Leeham News and Analysis
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Leeham News and Analysis
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- The economics of a 787-9 and A330-900 at eight or nine abreast November 16, 2022
Enders on “internationalization”
Tom Enders, the CEO of Airbus, vowed to continue “internationalization” of its production while protecting intellectual property rights and avoiding Boeing’s mistakes with the 787 program. Speaking to a small group of the 90 journalists attending the Airbus… Read More
Airbus sees recovery in 2010
Airbus officials see a recovery in the global economy and passenger traffic next year, they said this week at the Airbus Innovation Days in Hamburg. We were among about 90 journalists to attend the event, formerly known as… Read More
Boeing production cut?
FlightGlobal reported yesterday (May 7) that supplier GKN’s CEO predicted Boeing will cut production next year of the 737 to 21 a month. This would be 32%, roughly in line with a forecast made in January by Steven… Read More
25 more 787s canceled
Boeing’s weekly orders update shows another 25 787s have been canceled, bringing the total net cancellations for this aircraft to 57 so far this year. The latest customer is not identified. Update, May 8: Our colleagues at FlightGlobal… Read More
Moving toward 787 first flight
A bit of a controversy arose this week when Bernstein Research published a report following the media briefing on the 787 program in which Bernstein predicted a delay for entry-into-service (EIS) from 1Q10 to 2Q10; a six month… Read More
‘Office Pool’ on 787 first flight
Well, not really an office pool. Internet gambling is illegal in Washington State (another example of misplaced priorities, but we won’t start up again). So we’ll just do a poll.
More embarrassing non-action by WA
Update, May 5: Seattle’s Technical Alliance said Washington State is dead last among 10 states it ranks for graduate programs in science and engineering. Check out this article in The Seattle Times. Even Utah ranks higher. As we… Read More
Boeing refreshes 737
Here are our stories from Commercial Aviation Online about the Boeing 737 refresh. The stories speak for themselves, and one of them gives the reaction of Southwest Airlines, Boeing’s biggest 737 customer. Our personal observations: the new interior,… Read More
Tankers: to split or not to split
Update, May 4: Veto threat over split tanker effort: read all about it. Update, May 3: US Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), chair of a House appropriations committee, has dropped (for the moment) his effort to insert into the… Read More
Replacing the A320, 737
We attended the joint anouncement April 28 by Boeing and CFM International for the enhancements to the 737NG, something we had forecast in an article for Aviation and the Environment magazine way back in December. Except for the… Read More