Boeing 737 MAX

Singapore Airlines is optimistic it can begin commercial operation of its Boeing 737 MAX aircraft by year-end, as it awaits regulatory approvals from destination countries.

Brazilian operator GOL is facing some challenges in its fleet simplification due to the slower ramp up of Boeing 737 MAX production.

Boeing’s plans to increase production and unwind stored inventory on its two largest commercial programs, the 737 MAX and 787, hinge largely on regulatory approvals that the company is confident are coming, but the timing of needed sign-offs remains unclear.

The Czech Republic airline will use a Boeing 737 MAX on the route.

Icelandair is seeking to secure leasing contracts for two more Boeing 737-MAX aircraft, its COO said, as the airline looks forward to a recovery in demand driven by the relaxation of U.S. border restrictions.

Ryanair is looking to increase its European market share from 15% to more than 20%.

International flights to/from Fiji have been suspended since March 2020 because of the pandemic.

The carrier already operates to Dublin from Halifax and its Calgary base.

Ryanair Group has announced the addition of five aircraft to its Vienna base to operate nine more routes during its summer 2022 schedule.

The LCC group plans to base five additional aircraft at VIE.

The LCC group is significantly boosting its five-year passenger traffic target.

Boeing booked 17 widebody orders from unidentified customers among its 53 gross additions in August, including seven for 787-9s, providing a boost during a largely anemic time for long-haul passenger demand.

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

The winter season schedule is boosted by the arrival of the carrier’s first new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

In an order dated Aug. 26, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) rescinded its prohibition on Indian airlines operating MAX aircraft with immediate effect.

Boeing booked 14 net orders in July and delivered 22 737 MAXs, keeping momentum going in two key areas—positive monthly transactions and clearing out its backlog of undelivered narrowbodies.

LATAM Airlines Group is the latest operator in Latin America working to strike a fleet balance and has asked the bankruptcy court overseeing its restructuring to approve the purchase of 28 new Airbus narrowbodies.

DAE CEO Firoz Tarapore said that since early May the company had seen “a very robust trading environment;” he also commented on the huge merger between rivals AerCap and GECAS.

Despite facing lingering headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic, Copa Airlines has opted to keep six Boeing 737-700s, and is in talks with Boeing about advancing some 737-9 deliveries.

The FAA is ordering restrictions for Boeing 737 MAX and some 737 Next Generation models that would prohibit carrying freight in the aft cargo compartment if certain systems not critical for flight are malfunctioning.

Fifteen of the MAX jets will financed through direct operating leases, nine with sale-leasebacks, and the remaining four through finance leases.

The era of Asian LCCs outdoing each other with massive narrowbody orders is probably over for the foreseeable future, as digesting their current backlogs will be enough of a challenge.

Icelandair said that better-than-expected Boeing 737 MAX technical reliability is the catalyst behind a new initiative to review its long-term fleet strategy, which will begin at summer’s end.

Southwest Airlines could exercise up to 44 options for Boeing 737 MAX jets in 2022 to either fuel growth or accelerate retirements of older 737-700s.

News that UAE-based LCC flydubai has chopped 65 Boeing 737 MAXs from its orderbook demonstrates the severity of the pandemic’s effect on the carrier.