Australian regional carrier QantasLink will boost its regional jet capacity by replacing all but two of its BAe146 regional jets with Boeing 717s. Eight 717s, each with 115 seats, will replace an equal number of 65- to 76-seat BAe 146s over the next 12 months, beginning in July.
Source: Airline Business
There is a sense among people who study Boeing that the company’s board of directors made a very good decision in picking longtime aerospace executive Kelly Ortberg to succeed David Calhoun as chief executive.
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.
