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Boeing's Deferred Production Costs Growing Again, Part I
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (378+ words) August 14, 2026, © Leeham News: On the surface, program accounting is a simple concept. Closer inspection reveals a far more complex and intertwined system. Individual aircraft production costs are capitalized and accrued in inventory, to be expensed over time and averaged out…...
Turning Point: How Embraer Recovered from Boeing Merger Plans, Part 1
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (155+ words) By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Embraer officials thought the company would be overwhelmed with its standalone E-Jet program. So, Embraer and Boeing agreed to a new joint venture in which Embraer would sell 80% of ECA to Boeing to create…...
Airbus A220???s Performance Drives BermudAir???s Fleet Growth Plan
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (316+ words) Aug. 12, 2026, © Leeham News: While many airline fleet planners clamor for a stretched variant of the Airbus A220 closer to the heart of the narrowbody market, Adam Scott—chief executive of BermudAir—is interested in going even smaller after placing a firm…...
Embraer posts record Q2 revenue as deliveries hit 16-year high
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (704+ words) August 10, 2026, © Leeham News: Embraer has achieved the best second-quarter revenue in the Brazilian planemaker’s history after delivering 65 aircraft in the three months ending June 30, the company’s highest quarterly delivery tally for the past 16 years. Speaking to analysts on Monday, Embraer…...
Boeing retains access to Wisk's autonomous flight technology in latest sell-off
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (663+ words) August 10, 2026 © Leeham News: Boeing’s divestment of autonomous air taxi developer Wisk Aero might be surprising in terms of the transaction partner—Wisk’s one-time rival, Archer Aviation. But analysts watching the US airframer have speculated for months that Wisk could be…...
How far away is out-of-autoclave aerostructure production for Airbus and Boeing?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1129+ words) August 7, 2026 © Leeham News: The commercial aerospace sector could be roughly a decade away from achieving high-rate production of major composite aerostructures. Airbus and Boeing are exploring how to produce larger composite structures without curing them in autoclaves. Current infrastructure is…...
For the next narrowbody, what are the airframe efficiency gains? Part 2.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (200+ words) August 6, 2026, © Leeham News: We looked at the expected efficiency gains for the next narrowbody from a more advanced wing last week. Now we add an advanced fuselage and check what efficiency gains the airframe can contribute on top of the…...
Max 10 proving popular variant at top end of 737 lineup
1+ week, 4+ day ago (245+ words) Aug. 5, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing’s 737 Max 7 finally obtained certification on Aug. 3. The company and airline customers hope certification of the Max 10 is not far behind. Certification of both aircraft was delayed for years following the eruption of the Max crisis in…...
Will 737 Max 7 orders pick up now that Boeing has a type certificate?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (277+ words) August 4, 2026, © Leeham News: With the long-awaited FAA type certificate for the 737 Max 7 finally in Boeing's hands, attention turns to the small airliner's market, thus far limited almost entirely to a single operator: Southwest Airlines. The Dallas-based carrier still holds unfilled…...
Boeing finally secures FAA type certificate for 737 Max 7
1+ week, 5+ day ago (600+ words) August 3, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing has finally secured a long-sought amended type certificate for the 737 Max 7, a major milestone in the commercial division’s financial turnaround plan and a symbolic victory in what has become a years-long struggle to certificate new aircraft…...