Introduction July 18, 2019, © Leeham News: Airbus’ new A321XLR is labeled as an Boeing NMA killer. It shall, with its capability to fly the same routes as the NMA, nibble away on… 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