Aerospace

Boeing has agreed to pay $200 million in fines for misleading the public about the safety of its 737 MAX aircraft that crashed twice, leaving 346 people dead in 2018 and 2019, reports Clifford Law Offices.

Ethiopian Airlines has been named the winner of four awards at the SKYTRAX 2022 World Airline Awards, at a ceremony held in London on 23 September 2022.

Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines have both won numerous awards at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022.

Representatives of the world’s governments meeting in Montreal are being urged to adopt a long-term climate goal of net-zero carbon by 2050 for the aviation sector.

Companies across aerospace and defense are struggling with the higher cost of doing business.

Most of the attention being paid to aviation’s attempts at reducing its carbon footprint focuses on airplanes, engines and fuels.

Ferrovial Vertiports, which is working with Lilium to develop a network of vertiports in Florida for operation of Lilium Jets, is extending its partnership with infrastructure consulting firm AECOM.

After the U.S. Treasury announced exemptions to new sanctions, Elon Musk said SpaceX is “activating Starlink” internet in Iran.

The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety Operations and Innovation will hold a hearing on FAA Reauthorization: Integrating New Entrants into the National Airspace System at 2:15 p.m. Sept. 28.

RTC AEROSPACE, WA was added by Boeing to its Premier Bidder Program, which now totals about 140 suppliers.

BOOM SUPERSONIC agreed to purchase 5m gallons of AIR COMPANY’s AIRMADE SAF on an annual basis during its Overture flight test program.

JETBLUE signed MOU to purchase 25m gallons of AIR COMPANY’s AIRMADE SAF (made from captured CO2) over five years starting in 2027.

SINOPEC received CAAC approval to produce SAF in China; it then shipped its first batch from Zhenhai to Airbus' Tianjin plant in late September.

BOEING was fined $200m by SEC for misleading investors on 737 MAX safety issues; Dennis Muilenburg is to pay $1m.

AAR had $22.7m net income on $446m sales in first quarter ended August 31 vs $11.5m on $455m a year ago.

Airbus management is looking to increase A321neo production and weighing up the potential for a stretched A220-500.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

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CAAC and BOEING held special meeting to review pilot training for 737 MAX in order to get aircraft back into operation.

NYCO qualified its aerospace lubricants for all Embraer commercial jets.

ETHIOPIAN SKY TECHNOLOGIES was formed by Ethiopian Airlines and Geven-SkyTecno to manufacture MAX insulation blankets in Addis Ababa.

Chris Hedien to Vice President-Supply Chain & Operations of Jet Parts Engineering, Seattle; Konan Kile to Inside Sales Manager.

DE HAVILLAND CANADA selected Wheatland County (near Calgary), Alberta as site for its new DHC-515, DHC-6 Twin Otter and Dash 8-400 aircraft assembly

WILLIS LEASE reached agreement with Air India for purchase/leaseback of 34 CFM56-5Bs (on 13 A321s and four A320s), to be covered by its ConstantThrust

MSB (Sogeclair), Montreal was selected by Heart Aerospace to design and develop some 60 key structural components for the cabin, flight deck and cargo