By Scott Hamilton March 24, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing’s major win for the US Air Force’s new F-47 sixth-generation fighter isn’t just a major plus for a company under siege since 2019. It’s a major shift in... Read More The post Boeing’s new fighter award moves away from money-losing fixed price contracts appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton March 24, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus continues to struggle to deliver commercial airliners to customers on time, with the A320neo and A350 families now sold out into the early 2030s. Customers complain... Read More The post Airbus still struggles to deliver planes on time appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

March 21, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. Last week, we... Read More The post Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 14. appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm March 20, 2025, © Leeham News: The COMAC C919 is finding its first customers outside China, with an order from the Brunei-based GallopAir upstart being first with an order for 30 C919 in... Read More The post How good is the COMAC C919? appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

By Karl Sinclair March 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing (BA) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Brian West, was optimistic about Boeing’s path for recovery and appeared unworried about any near-term impacts of tariffs imposed... Read More The post Boeing CFO Brian West: OK on tariffs for now, backlogs and inventories help appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

March 19, 2025, © Leeham News: I’ve been reading hand-wringing opinion pieces in recent weeks—especially last week—about the changes at Southwest Airlines. Beginning with its first layoffs in its 50+ years of 1,700 headquarters staff through last week’s... Read More The post Pontifications: Southwest’s core problems are not solved by business model changes-yet appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

Subscription Required By Karl Sinclair March 17, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing’s top executives on average earn 81 times more money than the average company employee, the 2024 Proxy Statement reveals. And in addition to the usual perks... Read More The post  Boeing 2024 Proxy Statement: Executive Compensation includes retirement gifts for Calhoun, Deal; housing support for Ortberg, Pope, and other stuff appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

March 14, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a Corner series about the state of developments to replace or improve hydrocarbon propulsion concepts for Air Transport. We try to understand why development has been slow. Last week, we summarized... Read More The post Bjorn’s Corner: Air Transport’s route to 2050. Part 13. appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

Subscription Required By Karl Sinclair March 13, 2025, © Leeham News: Boeing should take note. In fairly short order, engine OEM Rolls-Royce (RR), under the stewardship of CEO Tufan Erginbilgic, has turned the corner. The company put a... Read More The post Rolls-Royce’s remarkable turnaround appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more

By Scott Hamilton March 11, 2025, © Leeham News: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the latest federal government agency to come into Elon Musk’s sights for major cost cutting, and a union representing about 1,000... Read More The post NASA hit by DOGE layoffs, office closures; Boeing’s X-66A R&D continues for now appeared first on Leeham News and Analysis ..read more