Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
- Spirit Aero teeters on bankruptcy, but what’s new about that? February 10, 2025
- Trump vows to add tariffs to aluminum and steel; Airbus, Boeing, suppliers will be impacted February 10, 2025
- JetZero sees big sales potential, but consultants say it won’t be them to bring BWB to market February 10, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 8 February 7, 2025
- Hopes, skepticism, for Boeing from suppliers February 6, 2025
PNAA Conference: Boeing’s Tinseth dismisses Aboulafia forecast of Airbus A320 dominance; firm ” no” on 757RE
Quotations are paraphrased. Feb. 11, 2015: I don’t see a 60% market share for our competition (Airbus, single-aisle airplanes), says Randy Tinseth, VP Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, in his presentation today before the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance in… Read More
Odds and Ends: AirAsia 8501, PNAA Conference, FWIW
Jan. 2, 2014: AirAsia 8501: Our friend Geoff Thomas has an interesting commentary about the AirAsia 8501 story. Also, an Airbus A330 pilot for a major US airline, offered these observations about QZ8501. A Linkedin profile suggests this… Read More
Boeing’s Partnering for Success strains supplier relationship
Boeing officials reaffirmed the company’s drive for Partnership for Success, or PFS, during two appearances at conferences this month, adding that its supply chain was mostly on board, though some companies are now on a “no-fly list.” .CEO… Read More
Richard Aboulafia analyzes state of industry, opines on A380neo, what it works for Emirates and other stuff
Richard Aboulafia, an analyst for The Teal Group, is a headline speaker at the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance every year. Below are a series of videos of his presentation this year. He provides an overview of the commercial… Read More
Airbus to cut new airplane R&D, focus more on derivatives
Airbus is going to cut back its new airplane research and development spending and redirect efforts more toward derivative airplanes, EADS CEO Tom Enders told aerospace analysts at the EADS Global Investors Forum. Buried in a Bloomberg News… Read More
Backstory on the JAL deal from Bloomberg; ‘Boeing blew JAL, others’ says Aboulafia
Japan Airlines deal: Two items of note came across our desk concerning the Japan Airlines’ order from Airbus for the A350-900/1000. The first is from Bloomberg, which has an interview with Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier. Lots of speculation… Read More
