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• One A380 departure of two 777-200ER alternatively 787-9? Part 2.

  Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction December 9, 2021, © Leeham News: Last week, we checked the economics for an airline that dispatches one A380 instead of two smaller widebodies on a trunk route with heavy traffic. Our... Read More

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• HOTR: A near $100bn Equity Hole to Fill

  By the Leeham News Staff Dec. 7, 2021, © Leeham News: LNA published an article last April highlighting the divergence in financial fortunes between airlines in lessors in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most lessors avoided... Read More

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• A short history of production system development

  Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Dec. 6, 2021, © Leeham News: Long ago, aircraft were simple, made of steel tubing, wood, and fabric. Engineering staffs were small, and the craftsmen building them had little need for... Read More

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• Pontifications: Retrospective of KC-X tanker competition

  The first in a series. By Scott Hamilton Dec. 6, 2021, © Leeham News: The US Air Force began the process this year to procure the KC-Y aerial refueling tanker. Originally, this was to follow the KC-X (awarded... Read More

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• Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 32. Aircraft delivery and EIS

  December 3, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we went through typical problems by the start of serial production, such as weight creep and traveled work. Now we discuss the ins and outs of delivering the aircraft to... Read More

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• One A380 departure or two 777-200ER alternatively 787-9?

  Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction December 2, 2021, © Leeham News: With the last Airbus A380 rolling of the production line in days, we started looking at why the A380 didn’t sell last week. Now we check... Read More

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• HOTR: 787 delivery restart appears to slip to April: customers

  By the Leeham News Staff Nov. 30, 2021, © Leeham News: Plans to resume deliveries of the Boeing 787—halted since October 2020—appear to be slipping again. Customers tell LNA that deliveries may not resume until April, a slip... Read More

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• It’s time for a reality check on ecoAviation

  Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction Nov. 29, 2021, © Leeham News: The goals are admirable and lofty: cut carbon emissions dramatically. Boeing wants to have its 7-Series airplanes be 100% compatible with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by... Read More

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• Pontifications: Think tank analyzes KC-Y competitive landscape

  Nov. 29, 2021, © Leeham News: A conservative think tank believes the US Air Force must invest not only in another round of aerial refueling tankers. It must also invest in infrastructure and future, innovative designs. The Hudson... Read More

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• Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of airliner development. Part 31. Serial Production problems

  November 26, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we started our analysis of the serial production phase. If development is filled with revelations and problems to solve, production has it as well. We start this week by looking... Read More

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