B/E Aerospace has won a $1 billion contract to supply the Airbus A350 XWB galley systems. B/E says that the system around the A350's "flex zones", which allows airlines to select from a catalogue of configurations, will be a modular design to reduce cost and lead-times.
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Source: Flight International
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to order airlines to inspect Boeing 787s because the jets might have defective seat-track hardware due to manufacturing errors.
The USA’s aviation regulator will require airlines to replace overhead video monitors in Boeing 737NGs and 757s after monitors detached during a hard landing.
Boeing’s commercial aircraft order and delivery figures tumbled last year as the US company worked through a manufacturing crisis.
