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Airline Business
Airlines candid on Boeing concerns
Good weeks have been few and far between at Boeing for some time, but the past few days have proven particularly challenging as the airframer works to move beyond its various issues.
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Air Transat seeks to offset capacity lost due to PW1100G engine problems
Its fleet beset by grounded Airbus A321LRs needing work on their Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines, Canadian airline company Transat AT is adding both newly leased and previously ordered aircraft to partially offset the lost capacity.
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Delta to revive flights to Tel Aviv amid ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict
Major US carrier Delta Air Lines plans to revive daily flights to Tel Aviv from New York this summer, becoming the latest airline to indicate interest in resuming operations amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Canada prepares $630m airfield upgrades as part of tanker acquisition
Improvements to runways and hangar facilities will support Ottawa’s planned fleet of nine Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport jets.
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US Air Force cuts fighter acquisition goals for 2025
In its fiscal year 2025 budget request, the US Air Force reveals it plans to acquire fewer F-15EXs, temporarily slow the pace of F-35 purchases and spend billions of dollars developing a sixth-generation fighter and autonomous jets to support the new platform.
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Court filing lists nearly 30 737s as part of IAero asset sale linked to US carrier Eastern
Court filings have revealed that US operator IAero Airways – which is under US bankruptcy protection – is pursuing an asset-sale agreement involving an entity linked with carrier Eastern Airlines.
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Alaska rebounds after taking $150m hit from 737 Max 9 grounding
US carrier Alaska Airlines estimates the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9s following the 5 January door plug blow-out on flight 1282 resulted in lost profits of at least $150 million.
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’Vertical-lift crossover’ developer XTI Aerospace listed on US stock exchange
Colorado-based XTI Aerospace on 13 March began trading as a publicly listed company on the US stock exchange, vowing to commercialise its conceptual “vertical-lift crossover” business aircraft.
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Canada’s Nolinor reveals fresh livery on 737-400 repurposed for mining industry
Canadian charter carrier Nolinor Aviation has adorned its first Boeing 737-400 with an update of its distinctive blue, white and gold livery.
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Boeing confirms to NTSB it has no records of work on failed 737 Max door plug
Boeing confirms to federal accident investigators it has no records of work completed last year on a 737 Max 9 door plug that failed during a 5 January flight, nor does it know which employees performed the work.
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Second AviaAM 777-300ER transferred for Mammoth freighter conversion
Irish-based AviaAM Leasing has transferred a second Boeing 777-300ER for cargo conversion by US-based Mammoth Freighters. Mammoth is undertaking conversion of 777-200LR and -300ER twinjets. AviaAM states that it ferried the -300ER to Fort Worth Alliance airport, where Mammoth partner Aspire MRO has a facility, on 28 February. The leasing ...
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Pentagon declares full-rate production on F-35, years behind schedule
The US Department of Defense has approved Lockheed Martin for full-rate production on the F-35 stealth fighter programme, years behind schedule and well after the airframer had already started assembling the jets at maximum capacity.
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Frontier to create new cabin class by blocking middle seat in first two rows
US ultra-discounter Frontier Airlines is again taking cues from European carriers by guaranteeing open middle seats in the two front rows of all its aircraft.
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Boeing steps up quality inspections as part of initial response to two concerning safety audits
The chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes has laid out initial steps the company is taking to address quality and safety concerns raised by two recent investigations into its 737 Max assembly site in Renton.
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GE Aerospace targets production and quality improvements with $650m investment
GE Aerospace plans to spend $650 million this year on efforts to boost quality and production at its sites and those of suppliers, more than twice the $335 million it spent on similar projects last year.
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Boeing MH-139 nuclear security helicopter begins operational service
An operational US Air Force unit has for the first time received one of the new Grey Wolf helicopters which will replace the Bell UH-1N in supporting physical security at the service’s nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
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‘Boeing needs to become a better company’: Southwest CEO
Boeing’s 737 Max delivery delays have drawn sharp criticism from Southwest Airlines’ chief executive Bob Jordan, who described on 12 March the carrier’s highly constrained 2024 growth plan.
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Canada retires Hawk jet trainers without replacements identified
The Royal Canadian Air Force says its fighter training squadron has entered a “period of hiatus” after the service retired its fleet of BAE Systems CT-155 Hawk trainer jets.
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Boeing’s 737 deliveries slowed in February as investigators scrutinised operation
Boeing’s pace of 737 Max deliveries slowed again in February amid intense scrutiny over product quality, though the company succeeded last month in accelerating narrowbody deliveries to customers in China, a country that had been essentially closed to new 737s until recently.
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United considering A321neo order as 737 Max 10 certification stalls
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby acknowledges that the US carrier is considering a potential order of Airbus A321neos to replace the Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft it no longer expects to be delivered.