An Indonesian airliner belonging to local budget airline Sriwijaya Air has crashed off the coast of Indonesia en-route from Jakarta to Pontianak. According to flight data, the aircraft suddenly dropped out of the sky from 10,000ft to sea level in about 60 seconds. The aircraft departed Jakarta at 14:36 local [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has given Boeing a boost with an order for 75 more Boeing 737 Max 8 200s as part of a deal with the planemaker over compensation for the delay of its original Max order. The deal will bring Ryanair’s 737 Max order up to around 210 units with [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max family to fly once again following its grounding in March 2019. The type was grounded last year following two fatal crashes attributed to the systems designed to compensate for aerodynamic changes and the types larger engines. The so-called ‘Maneuvering Characteristics [read more]
Following her retirement from British Airways in 2014, former “City of Rome” has gradually been broken up for parts and has had sections of her exterior skin turned into MotoArt’s popular PlaneTags. These are scheduled to be released on Thursday at 1800hrs on the MotoArt website. Blue tags are priced [read more]
US aerospace giant Boeing is looking to cut another 7000 jobs across its global workforce as losses at the Seattle-based company deepen. Boeing said that by the end of 2021 its workforce will be 20% lower than pre-pandemic levels, dropping from 160,000 to 130,000 employees. The news comes as Boeing [read more]
The number of aircraft delivered by Boeing in the 3rd Quarter of 2020 has dropped 55% compared the same period last year. Figures from Boeing show that they delivered just 28 commercial aircraft during the 3rd quarter and just 98 aircraft so far in 2020. Boeings deliveries have been hit [read more]
A top Boeing executive and product developer has poured water onto claims by Airbus that it will have a Hydrogen-powered airline in service by 2035. Commercial vice-president and general manager of product development at Boeing, Michael Sinnett, spoke the day after Airbus made the announcement and said that while Hydrogen [read more]
A Boeing developed technology designed to combat COVID-19 onboard aircraft and allow easy sanitizing of the cabin and cockpit has been licenced to US company Healthe Inc who will use it to manufacture an easy to use cleaning wand for aircraft. The technology was designed under Boeings “Confident Travel Initiative” [read more]
The publication of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee report on the 737 Max says that Boeing put the profits of Wall Street and pressure to compete with European rival Airbus ahead of vital safety updates to the flawed flight control software. Unveiling the report, Committee chairman, Rep. Peter DeFazio [read more]
A Tui Airways UK Boeing 737 Max is flying in UK airspace for the first time in over a year as it positioned from Tenerife to Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) via Malaga. The flight using G-TUMF was given special dispensation to operate and was restricted to a maximum altitude of 18,000ft and [read more]
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