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Leeham News and Analysis
- GE testing of giant GE9X engine aims for maturity at entry into service June 30, 2025
- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 28. June 27, 2025
- Parent agency, FAA often at odds as politics outweighs safety June 26, 2025
- Electric Flight and the Ugly Duckling June 25, 2025
- Engine makers tout “Plan A” but have “Plan B” backups in R&D June 23, 2025
Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 19.
April 25, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to improve the emission situation for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. Over the last Corners, we… Read More
Airbus launches Book and Claim SAF scheme
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton March 31, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus last week announced a program to boost Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) called Book and Claim. Its purpose is to buy SAF credits in one location and… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 12.
March 7, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why the development has been slow. Last week,… Read More
Another One Bites the Dust; alternative energy gives way to realities
By Scott Hamilton Feb. 18, 2025, © Leeham News: Universal Hydrogen. Lilium. Volocopter. Tecnam’s electric airplane. Airbus electric. Airbus hydrogen. ATR hybrid. Eviation was just the latest alternative energy project to bite the dust. And these are just… Read More
Clean Joule nears opening SAF factory in Utah
By Scott Hamilton Nov. 8, 2024, © Leeham News: The commercial aviation industry thinks Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is the best alternative energy to pursue to meet the lofty goal of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050…. Read More
Aerospace supply chain still ailing; Sustainable Aviation Fuel isn’t the answer to go green
Aerospace supply chain is still in recovery. Suppliers in Russia had to be closed. What happens if the same happens in China? Sustainable Aviation Fuel isn’t the answer to green aviation. Innovation in engine and airframe design is…. Read More
Carrots and sticks needed to achieve sustainability goals, says Airbus
Subscription Required By Tom Batchelor February 22, 2024, © Leeham News: The sustainability challenge is redefining the aerospace industry in all sorts of ways. An Airbus A350-1000 is refuelled with a 35% blend of SAF prior to its… Read More
NASA, Boeing Say SAF Creates Fewer Greenhouse Contrails
By Dan Catchpole Subscription Required Nov. 2, 2023 © Leeham News: High over Montana, Andy “Jeeves” Barry slipped the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 to the right and out of the Boeing 737-10’s wake to “get some fresh air.” NASA’s… Read More
Embraer deliveries surge; executives proclaim rebound from Covid, failed merger
By Bryan Corliss Subscription required March 13, 2023, © Leeham News — Embraer executives said last week that the company is on a flight path to growth after weathering two major storms in 2020. “As we have said,… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 56. SAF non-CO2 effects
February 3, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We’ve gone through the composition of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF, its production, and its cost. We’ve also discussed its effect on CO2 emissions from Air Transport. An important part of SAF’s advantages… Read More