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Subscription RequiredBy Karl SinclairApril 17, 2025, © Leeham News: California-based Natilus is on target to begin delivering its first aircraft for service in 2029, a Blended Wing Body (BWB) turboprop cargo aircraft, according to CEO Aleksey Matyushev. The pusher-type cargo aircraft Kona will soon be followed by a larger turbofan passenger version, the Horizon, in the early 2030s.

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April 15, 2025, © Leeham News: It was inevitable: China has banned its airlines from accepting deliveries of Boeing airplanes. The move is in retaliation against President Donald Trump’s boosting tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%. Beijing placed retaliatory tariffs on US goods to 125%. During the first Trump administration, the president placed tariffs of 25% on Chinese goods imported to the US. Beijing has allowed delivery of very few Boeing jets since then.

2 weeks ago | leehamnews.com | Scott Hamilton

Uncertainty plagues airline, aerospace, lessor industries over tariffs Subscription RequiredBy Scott HamiltonApril 10, 2025, © Leeham News, Seattle: The airline and aerospace industries are plagued by uncertainty over the global tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on April 2. The 90-day pause on nearly all tariffs announced yesterday doesn't resolve the uncertainties. For the moment, they are only postponed. Airbus's A320 production plant in Hamburg, Germany. Credit: Leeham News.

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Subscripton RequiredBy Scott HamiltonApril 7, 2025, © Leeham News: Tariffs against the rest of the world announced by US President Donald Trump last week threaten retaliatory tariffs against Boeing at a far greater level than Airbus faces, an analysis by LNA shows. Trump exempted no part of the world from tariffs where Boeing isn’t at risk for retaliatory tariffs. Airbus faces tariffs only in the US.

3 weeks ago | leehamnews.com | Scott Hamilton

Subscription RequiredBy Scott HamiltonMarch 31, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus last week announced a program to boost Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) called Book and Claim. Its purpose is to buy SAF credits in one location and take credit for them in another. The buyer can then claim in its corporate reports that it is meeting environmental goals, at least in part.