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Daily Insight: Thursday 9 May 2019: Time Line for the MAX

Today we examine the history of the MAX, and provide some context and a time line of key activities. The impact of the 787 difficulties and cost overruns are still being felt by the company, and contributed to the development of the MAX. Prior to the development of...

Daily Insight: Thursday 9 May 2019: Time Line for the MAX

Today we examine the history of the MAX, and provide some context and a time line of key activities. The impact of the 787 difficulties and cost overruns are still being felt by the company, and contributed to the development of the MAX. Prior to the development of...

Southwest Airlines pilots and the MAX

The item behind this post comes from here. The key item to focus on: "Closer to home, the advantages and disadvantages of an airline having a single fleet and having aircraft from only one manufacturer are already being discussed in the media, on Wall Street, by the...

Daily Insight: Friday 12 April 2019: MAX in the era of social media

News The two crashes of the 737 MAX resulted in 346 fatalities and a grounding of the aircraft. The last time an aircraft was grounded was the Boeing 787, but that was precautionary and no fatalities resulted from problems with the aircraft. The grounding of the...

Daily Insight: Tuesday 26 March 2019: International Trade and Narrow-Body Aircraft

Mar 26, 2019 | Airbus, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, COMAC, COMAC C919

News Airbus and China agreed to a massive order for 300 aircraft earlier this week, culminating negotiations underway...

Daily Insight: 25 March 2019: Is the Worst Over for Boeing, MAX, and the FAA?

Mar 25, 2019 | Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Ethiopian Air, FAA, Lion

Last week was a tumultuous week in aviation, as the investigation into the crash of ET302 led to several revelations...

Daily Insight: Friday 21 March 2019: Safety Options and the MAX

Mar 22, 2019 | American Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, FAA, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines

News It was disclosed today that some optional equipment related to safety will now be made standard on the Boeing...

A321neo first delivery and big expectations

Apr 20, 2017 | Airbus, Airbus A321 Neo, Alaska, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 737 NG, Virgin America

Airbus announced the delivery of the first A321neo today to US-based Virgin America - a brand soon to disappear into...

Boeing 737 MAX 9 Completes Successful First Flight

Apr 17, 2017 | Aerospace, Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX

The 737 MAX 9 is the latest new aircraft to take to the skies this month, completing its first flight last Thursday. ...

MAX traction

Apr 4, 2017 | Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Iran Aseman, MIAT

It has been a very good week for Boeing. MIAT Mongolian and Iran Aseman both ordered the 737 MAX. Yesterday MIAT...

MAX vs NG – the upsizing trend continues

Mar 16, 2017 | Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX

Boeing's MAX family is likely to get a new member soon, the MAX10x. The picture below was shown at ISTAT Americas. ...

Aer Lingus eyeing A321LRs?

Feb 15, 2017 | Aer Lingus, Airbus, Airbus A321 Neo, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 757, Boeing 787, IAG, Iceland Air, Jet Blue, Norwegian Air, Oneworld, Skyteam, Star Alliance

News from Bloomberg suggests that AerLingus is about to announce a decision to select the Airbus A321LR to replace its...

Norwegian’s massively disruptive business model

Feb 3, 2017 | Airlines, American Airlines, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 787, Delta Air Lines, Norwegian Air, United Airlines

The airline business is competitive – more so than most other types of business. It is also a complex business...

The Boeing-Iran Deal: Airplanes meet Political Intrigue

Dec 12, 2016 | Aerospace, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 737 NG, Boeing 777, Iran Air

The Boeing-Iran Deal Boeing and Iran have finalized the terms of a transaction for 80 aircraft with a list price of...

Boeing Finalizes a Larger 737 MAX 7 Design

Jul 20, 2016 | Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Southwest Airlines, WestJet

At the Farnborough Air Show, Boeing announced it had finalized its design for the 737 MAX 7, adding two rows of seats...

Premium #222 – Is the 737-10X Really a “Mad Max”?

Jun 14, 2016 | Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, premium

Two weeks ago, at Airbus Innovation Days, John Leahy, Chief Commercial Officer at Airbus, scoffed at a proposed...