Airbus Considers A330-900neo Freighters to Replace 767F | Scott Hamilton posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Replacing the 767F remains an Airbus-Boeing gap   Boeing concluded production of the commercial 767-300ERF this year. There is no new-build replacement in sight.   On Oct. 21, Airbus said it remains f...

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Boeing’s least bad choice: scrapping half the inventory 777-9s The Boeing Co. is on the path to recovery. It’s still an uphill climb: the company hasn’t returned to profitability. Its balance sheet…...

Boeing’s least bad choice: scrapping half the inventory 777-9s The Boeing Co. is on the path to recovery. It’s still an uphill climb: the company hasn’t returned to profitability. Its balance sheet ...

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US Transportation Secretary meeting with Boeing, GE CEOs on aircraft certification reform efforts | Scott Hamilton

Boeing poisoned the well Boeing and GE officials last week met with Sean Duffy, the Secretary of the US Department of Transportation, about reducing "exemptions, special conditions, and equivalent l...

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Dynamics shift from airframers to engines Historically, when it came to designing new airplanes, airframers created the airplane and told the engine makers what was needed to power them. No… | Scot...

Dynamics shift from airframers to engines Historically, when it came to designing new airplanes, airframers created the airplane and told the engine makers what was needed to power them. No longer....

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Airbus’s big disappointment When Airbus launched the A321XLR, it touted the aircraft as the long-sought replacement for the Boeing 757. The XLR had an advertised range of 4,700nm. A winglet-equipped…...

Airbus’s big disappointment When Airbus launched the A321XLR, it touted the aircraft as the long-sought replacement for the Boeing 757. The XLR had an advertised range of 4,700nm. A winglet-equipped ...

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Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law

A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late.

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SPEEA’s “BUCs” recommend approval for two Boeing contracts

By Scott Hamilton * Editor at Large September 22, 2026 The Bargaining Unit Councils (BUCs) of SPEEA, the union representing Boeing’s engineers and technicians, recommended membership approval of two contracts offered by Boeing. The first contracts were rejected in a vote last month. Both current contracts expire on October 6. The BUCs, one for each group and contract, recommended approval late this afternoon.

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Early Sentiment on Boeing’s Second Offer to SPEEA is Mixed

By Scott Hamilton • Editor at Large  September 21, 2026 Union members' reaction to the second Tentative Agreement (TA) between SPEEA and Boeing is mixed on social media. SPEEA is the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, representing engineers and technicians. Each group has a contract with Boeing, negotiated by SPEEA. The current contract expires October 6. The first TA, endorsed by negotiators on both sides of the bargaining table, was overwhelmingly rejected by both union groups, and both endorsed a strike if they don’t reach a new contract before midnight on October 6.

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FAA OKs 35 more Boeing 777Fs—but there are challenges

Subscription Required  By Scott Hamilton * Editor-at-Large September 17, 2026 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today approved Boeing’s application in December last year to allow the production of 35 more 777Fs after December 31, 2027. This is the deadline the FAA adopted to implement a 2017 decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) limiting emissions and noise pollution after that date.

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The 25th Anniversary of 9/11, Part 5: Gander’s ‘Plane People’

Free for nonsubscribers By Scott Hamilton Sept. 11, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Controllers at Newfoundland's Gander International Airport had little warning about what was about to descend on them figuratively and literally following the airliner hijackings of 9/11. David Collenette was the Minister of Transport for Canada on September 11, 2001. Ironically, he was in Montreal that morning as a key speaker before 2,000 executives of airports across the world at the Airports Council International conference.

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25th Anniversary of 9/11, Part 4: Gander, Newfoundland

Free for nonsubscribers By Scott Hamilton Sept. 10, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Gander, Newfoundland, had an important role in aviation long before 9/11. Pan American World Airways pioneered passenger air service over the Atlantic. On June 24, 1939, just months before World War II started, Pan Am launched a northern route between the U.S. and Europe via Gander and Ireland.

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The 25th Anniversary of 9/11, Part 3: Impact on Airbus and Boeing

Free for nonsubscribers  By Scott Hamilton Sept. 9, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: The events of 9/11 impacted businesses across most industries and around the globe. That said, Leeham News and Analysis' focus is primarily on Airbus, Boeing, and related companies. For purposes of this series, we’re confining the impact assessment to the Big Two airframe companies 9/11 affected Airbus and Boeing, too.

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Part 2: The 25th Anniversary of 9/11: The Impact on Airlines

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 8, 2026, © Leeham News: The events of 9/11 were disastrous for the airline industry. The immediate effect was the grounding of the airlines for four days while new, emergency security procedures were put in place. The airlines were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a day while their planes were idle. Wholesale bankruptcies were very real possibilities.

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The 25th Anniversary of 9/11, Part 1: ‘It’s Outta Control.’ ‘What is?’

Free for nonsubscribers  By Scott Hamilton Sept. 7, 2026, Leeham News and Analysis: It has been said that those alive in 1941 and 1945 remember where they were when Pearl Harbor was bombed and President Franklin D. Roosevelt died. I certainly remember where I was when the news was announced of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King.

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Pontifications: Disturbing Trends at Airbus

Free for nonsubscribers  By Scott Hamilton  Aug. 31, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Today is my last day as a full-fledged participant in Leeham News and Analysis (LNA). When LNA was sold to AIN Media Group in July 2025, a two-year contract for me was included, with a provision that AIN would strive to find my successor as editor within a year.

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Exclusive: SPEEA, Boeing to meet Monday

By Scott Hamilton Aug. 27, 2026, © Leeham News: SPEEA, the engineers and technicians union, and Boeing will meet on Monday to discuss where to go following last Friday’s rejection by both worker groups of contracts negotiated by negotiators from both sides. SPEEA, which stands for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, spent most of this week surveying its members to obtain more specificity for the coming new round of contract talks.

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Airbus Once Boasted of More Widebody Sales Than Boeing; Now Distant Second - Leeham News and Analysis

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: When Boeing was going through travails with the 787 program from 2007-2015, Airbus boasted it sold more A330s after the Dreamliner...

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Pontifications: Trending positive for Boeing, but still work to do

Aug. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: For nearly 20 years, beginning with the Potemkin-airplane 7-8-07 rollout of the 787, Boeing has stumbled from one miscue after another. The depths to which it bottomed out with the multi-year, multi-failures of the 737 Max program, were extended from March 2019 through mid-2024. Consider: The 787 was 3 ½ years late. It racked up more than $50 billion in deferred production and tooling costs and billions in customer compensation.

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Second 737 North Line Likely Needed as Early as 2028: Analysis

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 24, 2026, © Leeham News: Before the 737 Max was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in March 2019 for what would be 21 months, Boeing was in the process of boosting the production rate to 57 from 52 737s per month. The company was already thinking about a further rate increase to 63 per month.

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Sullivan endorses Sullivan against Sullivan in Alaska

Three Dan Sullivans are wading in on Alaska’s Senate race but only one Dan Sullivan has earned the support of a former lawmaker with his namesake. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska) was endorsed by fo…

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Engineers, Technicians reject Boeing’s “Best and Final Offer”; authorize strike; talks to resume

By Scott Hamilton Aug. 21, 2026, © Leeham News: Engineers and technicians represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) soundly rejected contracts their negotiating teams unanimously recommended after talks that the teams and Boeing praised for collaboration, civility and outcome. Engineers rejected the tentative agreement (TA) by a 64.3% vote. The technicians voted down the TA by 71.9%. 

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