Air Transport Boeing 777X Delayed Amid Announcement of Massive Layoffs Amid the presentation of preliminary results for the third quarter, the new CEO of Boeing, Kelly Ortberg, made… Ricardo MeierOctober 12, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing delivered 33 commercial jets in September, with no impact from the strike yet With about 33,000 workers on strike for almost a month in the Puget Sound region, Boeing still managed… Ricardo MeierOctober 9, 2024 Read More
Air Transport LATAM to install “shark skin” on five of ten Boeing 777-300ERs Lufthansa Technik has begun work to implement AeroShark technology on four more LATAM Boeing 777-300ER widebody jets. The… Ricardo MoriahOctober 4, 2024 Read More
Air Transport NTSB recommends check on Boeing 737 jets for rudder issue The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued urgent safety recommendations to the FAA and Boeing to check… Ricardo MeierSeptember 27, 2024 Read More
Defense RAF’s first E-7 Wedgetail AEW aircraft makes maiden flight Boeing has completed the maiden flight of the Royal Air Force’s first E-7 Wedgetail. The airborne early warning… Ricardo MeierSeptember 21, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing sells 50 737 MAX 8 jets to CDB Aviation Amid problems including delays in the production of its aircraft and the strike at its main factories in… Ricardo MeierSeptember 19, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Access to confidential Embraer data would have led to compensation from Boeing The outcome of the arbitration between Boeing and Embraer, revealed on Monday, brought frustration to the financial market,… Ricardo MeierSeptember 17, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing to pay US$150 million to Embraer after failed joint venture Embraer and Boeing reached an agreement after a long arbitration process motivated by the end of the joint… Ricardo MeierSeptember 16, 2024 Read More
Defense Japan gets green light to acquire nine more Boeing KC-46 tankers The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has received approval from the US government to purchase nine Boeing KC-46A… Ricardo MeierSeptember 16, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing workers vote overwhelmingly in favor of strike The approximately 33,000 Boeing employees in the Puget Sound region of Washington state have massively rejected the tentative… Ricardo MeierSeptember 13, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing manages to expand commercial aircraft deliveries in August Boeing managed to reduce the gap in commercial aircraft deliveries in August compared to 2023. Last month, 40… Ricardo MeierSeptember 11, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Despite proposal, Boeing may face strike starting Friday Considered “historic” by Boeing and the IAM, a union that represents 33,000 employees of the company in the… Ricardo MeierSeptember 10, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing’s new commercial jet will be built at its traditional plants, planemaker says Boeing announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with unions representing about 33,000 of its employees who… Ricardo MeierSeptember 9, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing finds cracks in 777-9 that has been grounded since November 2021 Boeing has found the same type of crack in the engine mounts of the 777-9 registered N779XZ, also… Ricardo MeierAugust 29, 2024 Read More
Air Transport How many commercial aircraft have Boeing and Airbus delivered in 2024? Boeing managed to deliver 43 commercial jets in July, including three aircraft for military purposes. The cumulative total… Ricardo MeierAugust 24, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Atlas Air takes over three Boeing 747-8Fs that flew in Russia Atlas Air announced on Thursday that it has leased three Boeing 747-8Fs from BOC Aviation and that they… Ricardo MeierAugust 23, 2024 Read More
Defense South Korea gets US approval to acquire 36 AH-64E Apache helicopters The US State Department approved on August 19 the possible sale of 36 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters… Ricardo MeierAugust 22, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Lufthansa Cargo takes delivery of its 18th Boeing 777F Lufthansa Cargo took delivery of its 18th Boeing 777F on August 17, a new aircraft that flew from… Ricardo MeierAugust 22, 2024 Read More
Air Transport FAA orders inspection of Boeing 787 after LATAM aircraft plunges The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has ordered Boeing 787 operators to conduct inspections on their aircraft due to… Ricardo MeierAugust 20, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing 777X grounded after engine mount failure on wings Boeing has suspended flights with the 777-9 test aircraft after a structural failure was located in the engine… Ricardo MeierAugust 20, 2024 Read More