Slow Progress Set To Push 737-7 Certification Into 2023, FAA Letter Suggests

Boeing 737-7 conducting a flight test.
Credit: Boeing
Boeing’s slow progress on delivering acceptable safety assessments to the FAA will keep the 737-7 certification program going into 2023, putting the program in need of a congressional waiver for approval in its current configuration, an FAA letter to Boeing suggests. The Sept. 19 letter from FAA...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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