Boeing announced the launch of the 737 MAX 10 at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The 737 MAX 10 will have the lowest seat-mile cost of any single-aisle airplane ever produced. The airplane has gained wide market acceptance with more than 240 orders and commitments secured from more than 10 customers worldwide. Customers will be […]
Airbus has publicly announced the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the United States over commercial aircraft subsidies for the Boeing Company. However, Boeing does not intend to remain indebted and reminds that it was Airbus who was first accused of receiving illegal subsidies. On 9 June 2017 WTO panel completed compliance proceedings and issued […]
Boeing, as many other industry giants, is getting ready for the Paris Air Show – a “debutante ball” where many of today’s household name planes have had their first waltz with potential courters. This year it might be the turn of 737 MAX family final member – the 737 MAX 10 – to take the […]
Test flights of the re-engined Boeing 737MAX aircraft, suspended due to engine checks for defects, were resumed on May 12 – just two days after the suspension, Reuters reports. Boeing informed that only the aircraft that did not raise any doubts about their technical condition were returned in the air. The flights of Boeing 737 […]
Vietnam Airlines has celebrated the delivery of its 11th Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Noi Bai International Airport. The plane is the 555th 787 to be built. The aircraft, VN-A871, landed in Noi Bai and has been put into operation, initially on the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City route. For Vietnam Airlines’ this also marks the completion […]
Boeing is close to launching an enlarged variant of the 737 in two months after solving a problem with the design of the aircraft’s landing gear. Several sources quoted by Reuters have revealed that the solution would not increase the cost per unit and would not trigger delays. As 737 MAX 10X will be longer […]
Boeing has warned its employees on April 17, 2017 about another round of involuntary layoffs affecting hundreds of engineers at the commercial aircraft unit, Reuters reported. Increasing competition and slowing aircraft sales are quoted to have triggered the decision. According to a memo from John Hamilton, VP of Engineering at Boeing Commercial Aircraft, the layoffs […]
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 completed its first flight on April 13, 2017 in the skies above Puget Sound, Washington, USA. The airplane completed a successful 2 hour, 42-minute flight, taking off from Renton Field in Renton, Washington, at 10:52 a.m. local time and landing at 1:34 p.m. at Seattle’s Boeing Field. The 737 MAX […]
After being rumored to offer an even more stretched variant of the 737 MAX family, Boeing has finally confirmed that it might be able to deliver the MAX 10X in 2020 if there is an order placed for the longest MAX plane this year, Michael Teal, Boeing 737 MAX Chief Project Engineer and Deputy Program […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s official news agency IRNA has recently said that the US plane manufacturer Boeing is about to deliver two 777 passenger aircraft to the country’s national carrier Iran Air. The time frame given by IRNA based on an unnamed industry source is April 2017. According to IRNA, the two aircraft in […]
