All North America articles – Page 242
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NewsBombardier becomes pure business jet company with sale of rail unit
Bombardier has completed its planned transformation into solely a business jet manufacturer, having closed the sale of its train business to French company Alstom.
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NewsAeroTec expands maintenance work, hangar space
Aerospace services company AeroTec has opened a third maintenance hangar in Moses Lake, Washington and secured approvals to maintain several aircraft types.
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NewsDe Havilland considers pausing production of Dash 8-400
De Havilland Canada confirms it is considering “pausing” production of its Dash 8-400 turboprop amid the pandemic.
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NewsUS airlines blast possible Covid-19 test requirement for domestic travellers
Requiring Covid-19 tests for US domestic air passengers would be unnecessary, complex and impractical – or as one Southwest Airlines executive puts it, “a real goat rodeo”.
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NewsSouthwest posts full-year loss for the first time since 1972
Southwest Airlines lost $908 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing the airline’s full-year loss to $3 billion – the first time in 47 years that the carrier ended the year in negative earnings territory.
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NewsJetBlue lost $1.4bn in 2020
JetBlue Airways lost $1.4 billion in 2020, but is stressing that network and fleet shifts should position it to perform well when the air travel market recovers.
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NewsPSA Airlines grounds ‘most’ of CRJ fleet for inspections
US regional carrier PSA Airlines has removed “most” of its fleet of MHIRJ CRJ-series regional jets from service so as to inspect nose landing-gear doors.
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NewsAmerican posts $2.2bn Q4 loss, bets on vaccinations
American Airlines says it lost $2.2 billion during the fourth quarter of the year, bringing its full-year loss to $8.9 billion as the coronavirus continues to plague the industry.
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NewsControlling out-of-trim 737 Max will not require ‘exceptional’ strength
Critical to pilots’ acceptance of the Boeing 737 Max’s re-entry into service is the assurance that a serious out-of-trim situation can be easily resolved without the risk of manual controls becoming impossible to manipulate owing to aerodynamic forces. Not only will aircraft need to be modified but Max simulators will ...
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NewsBoeing CEO hints ‘mid-market’ aircraft remains on the table
Boeing’s chief executive has hinted that the company might still develop an aircraft similar to the conceptual jet known as the “New Mid-market Airplane”.
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NewsBoeing warns of 787 forward loss charge
Boeing may need to take a forward loss on its 787 programme if it must further trim production or if long-term demand dries up.
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NewsAerospace machinist union calls for government aid
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has called on the government to offer additional assistance to the industry as part of any future Covid-19 relief measure.
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NewsBoeing to resume 787 deliveries no sooner than February
Boeing’s pause on 787 deliveries will continue until at least February, when the company expects to resume 787 deliveries following a several-month hiatus.
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NewsBoeing trims 777X production quantity expectation by 50 jets
Boeing has reduced the number of 777X it expects to produce over the life of that aircraft programme from 400 to 350 aircraft – a 12.5% cut.
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NewsAir Transat cancels all flights to and from Toronto
Canada’s Air Transat, the country’s third largest passenger carrier, has suspended all flights from Toronto for the rest of the winter season citing new travel restrictions that make conducting normal operations almost impossible.
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NewsBoeing making design modifications to 777X
Boeing’s latest 777X delay results partly from modifications Boeing is making to the jet’s design, including to actuator controls, so as to meet regulators’ “expectations”.
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NewsBoeing 737-10 processes to undergo revision after EASA’s Max scrutiny
One crucial consequence of the Boeing 737 Max scrutiny is that development and certification work for the 737-10 will differ substantially from that of the earlier Max variants. Extensive analysis by the US FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency following the Max grounding two years ago has led not ...
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NewsBoeing reports $11.9bn 2020 loss, logs billions in Q4 charges
US manufacturing giant Boeing lost a staggering $11.9 billion in 2020, due partly to a $6.5 billion charge on its 777X programme but also the 737 Max grounding and the pandemic’s evaporating effect on travel demand.
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NewsBoeing delays first 777-9 delivery to 2023, takes $6.5bn charge
Boeing has further delayed the 777-9 programme, saying it intends to deliver the first of the aircraft type in late 2023. The decision, which Boeing disclosed on 27 January, marks another in a string of 777X programme delays. The company had most recently said it would deliver the 777-9, the ...
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NewsCanada’s Flair Airlines to operate 13 Boeing 737 Max 8s
Canadian discount carrier Flair Airlines will lease 13 new Boeing 737 Max 8s from Miami-based private equity company 777 Partners, with deliveries starting in “early 2021”.