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777X change incorporation will take years to complete; Boeing mum on details
Subscription Required Open to all Readers By Scott Hamilton and Karl Sinclair May 19, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing hopes to finally gain certification of the 777X in the coming months. Deliveries should begin next year, the company… Read More
The 787: When the System That Makes Change Incorporation Possible was Dismantled
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team The last in a Series examining one of Boeing’s steps toward recovery. May 18, 2026, © Leeham News: The Boeing 787 program, launched in 2004 with a promised first flight in… Read More
Boeing’s Long Arc from Disciplined Rework to Distributed Chaos
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Part 1 of a five part series about Boeing’s path to recovery. May 4, 2026, © Leeham News: From a 30-airplane cockpit rework crisis on the 767 to a supplier-driven configuration… Read More
How Boeing’s WISK technology may apply to its next new airplane
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Part 3 April 21, 2026, © Leeham News: In 2000-2001, Boeing revealed the concept it called the Sonic Cruiser. This sleek, futuristic airplane was conceived to cruise just below the speed of sound…. Read More
Change Incorporation, Configuration Control, and the High Cost of Getting It Wrong
Editor’s note: Boeing spent years doing rework on the 737 MAX and the 787 after the former’s grounding following two fatal crashes and the latter’s production flaws. “Shadow factories” began the 737’s rework after the 21-month grounding was… Read More
Boeing says 1Q deliveries will be lower than forecast, but will catch up later
By Scott Hamilton March 17, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing’s deliveries in the first quarter may be lower than originally forecast, but will catch up throughout the remainder of this year, the company’s chief financial officer said today…. Read More
Iran war threatens Boeing in more ways than just airliner orders
Subscription Required Now open to all readers. Editor’s note: When LNA is asked about the progress of Boeing’s recovery, we always express a caveat before answering: It depends on events outside Boeing’s control. The Iran war is just… Read More
Dissecting Boeing’s 2025 orders and deliveries
By The Leeham News Team Jan. 16, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing won more orders than Airbus last year. Airbus delivered more airplanes, given its higher production rates and Boeing’s long, slow path to recovery. But a dissection of… Read More
COMAC struggled in 2025; 2026 won’t be much better
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 15, 2026, © Leeham News: COMAC had a rough year in 2025. It’s unlikely that this year will be much better. COMAC is China’s state-owned commercial aerospace company. It builds the C909… Read More
Boeing reports best airliner delivery year since 2018
By Scott Hamilton Jan. 13, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing delivered 600 airliners last year, its best year since 2018—the last normal year before the 737 MAX grounding began in March 2020. In 2018, Boeing delivered 813 airliners…. Read More