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]
Brazillian airframer Embraer has come out on top of the sales charts at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA22) with total orders and commitments reaching 280. While most of Embraer’s orders were for the much vaunted single-aisle E195-E2, Embraer also did well with the older E175 and its future eVTOL aircraft [read more]
Luxembourg-based freight specialist Cargolux has selected the Boeing 777-8F to replace its Boeing 747-400 freighters in an announcement at the Farnborough International Airshow. The company is the world’s largest operator of Boeing widebody freighters with 30 Boeing 747-400 and 747-8F aircraft in its fleet and replacing the older -400s with [read more]
Boeing and Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) have today finalised an order for 25 Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow. The order comes from an airline which has traditionally used Airbus single-aisle airliners but a recent public rift between Airbus and Qatar Airways, and the subsequent cancellation of [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]
California-based Aviation Capital Group (AVG) signed an order with Boeing today for 12 Boeing 737 Max 8 airliners to boost its fleet portfolio of single-aisle airliners. Signing the deal, Mahoko Hara, ACG Executive Chair said “This latest incremental 737 MAX order allows ACG to offer highly fuel-efficient airplanes to our [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]
Boeing has scored two large deals on day one of the Farnborough International Airshow with ANA adds Max 8s to its fleet. As reported earlier Delta have the Seattle-based airframer a boost with an order for 130 Max 10s but this was buoyed by the ANA order. The ANA order [read more]
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