Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
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- Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 20. May 2, 2025
WTO Appeal of EU v Boeing issued, in secrecy
The dual appeal of the WTO Panel Findings in the European Union’s complaint against illegal subsidies provided Boeing for its commercial airplanes program has been issued, but it remains under wraps until March 12 to allow the parties… Read More
Odds and Ends: Revisiting a 757 crash; Boeing-WTO appeal due this week
Boeing 757 Crash: In 1996 a Birgenair Boeing 757 crashed into the sea, following discrepancies with the pitot tubes speed indications. This story revisits the circumstances. Boeing WTO appeal: The appeal of the WTO panel findings that Boeing… Read More
US disputes EU claim of WTO-Airbus compliance, threatens sanctions
As Yogi Berra once said, “it ain’t over till it’s over.” The US Trade Representative rejected EU claims that it had complied with WTO rulings that Airbus received illegal subsidies and that these had been repaid. Here is… Read More
Airbus repays launch aid on WTO complaint but has drawn aid for A350
Airbus has repaid nearly 2bn Euros in launch aid associated with the findings of the WTO complaint filed in 2004 by the US Trade Representative, an amount far less than the American agency alleged as US$25bn in illegal… Read More
Airbus will consider A320 production higher than 44/mo: Enders
Here’s a story we did from the Paris Air Show for Commercial Aviation Online. Date: 30/06/2011 11:43 Source: Commercial Aviation Online Location: Paris By: Scott Hamilton Airbus and Boeing are boosting production of their bread-and-butter single-aisle aircraft, the… Read More
We’re back, looking at the WTO’s ruling on Airbus case
While we were gone, the WTO issued its ruling on the Airbus case, which was appealed by both sides. There’s been plenty post-ruling analyses written already, and since we’re nearly a week later, we’re not going to add… Read More
Government subsidies for healthy companies
Two news items caught our eye this morning. The first was the financial reporting for EADS today. Although EADS reported a small loss on foreign exchange and financing costs, the company increased its cash position. This came under… Read More
Boeing WTO panel report released; podcast with Airbus and Boeing
The WTO released the public version of its report on the illegal subsidies for Boeing. There are plenty of stories on the Internet to choose from, so we won’t recap it all here. We have said and still… Read More
Recapping the KC-X contest
With the expectation that the USAF is going to announce its tanker award this week, we’re going to forego our Odds and Ends kick-off and deal with the tanker. We’re going to try and synopsize many of the… Read More