North America – Page 268
-
AnalysisIndustry downturn raises new doubts about Boeing’s NMA: analysts
The aerospace industry downturn and Boeing’s financial position has raised fresh questions about its likelihood of developing the long-stalled New Mid-market Airplane (NMA), says two aerospace analysts
-
NewsDelta secures $5.4 billion in CARES Act payroll support
US carrier Delta Air Lines will receive $5.4 billion in emergency funding through the CARES Act’s payroll support programme.
-
NewsSpirit warns of $160 million Q1 loss, secures $1.2b in financing
Airframe maker Spirit AeroSystems expects to post a $160 million net loss in the first quarter of 2020, a reversal from a $163 million profit one year earlier.
-
NewsSouthwest and American announce government aid deal
Two US passenger carriers say they have reached deals with the government on the amount of emergency financial aid promised to the industry as part of the $2 trillion CARES Act, as airlines realign their networks to face the realities of the sharp drop-off in travel demand since the coronavirus pandemic began.
-
NewsBoeing military aircraft deliveries lower in first quarter of 2020
Boeing delivered 35% fewer military aircraft year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020.
-
NewsBoeing delivered final commercial 737NG in January, ending 23 years of production
Boeing confirms it delivered the last commercial 737NG in January when it handed two 737-800s to China Eastern Airlines, ending a production run of the type’s commercial variants that started in late 1997.
-
NewsBoeing cuts backlog by 313 aircraft in March as more airlines cancel Max orders
Boeing removed 313 aircraft from its backlog in March due the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, accounting adjustments and 150 737 Max cancellations, including newly disclosed terminations by Brazil’s Gol and Czech carrier Smartwings.
-
NewsIATA deepens projected airline revenue loss to $314 billion
IATA now forecasts airlines will lose $314 billion in passenger revenue this year amid the coronavirus outbreak, a deepening of $62 billion from its previous projection.
-
NewsU-2 to get avionics, mission computer update
Lockheed Martin recently secured a $50 million US Air Force contract to update the venerable U-2 spy plane. The project involves three elements: a new avionics suite, a new mission computer, and modern cockpit displays, says Lockheed. Source: Lockheed Martin The U-2S spyplane Designed to the new ...
-
NewsOut with the old jets? How virus-led fleet decisions will impact OEMs, aftermarket providers
The sharp coronavirus-led airline industry downturn seems to have left airlines with two means by which to cull the number of jets in their fleets.
-
NewsCH-53K King Stallion demonstrates first air-to-air refuelling
The heavy lift helicopter, in development for the US Marine Corps (USMC), completed the 4.5h test over Chesapeake Bay with a KC-130J in-flight refuelling tanker last week.
-
NewsTriumph implements furloughs and cuts more staff amid Boeing production shutdown
US aerospace supplier Triumph Group has laid off 200 additional staffers and will furlough 2,300 workers in response to the ongoing shutdown of Boeing’s commercial aircraft production facilities.
-
NewsBoeing will resume some Washington state work as soon as 13 April
Boeing will restart some of its Washington state operations, including defence work, as soon as 13 April, signaling a partial end to a shutdown that took effect on 25 March.
-
NewsPilot actions contributed to deadly 2019 Convair crash off Miami: NTSB
A captain’s decision to continue a flight despite engine trouble caused a Convair C-131B to crash into the Atlantic Ocean in February 2019, according US investigators.
-
NewsJetBlue and Spirit apply for emergency exemptions to ‘minimum service’ order
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines are the first two US carriers to apply for immediate exemptions under the Department of Transportation’s service requirements, striking 19 and 26 destinations in their respective networks.
-
In depthAerospace suppliers shift to healthcare production to help understocked hospitals
Amid the coronavirus downturn an increasing number of aerospace manufacturers and suppliers are shifting to the production of medical products hospitals need to treat increasing numbers of seriously ill coronavirus patients.
-
NewsAir Canada to apply for federal wage subsidies
Air Canada is seeking newly available federal wage subsidies for 36,000 domestic employees, including roughly 16,500 workers who have already lost their jobs.
-
NewsSpirit AeroSystems furloughs Boeing programme workers
Spirit AeroSystems is furloughing workers in Wichita, Kansas and in Oklahoma for 21 days, a move building on its other recent staff reductions.
-
NewsDOT final order takes ULCC, airport concerns into account
The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) final order on requirements air carriers must meet if they take advantage of government aid during the coronavirus pandemic gives additional flexibility to carriers on managing seasonal networks and relieves secondary airports which subsidised unprofitable routes.
-
NewsSpirit extends shutdown of Boeing production sites
Spirit AeroSystems has extended beyond 8 April the shutdown of several sites that support Boeing programmes, a change coming in response to Boeing’s decision to extend closures of its sites in Washington State.