Leeham News and Analysis

• Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 3. Application space.

  August 7, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliners we now look at the emission targets one is chasing and then discuss for what type of airliner does a hydrogen... Read More

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• US Regional Consolidation Began Before Covid

  Second in a Series on the Future of Regionals The future of regional jets is limited by choices, Scope Clause Subscription Required Introduction By Kathryn B. Creedy Aug. 6, 2020, (c) Leeham News: Many might assume the recent... Read More

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• Embraer’s 2Q2020: Revenues more than halved, causing increasing losses

  By Bjorn Fehrm August 5, 2020, ©. Leeham News: Embraer presented its 2Q2020 results today. The revenue virtually halved for 1H2020 to $1.17bn (2.2bn 1H2019) and shrank 61% for the second quarter to $537m ($1,379m 2Q2019), after delivering... Read More

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• HOTR: Boeing warns of forward losses on 787, 777X programs

  By the Leeham News Staff Aug. 5, 2020, © Leeham News: In another demonstration of the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis, Boeing warned that two flagship airplane programs could face forward losses. Neither the 787 nor the... Read More

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• Boeing’s big opportunity

  Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Analysis Introduction Aug. 3, 2020, © Leeham News: Boeing has one of the biggest opportunities in decades. This is counter-intuitive, given the disaster it faces with the COVID-19 crisis. But in chaos, there... Read More

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• HOTR: NOK Air, 3 more bite the dust in COVID fall-out

  By the Leeham News Staff July 31, 2020, © Leeham News: NOK Air of Thailand is the latest carrier to filed for bankruptcy. LNA’s monthly tracking of failed carriers adds NOK, Jet Time, Level and Blue Air to... Read More

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• Bjorn’s Corner: The challenges of Hydrogen. Part 2. Ecosystem.

  July 31, 2020, ©. Leeham News: In our series on Hydrogen as an energy store for airliner use we begin by looking at the needed ecosystem that can produce and distribute Hydrogen. When I was skeptical about hydrogen... Read More

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• COVID production rates “firm” up

  By Scott Hamilton July 30, 2020 © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing refined their COVID production schedules this week slightly downward in some cases. Airbus largely held to its previously announced production schedule. It dropped the A350 rate... Read More

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• Airbus 1H2020; “We have reached the right production level for the pandemic”

  By Bjorn Fehrm July 30, 2020, © Leeham News: Airbus presented its results for the first half of 2020 today. Airbus CEO, Guillaume Faury said on the analyst call “We made a large adjustment to lower production rates... Read More

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• Airbus says A350 loans now WTO compliant

  By Bjorn Fehrm July 30, 2020, ©. Leeham News: Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury announced Friday that it had made the A350 Repayable Launch Investment (RLI) loans fully WTO compliant, to break the deadlock in the 16-year-old fight with... Read More

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