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BOEING says key to restoring MAX production from less than 38 per month to 50 is ensuring fuselages delivered from Wichita are clean, following on-site inspections, eliminating travel work; its first objective is to get back to 38 per month. It also plans by end of 2024 to deliver most of the MAX (110 aircraft) and 787 (60) inventories and shut down shadow factories.

PARKER AEROSPACE joined HyFIVE consortium of industry and academic partners to develop liquid hydrogen fuel system and supply chain supporting zero-emission aviation in the 2030s; committed program funding totals US$46.5m.

BOEING opened new research and technology center in Nagoya, Japan to develop sustainable technologies to support decarbonization of aviation by focusing on digital simulation toolsets, composites, SAF and hydrogen propulsion.

ZEROAVIA opened up program to offer its hydrogen-electric engine components to third party clean aviation innovators.

BOEING had $355m net loss on $16.6b revenues in 1Q24 vs $425m loss on $17.9b in 1Q23, reflecting lower 737 deliveries and 737-9 grounding customer considerations (BCA had -24.6% operating margin). It has $528.7b backlog.

HONEYWELL says its Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Unicracking technology can take liquids and waxes from processed biomass to produce aviation SAF.

BOEING is investing C$17m in SIIT (Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies) to advance aerospace training and education in provence.

Jeff Rex to Chief Revenue Officer of L2 Aviation, TX.

BOEING is working on plan (for implementation in 2025) to fully integrate former AVIALL and KLX businesses into single unit under Global Services.