Seattle-based airframer Boeing has announced that it plans to cut its workforce by 10% as it seeks to cut costs following a $641m loss in the first quarter of 2020. Boeing made the announcement as it posted its first-quarter results and said it will seek to cut 16,000 jobs through [read more]
British Airways is retiring five more Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jets this week with the first arriving at an airfield in Gloucestershire earlier today. The earlier than planned retirement of the aircraft comes as a direct result of the Coronavirus pandemic which has grounded the majority of British Airways fleet. When [read more]
The first of nine Royal Air Force (RAF) Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft has arrived at RAF Kinloss in Scotland today. The Boeing P-8A is the UK’s new maritime patrol and submarine hunter aircraft designed to protect the waters around the UK and on overseas operations. The UK hasn’t had a [read more]
It was 3rd time lucky for Boeing today as they finally carried out the first flight of the latest 777 variant, the Boeing 777-9, 3 days later than planned. The first flight was streamed live by Boeing with a video being tweeted of the take-off. The first Boeing #777X is [read more]
The first flight of Boeing’s latest wide-body, the 777X, was expected later today (23rd January) to begins its flight testing program ahead of certification but this has now been postponed due to weather. The flight was expected to take place at around 18:00hrs GMT (10:00hrs Local) from Boeings Everett, Washington [read more]
Boeing has said that the return to flight of the Boeing 737 Max will now not happen before July 2020 leaving airlines without the type for the second summer season. The 737 Max was grounded last year following two fatal crashes and has been undergoing changes to its flight control [read more]
US Airframer Boeing has said it will suspend production of its 737 Max aircraft next month. Boeing had continued with the production of the model which has been grounded for the last 9 months following two fatal crashes of the type linked to a flaw in the flight control software. [read more]
The Dubai Airshow has got underway and the first day saw just two aircraft orders. In an unusually slow start Boeing received orders for two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft from Biman Bangladesh. Although early days the slow start could be indicative of the current market for Middle Eastern airlines which [read more]
A rare visitor to the UK skies graced Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) with its presence today as the Honeywell flying testbed arrived at the Welsh Airport. Boeing 757-200 N757HW is used by Honeywell, amongst other things, to test Jet engines and can carry an engine on an external pod to test [read more]
British Airways is sponsoring a blue plaque to honour BOAC Stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison. Barabra was an air hostess on BOAC flight 712 which caught fire shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) airport when an engine detached from the aircraft. The aircraft, a Boeing 707 G-ARWE was due to [read more]
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