The final Boeing 747 to ever be made has rolled out of the Everett plant in Washington state this morning marking the end of more than 50 years of continuous production. The Boeing 747-8F is the 1,574th Boeing 747 to be built and the freighter aircraft will be delivered to [read more]
Video has emerged of one of the main wheels on the Boeing 747 Dreamlifer coming off shortly after take off from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy. In the video, one of the wheels separates from the undercarriage and falls to the ground bouncing off the runway, The crew were informed of [read more]
Boeing halted production of Boeing 737 Max airliners on several days in recent weeks as a result of a shortage in the supply of parts. A leaked email to staff from 3rd August told staff that the airframer had taken the decision to have “down days”, a decision it told [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved changes made by Boeing to the way it manufactures Boeing 787 Dreamliners paving the way for the airframer to resume delivery of the type to airlines. Boeing was forced to halt production of the Dreamliner in the autumn of 2020 after manufacturing defects [read more]
Boeing has delivered the inaugural 737 Max to arrive in Australia with the first of five Boeing 737 Max 8 for Bonza Airlines (AB/???). The new Sunshine coast-based start-up plans to operate the type across 27 domestic routes to 17 different destinations from the Sunshine Coast and has been founded [read more]
The 2022 Farnborough International Airshow was the place Boeing chose to debut its latest single-aisle airliner, the Boeing 737-10. or Max 10 and we were invited to come along and take a closer look. The 230-seat Boeing 737-10 is the largest of the Max family and this shows in the [read more]
Boeing has announced that Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR), along with two other airlines, has selected the Boeing Jeppsen FlightDeck Advisor digital solution to help optimize efficiency and reduce full consumption on its Boeing 787 aircraft. During recent tests, Virgin Atlantic found that the system reduced in-cruise fuel consumption by 1.7%, which [read more]
One of the star attractions of this year’s Farnborough International Airshow is the Boeing 777X, or to give it its proper name, Boeing 777-9 and we got the chance to get on board and check out Boeing’s latest giant for ourselves. As soon as you step on board the 777-9 [read more]
Leasing specialist AerCap has committed to a further five Boeing 787 aircraft to add its global fleet. All of the aircraft are Boeing 787-9 variants and comes as AerCap says it “believes in the aircraft.“ “AerCap is the world’s largest 787 customer and we are very pleased to strengthen that [read more]
Miami based airline investment company 777 Partners has placed an order for up 66 Boeing 737 Max aircraft in a deal announced at the Farnborough Airshow today. The deal includes a firm order for 30 737-8-200 aircraft and a commitment for a further 36. “This new order marks another milestone [read more]
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