All North America articles – Page 224
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NewsAvelo launches operations with flight from Burbank to Santa Rosa
Avelo Airlines, a new US startup passenger carrier, has completed its inaugural flight from Burbank, in the Los Angeles suburbs, to Santa Rosa, north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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NewsBoeing aims to evenly split narrowbody aircraft market share
Boeing aspires to split the narrowbody aircraft market evenly with Airbus after losing ground to the European airframer as a result of the nearly two-year grounding of its 737 Max.
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NewsBoeing delivers nine 787s after five-month pause
Boeing has delivered nine of its widebody 787 Dreamliners following a five-month break due to quality issues.
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NewsBoeing pauses deliveries of 737 Max while awaiting electrical fix
Boeing has paused deliveries of its 737 Max narrowbody as it works on a fix for the electrical issues that forced airlines to temporarily pull some of their aircraft from service.
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NewsBoeing calls on US government to normalise trade relationship with China
Boeing is calling on the administration of president Joe Biden to reinstate trade relations with China, saying aircraft orders from that country will be key to the airframer’s long-term health.
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NewsBoeing trims loss to $561m in first quarter as deliveries accelerate
Boeing narrowed its first-quarter loss to $561 million, a massive improvement on the $8.4 billion loss it registered in the fourth quarter of last year, and better than the $641 million loss in the same period of 2020.
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NewsHawaiian Airlines Q1 loss narrows as US mainland passengers return
Hawaiian Airlines says it saw a marked increase in passengers from the US mainland, which helped stem the carrier’s losses for the first quarter of the year.
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NewsP&W keeps profitable in Q1, engine deliveries inch higher
Engine maker Pratt & Whitney squeaked out a $20 million operating profit in the first quarter of 2021, a period during which its deliveries of large commercial aircraft engines bumped higher.
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NewsMagnix and Boom CEOs ask lawmakers to support electric aviation, sustainable fuel
The chief executive of propulsion company Magnix has urged the US government to set ambitious electric-aircraft goals, while the head of Boom Supersonic has asked the government to throw weight behind sustainable fuel.
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NewsFirst flight of Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator could happen next year: CEO
The chief executive of Boom Supersonic has left open the possibility that the company’s supersonic demonstrator may not get airborne until next year.
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NewsUS Special Ops buys AeroVironment’s anti-armour Switchblade 600 loitering munition
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded AeroVironment a $26.1 million contract to purchase the company’s Switchblade 600, a loitering munition effective against light armour.
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NewsJetBlue narrows loss as customers book further ahead
JetBlue Airways has seen “meaningful progress” to a sustainable rebound in the past weeks, as passengers begin to return in greater numbers and to plan further ahead.
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NewsGE Aviation lost 1,900 Leap orders in 12 months
GE Aviation lost orders for about 1,900 Leap-1B turbofans in the last year, a period influenced both by the Boeing 737 Max grounding and the pandemic.
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NewsAll USAF B-1B bombers grounded for fuel pump issue, as fleet shows its age
The US Air Force grounded all of its Boeing B-1B Lancer bombers on 20 April after a fuel pump issue was discovered.
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NewsNASA envisions revived US regional air transportation network
The USA’s many small, underused airports, combined with autonomous and electric-propulsion technologies, could enable a vast new US regional air transportation system.
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NewsKaman’s autonomous K-Max Titan helicopter makes first flight
Kaman’s unmanned K-Max Titan helicopter flew for the first time on 21 April.
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NewsGuangzhou displaces Atlanta as Chinese airports dominate latest ranking
Guangzhou Baiyun displaced Atlanta Hartsfield as the world’s busiest airport in 2020, as Chinese facilities shot up the global ranking to dominate the top 10, according to preliminary data released by ACI World in late April.
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NewsSecond F-15EX test aircraft arrives at Eglin AFB
The US Air Force’s second Boeing F-15EX Eagle II fighter arrived at Eglin AFB in Florida on 20 April, ahead of the service launching operational test and evaluation work on the new model.
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NewsReservation system outage hits startup Avelo Airlines
US low-cost start-up Avelo Airlines is one of 20 carriers affected by a reservations system outage, leaving the airline unable to sell tickets one week before it plans to begin operations.
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NewsSaab readies West Lafayette site for T-7A trainer work
Saab’s new West Lafayette production site in the USA has been completed, as it prepares to set up aft fuselage manufacturing work for the T-7A advanced jet trainer developed with prime contractor Boeing.