Last week, Leeham News & Analysis released the first of a five-part series examining prospects for new commercial airliners anticipated for service entry over the following decades, and what technologies these would use. Now, in Part 2, Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm introduce some basics around aircraft efficiency and examine what areas of performance these 13 new aircraft aim to improve. 

In the following parts, the authors will look into these aircraft in more detail and write about how challenging it will be to develop and mature the needed technologies. To read these in full, subscribe to Leeham News & Analysis, which is now part of AIN Media Group.