Boeing 737

By Daniel Williams
2025 Middle East flight cycles soar, with narrowbody flights up 30% vs. 2019 and widebody utilization showing steady year-on-year growth.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary could potentially put Boeing 737NGs or MAXs into Airbus A320 operator Lauda.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
KF Aerospace earned Transport Canada approval for its Boeing 737-800 Combi supplemental type certificate (STC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA plans to order mandatory inspections of Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) horizontal stabilizer components.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick
Financial outlook tracking with improved production, delivery performance, prompting talk of hitting lofty cash-flow targets.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Safran is embarking on a period of heavy research and technology activity to help secure positions on future narrowbodies from both Airbus and Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing 737 Next Generation operators have until Jan. 9, 2026, to inspect affected aircraft for cross-fed brake hoses, a new FAA airworthiness directive states.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
FlySafair has committed to its first Boeing 737 MAXs as part of a five-aircraft lease deal with AerCap, covering two 737-800NGs and three 737-8s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda Indonesia’s new team is developing a 100-day transformation plan focusing on returning grounded aircraft to service before any major fleet decisions.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
As Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines has become a driving force in developing the continent’s MRO capabilities.
Services & Support

By James Pozzi
StandardAero entered an MOU with Indonesia-based GMF AeroAsia to form a partnership related to services for CFM International CFM56-7B engines.
Services & Support

By Christian Albertson
More than half of the region’s MRO demand over the next decade will come from engine services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has launched a project to convert Boeing 737-900 aircraft to freighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ella Nethersole
Mauritania Airlines has chosen StandardAero to provide MRO support for the CFM56-7B and Leap-1B engines powering its fleet of Boeing 737NG and 737-8 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Michael Bruno
With the acquisitions of Spirit AeroSystems given the green light in Europe, the end of an era of stand-alone aerostructures giants is in sight.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kurt Hofmann
The CEO of SunExpress says the European leisure carrier has high expectations for the larger Boeing 737-10 and may up-gauge to the variant sooner.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing shipped its first-ever shipment of a repaired part with a digital authorized release certificate.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boeing has debuted an innovative flight test display amid its 737 MAX and 777X certification campaigns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines is in the initial stages of evaluating what a long-haul operation might look like as it works to meet evolving customer needs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Jerrold T. Lundquist
Airframers are struggling to develop an aircraft that is unopposed in its benefits.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Alex Derber
FTAI Aviation’s CEO says the company hopes to become the world’s largest current-generation narrowbody aircraft owner through continued investments.
MRO

By Ella Nethersole
Ethiopian Airlines is significantly expanding its domestic network.
Airports & Networks

By Daniel Williams
With the imminent shift in the narrowbody sector, as the Boeing 737 is overtaken by the Airbus A320 family, Flight Friday showcases these industry workhorses.
Aircraft & Propulsion