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JetZero CEO Lands A Silicon Valley Mindset at U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Aviation Summit
By Chris Sloan Sept. 17, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit, Tom O’Leary, CEO and Co-Founder of JetZero, made clear that his company is bringing something different to commercial aviation: a… Read More
Tariffs, Trade, and Turbines: Aerospace Leaders Call for Zero Barriers at Global Summit
By Chris Sloan Sept. 16, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit, the topic of tariffs dominated the discussion — and industry leaders didn’t hold back in calling for a return to… Read More
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on Supply Chain, Tariffs, and the Next Generation of Aircraft at US Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit
By Chris Sloan Sept. 9, 2025, © Leeham News: At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury shared an optimistic outlook for Airbus operations speaking on supply chain recovery, production… 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
A320neo replacements needs to be ~25% more efficient
By Scott Hamilton Sept. 11, 2024, © Leeham News: The replacement for the Airbus A320neo family should be 25% more efficient, says CEO Guillaume Faury. “The priority for the next generation of single line, the one that will… Read More
“The music will stop” because aviation will miss target “green” deadlines: Boeing’s Calhoun
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton David Calhoun. Source: Boeing. Oct. 24, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing CEO David Calhoun believes that the plethora of concepts for shifting to “green” aviation may be confusing policymakers. And, he says, the… Read More
Pontifications: Two sentences described Boeing’s last two years
Oct. 24, 2022, © Leeham News: The question to Boeing CEO David Calhoun was put in levity. His response was telling. Susanne Clark, the president of the US Chamber of Commerce, noted before last month’s Aerospace Summit that… Read More
Pontifications: Energy costs add to aerospace supply chain squeeze
Oct. 17, 2022, © Leeham News: The aerospace supply chain faces new strains due to rising energy costs, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said last week. Bloomberg News reports that Faury said some suppliers are shutting down due to… Read More
Pontifications: Suppliers don’t lack for demand, but haven’t recovered from Pandemic crisis
Oct. 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Aerospace suppliers don’t lack demand. But they still have a long way to go to recover from the crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic began in earnest in March… Read More
HOTR: MAX 7 and 10 certification; ecoAviation and the missing life cycles
By the Leeham News Team Sept. 18, 2022, © Leeham News: LNA last week attended the US Chamber of Commerce’s Aerospace Summit in Washington (DC). We’ll have a series of full reports in the coming weeks. Here are… Read More