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Leeham News and Analysis
- The Boeing 767 Cross Section, Part 1 November 24, 2022
- Movie Review: Devotion November 21, 2022
- China will accelerate development of its commercial aerospace sector November 21, 2022
- Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 46. eVTOL comparison with helicopter November 18, 2022
- The economics of a 787-9 and A330-900 at eight or nine abreast November 16, 2022
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 16. Post Launch.
August 13, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the Certification Application, one of the most important milestones in the Pre-Launch phase. Now we assume we got a Product Launch approval from our board/Investors. We start… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 15. The Certification application.
August 6, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the OTA, Authorization To Offer milestone. Now we look at another important milestone in the Pre-Launch phase, the design Certification application. It involves some tricky differences in… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 14. The ATO.
July 30, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the later tasks in the Prelaunch Phase. We talked about Concept refinement, Supplier selection, and Certification work. Now we dig deeper into the important Authorization To Offer… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 13. Later in the Prelaunch Phase
July 23, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through the initial tasks in the Prelaunch Phase. We talked about Sales and Marketing activities, initial Concept development, and first Supplier contacts. Now that time has passed, we… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 12. The Prelaunch Phase.
July 16, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we showed the first cut of an overall Program Plan for our 19 seat airliner project. Now we discuss the Prelaunch Phase activities in more detail, including what type of… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part10. What aircraft to develop.
July 2, 2021, ©. Leeham News: It’s time to start our aircraft project, where we discuss aircraft development from preliminary planning to fleet support and look at how the certification rules influence our work. The first part of… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 2. Why Certification?
May 7, 2021, ©. Leeham News: The major challenge with developing commercial aircraft is the certification process. You can’t just develop the aircraft based on your unique knowledge and ideas, you must do it according to a detailed… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: The Challenges of Airliner Development. Part 1. Introduction
April 30, 2021, ©. Leeham News: After our hydrogen series, we now start a series around the Challenges of Airliner Development. We have more aeronautical projects in development than ever, fueled by the transformation to new, more sustainable… Read More