There are increasing signs across the region that demand and profitability will be under pressure in 2020, although airlines are still planning to renew their fleets and introduce new aircraft types.
Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAAI) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) to airlines operating Boeing 737 freighters modified by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
FAA administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.
British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Bradley Singer, the chief operating officer of activist investor ValueAct Capital and Rolls-Royce’s largest shareholder, left the board of directors Dec. 9.
Boeing says formation flight tests conducted with FedEx Express using two 777F freighters confirm the potential for reducing fuel consumption by up to 10% by flying in the wingtip vortex of the lead aircraft.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has transferred the fifth prototype in the C919 narrowbody flight-test program to Nanchang, China, six weeks after the aircraft’s first flight.
Congo Airways signed a firm order with Embraer for two E175 aircraft, with purchase rights for a further two. The deal has a total value of $94.4 million at current list prices with all purchase rights exercised.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
Proposed updates to the Boeing 737 MAX master minimum equipment list (MMEL) reflect the increased redundancy that Boeing is adding to the model as part of mandatory flight control system logic updates and extends several of the changes to earlier 737 versions.
Commercial aircraft order cancellations and lower-than-expected new orders for 2019 will drive down commercial aircraft production to around 1,450 units, Deloitte has projected in a new report.
Chile-based SKY Airline has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 10 A321XLRs, confirming the LCC was behind the undisclosed Sept. 30 order for 10 of the new-generation narrowbodies.
