The engine-maker says it has performed the world’s first test in simulated altitude conditions of a megawatt-class and multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system.
The recent establishment of a second 737-800 freighter conversion line at Boeing's MRO facility at London Gatwick signals its strategy of providing flexibility in search of capacity.
The 2025 date gives the OEM "that necessary time to work the regulatory environment and deliver on all of our promises," Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stan Deal said.
Three years after Le Bourget 2019 the aerospace industry is coming together for another one of its major airshows in Farnborough, following more regional recent events in Singapore, Dubai and Berlin.