Boeing is revising the 777X test plan to maximize ground evaluations as it attempts to compensate for a lengthy delay to first flight following the recent discovery of a durability issue on the aircraft’s General Electric GE9X engines.
Despite continuing U.S.-China trade tensions and other underlying macro threats to the global economy, Boeing has issued its most positive commercial market outlook yet with a forecast that calls for the delivery of 44,040 new aircraft valued at more than $6.8 trillion over the next 20 years.
The aircraft will be capable for flying up to 4,700 nm in a configuration for around 200 passengers. That is around 700 nm more than what the A321LR offers.
Boeing is leaning towards offering the larger of the two proposed new midmarket airplane variants first for delivery in 2025 as it nears closing the business case and obtaining board permission for formal authority to offer later this year.
Boeing is revising the 777X test plan to maximize ground evaluations as it attempts to compensate for a lengthy delay to first flight following the recent discovery of a durability issue on the aircraft’s General Electric GE9X engines.
Airbus launched the long-expected A321XLR on the opening day of the Paris Air Show and expects airlines to operate “hundreds” of the aircraft over time as new secondary long-haul markets are developed.
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) placed an order for 50 Airbus A220-300s on the opening day of the Paris Air Show, providing the program with a welcome boost in confidence by a key player.
Qantas and GE Aviation are expanding GE’s FlightPulse flight analytics app to give pilots actionable information based on historical flight data that they can use to optimize individual flights.
Boeing’s return-to-service plan for the 737 MAX will focus on treating each aircraft as if it’s just been delivered, with the manufacturer reiterating that the model’s safe return as its top priority.
This week it’s news from the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington: Pipistrel unveils, Embraer refines, Jaunt joins up, Safran reveals cabin and Uber Eats delivers.
The FAA is reviewing and updating existing regulations to help enable innovation through the development and certification of new, commercially viable, civil supersonic aircraft.
As the 53rd Paris Air Show opens, industry remains in the dark about when the Boeing 737 MAX fleet will be cleared to fly again. But there are signs that Boeing is nearing the next key milestones on an increasingly emerging path to get the grounded fleet airborne.
In the same week a major aircraft interiors rival revealed a blockbuster merger, Boeing is doubling down on its own vertical integration with the acquisition of current partner EnCore Group.
Air Austral has leased two aircraft to help limit disruption to its peak summer schedule after it was forced to ground one of its Boeing 787 aircraft because of ongoing issues with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
When a major airline’s information technology crashes, it can ground passengers and cargo in droves and trigger spillover effects in the highly synchronized world of air transport akin to a weather event. Now, thanks to congressional auditors, U.S. flyers have a better understanding of what they have faced in recent years.
Air France-KLM will consider Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A320neo and Airbus A220 types as it prepares to renew its short- and medium-haul fleet, CEO Ben Smith told Aviation Daily, while the group is also considering how long the Airbus A380 will remain part of its fleet.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury warns that the introduction of tariffs in aerospace as a result of the two World Trade Organization (WTO) cases against the European Union and the U.S. would be “just a disaster.”
Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion is exploring a fifth base outside its German-speaking home market and is on track to operate at least 35 Airbus A320s by summer 2020.
French manufacturer Latecoere is hoping to sign up the first airline customers for its Li-Fi system in 2020, Serge Berenger, Senior VP Innovation and R&T at the Toulouse-based manufacturer told Aviation Daily.
Thai LCC Nok Air has appointed Wutthiphum Jurangkool as its new CEO and executive director after the previous CEO Piya Yodmani left the post in August 2018.
Boeing “fell short” in communicating some key issues to 737 MAX customers, and the company is determined to ensure lessons learned from two accidents and the subsequent worldwide grounding include improving the information flow to operators, CEO Dennis Muilenburg acknowledged.
Intro Aviation, the new majority shareholder of French long-haul airline Corsair, plans to operate up to 15 Airbus A330 classics/A330neos and add new routes to North America.
