Leeham News and Analysis

• US 5G roll out ignores concerns for Air Transport safety

  By Bjorn Fehrm January 18, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Despite year-long protests from the World’s airlines and the FAA, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) allows Verizon and ATT to roll out 5G base stations underneath the approach paths... Read More

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• 2022 Forecast: C919 EIS unlikely before 2023-24

  Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction Jan. 17, 2022, © Leeham News: COMAC, the Chinese aerospace company developing the C919, suffered yet another setback last year. It hoped to deliver the first aircraft, designed to compete with the... Read More

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• Pontifications: COTS and the KC-46A Aircraft Production Systems

  Part 1 in a Boeing series about the USAF refueling tanker By the Leeham News Team January 17, 2022, © Leeham News: COTS is an acronym meaning Commercial Off the Shelf. It’s often a requirement for certain types... Read More

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• Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 2. The problem to solve?

  January 14, 2021, ©. Leeham News: Before we dig into the different alternatives we have for more Sustainable Air Transport, let’s look at the problem and its sources. Figure 1 shows the emissions of CO2 per person since... Read More

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• Air freight growth: one-hit wonder or long-term trend?

  Subscription Required By Judson Rollins Introduction January 13, 2022, © Leeham News: COVID-19 has upended the freight world, with air delivery now becoming relatively economical versus the high premium they previously commanded over sea freight. While air freight... Read More

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• Pontifications: Teaming with Lockheed Martin for the KC-Y tanker competition

  Last in a Series Jan. 10, 2022, © Leeham News: Sean O’Keefe retired from EADS/Airbus in 2014. Boeing won the re-bid contract for the US Air Force aerial refueling tanker in 2011. The third round of the tanker... Read More

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• Forecast 2022: Embraer

  Subscription Required By Bjorn Fehrm Introduction January 10, 2022, © Leeham News: Embraer is the dominant regional jet aircraft supplier with a worldwide footprint and faces little competition to its products below 100 seats. Between 100 to 150... Read More

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• Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 1. A deeper look.

  January 7, 2021, ©. Leeham News: We finished a 34 article series before Christmas about the enormous work involved to get a new aircraft certified for passenger transport. It was a background article series to the one we... Read More

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• Boeing was “hungry” for deal, says Allegiant CEO

  By Scott Hamilton Jan. 6, 2022, © Leeham News: Allegiant Airlines CEO Maury Gallagher said Boeing was “hungry” and the carrier “got a good deal all the way around” with its first order from the manufacturer. In an... Read More

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• Estimating the A330neo replacement market

  Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction   Jan. 6, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing 787 Dreamliner deliveries have been halted for 15 months, except for about a dozen early last year. There is still no clarity on when deliveries... Read More

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