Iberia is to acquire up to 79 Airbus A320 family aircraft to replace its Boeing MD-80 series aircraft, Boeing 757s and oldest A320s. The deal is a disappointment to Boeing, which has invested heavily in Spain in recent years and fielded chief executive Harry Stonecipher to personally head its sales effort in the last days of the campaign.
Source: Flight International
Boeing chief executive David Calhoun thinks the company could have its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the first half of 2025, while cautioning that the regulator will determine ultimate timing.
Boeing still aims by year-end to boost production to 38 737s and five 787s monthly, returning to output levels at which the company had said it was operating prior to this year’s production slowdown.
Longtime aerospace executive and former Collins Aerospace chief Kelly Ortberg will succeed David Calhoun as Boeing’s chief executive on 8 August.
