There are 51 days left in this year, and the duopoly is struggling. Deliveries are not meeting required rates. Here’s a chart we post daily on LinkedIn as the year-end approaches. Keep an eye out for it if you want…
PR: Embraer delivered 66 aircraft in 3Q26, marking the best third quarter delivery performance in the company’s history. Deliveries increased 2% quarter-over-quarter (qoq) and 6% year-over-year (yoy). In 9M26, Embraer delivered a total of 175 aircraft, 14% more than the…
The Boeing-Airbus duopoly has swung back and forth over the last few decades, with Airbus holding the advantage since the millennium. With the 737 MAX crashes and near-misses, 787 groundings, and FAA-mandated slow production, Boeing fell well behind Airbus in…
After more than half a decade with Airbus outproducing Boeing each month, the tables turned in August 2026. Boeing first flights in August totaled 63 aircraft compared with only 58 for Airbus. The last time this happened with in September…
We track first flights as a production surrogate and Boeing deliveries daily for our analytical work. So far, March is not shaping up to be a stellar delivery month for Boeing, as rework will likely be required for the aircraft…
Airbus endured another weak month in February, delivering only 35 aircraft to 21 customers. Of these, 25 were A320neo family aircraft. This year, the European airframer has delivered 54 aircraft, leaving 10 months to meet its full-year target of 870…