A growing list of Airlines and Aviation Authorities are grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 in the wake of yesterdays fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 which killed 157 people including nine Britons. China was the first to act with the Chinese aviation authority grounding the type. This was [read more]
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft (ET-AVJ) has crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa airport (ADD/HAAB) killing all onboard. The aircraft, which was delivered to the airline in November 2018, was operating flight ET302 to Nairobi and data from Flight Tracking site, FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft [read more]
The parent company of British Airways, International Airlines Group (IAG) has signed a deal with Boeing for the purchase of 42 Boeing 777X aircraft. The deal, worth around $18.6bn at list prices, consists of 18 orders and 24 options for the Boeing 777-9, the worlds largest twinjet airliner. In a [read more]
British Airways has bid a final farewell to the iconic Boeing 767-300 aircraft that have served the airline for over 28 years. The final commercial flight left Larnaca, Cyprus on Sunday evening before the fleet was sent to end of life specialists eCube based at MOD St Athan in Wales. [read more]
Boeing has issued a bulletin to airlines on the subject of erroneous data from angle-of-attack sensors on its Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The bulletin comes in response to the initial investigations into the Lion Air 737 Max crash in Indonesia last week that killed 189 people. Boeing says the bulletin, [read more]
Swedish aviation and defence company Saab has sent a stinging letter to the Defence Select Committee complaining about the Ministry of Defence (MOD) after it entered talks with US rival Boeing over the future Airborne Early Warning (AEW) platform for the UK. The contract to replace the ageing Boeing E3-D [read more]
Rival airframers Boeing and Airbus have both secured deals on day 1 of the Farnborough International Airshow. For Seattle-based Boeing, day one included an order from Qatar Airways for five Boeing 777 Freighters worth around $1.7bn at list prices. This was backed up with an order for 30 Boeing 737 [read more]
Boeing’s new middle-market aeroplane, likely to be dubbed the 797, is another step closer to reality after talks with Delta Airlines. The Seattle based airframer has had discussions with Delta with a view to them launching the aircraft. Delta is looking to replace around 100 of the ageing middle-market aircraft it [read more]
Seattle based airframer Boeing has won an order for 24 freighter aircraft from cargo specialist, FedEx Express. The order consists of 12 Boeing 767 and 12 Boeing 777 Freighters bringing the total number of freighters sold in 2018 to 50 for Boeing. Boeing has a firm lead over rivals Airbus when [read more]
Both Airbus and Boeing have said they are working on aircraft to meet the requirements of Qantas’ Project Sunrise. Project Sunrise is designed to meet Qantas’ requirement for ultra-long-range (ULR) aircraft capable of operating non-stop from Sydney or Melbourne to London. Boeing is said to be close to finalising the [read more]
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