Boeing formally has decoupled restarting production of the 737 MAX from the recertification effort for the grounded narrowbody, and the OEM and leading supplier
Recent fleet and training decisions at Alaska Airlines indicate plans for a future business model oriented almost exclusively around Boeing and the 737.
Boeing is acknowledging that changes to the 737 MAX will not earn FAA approval until after mid-year at least, with both the return-to-service timing and broader macroeconomic landscape driving how quickly production rates increase.
Boeing has begun modifying stabilizer control wiring on its stored Boeing 737 MAX fleet—one of several tasks that must be completed before the aircraft can be handed over to customers.
Spirit AeroSystems—the primary supplier to Boeing including for much of the 737 MAX and which does substantial defense industry work—warned Wall Street on April 14 it will record a roughly $160 million loss for the recently ended first quarter of 2020, as well as a pretax loss of around $102 million.
The latest version of the Boeing 737 MAX master minimum equipment list (MMEL) corrects a conflict between the original MMEL’s allowances and pilot troubleshooting steps that allowed flights with no functioning autopilot, even as a checklist calls for autopilot engagement to correct flight-control issue.
Updated Boeing commercial airliner figures for 2020 through March reveal dramatic order cancellations and reduced deliveries as the air transport market continues to nosedive in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid signs that Boeing is hoping to resume production of the 737 MAX in May the company says flight tests of the three current versions of the model, the -7, -8 and -9, are continuing despite the general shutdown of its Puget Sound facilities because of the coronavirus.
Boeing is moving forward with a plan to modify wiring in undelivered Boeing 737 MAXs before the aircraft are handed over to customers but is still working with the FAA and operators on how to manage grounded aircraft in customers’ fleets, the company confirmed to Aviation Week.
Boeing, already struggling with sagging sales and rising costs related to the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, is taking steps to conserve cash, including a hiring freeze and limiting corporate travel.
The Ethiopian Transport Ministry’s interim report on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) focuses on the role played by a now-redesigned 737 MAX flight control law implicated in an earlier MAX accident as well as inadequate pilot training.
One year after the fatal Boeing 737 MAX crash that triggered a worldwide grounding of the type, Ethiopian Airlines group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam remains undecided on the airline’s future MAX strategy.
Boeing’s failure to ensure sensors linked to Collins Aerospace-supplied head-up guidance systems (HGS) delivered to customers were approved for use under the applicable supplemental type certificate (STC) has prompted the U.S. FAA to propose a $19.7 million fine.
Commercial passengers still are likely to be driven more by airline ticket prices than whether they are flying on the embattled Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody, according to a new survey provided by Jefferies analysts.
Preliminary conclusions reached by a U.S. congressional team investigating the Boeing 737 MAX certification and its role in two fatal accidents underscore the need to change the FAA’s processes through legislation, committee leaders said.
LCC flydubai faced “an abrupt interruption” to both its growth and fleet strategy in 2019 as it weathered the effects of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, the airline said as it published its annual results Mar. 4.
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has lined up operators for its first two Airbus A321 converted freighters and expects to receive its FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the program around July 1, the company’s top executive said.
Tier 2 manufacturer Senior will continue its move away from the U.S. Pacific Northwest and elsewhere and toward locating more work in Asia, as well as continuing to shop the British company’s aerostructures business, executives said Mar. 2.
Safran executives are expressing cautious optimism that any decline in commercial aftermarket demand linked to COVID-19 will be short-lived but acknowledge that it could be sharp.
