Used-parts specialist APOC added its first widebody landing gear to its lease inventory—a deal the supplier says signifies its plans to expand its widebody fleet support business.
Boeing is shifting some Charleston, South Carolina factory employees from 787 production to inspection and rework to resolve production-quality issues that are holding up deliveries.
The number of in-service commercial jet and turbo-prop aircraft keeps climbing steadily, with only about 20% of the global fleet in parked or parked/reserve status, according to Aviation Week Fleet Discovery data.