Southwest Airlines has just placed the largest aircraft order in Boeing history, ordering 58 737NG aircraft and becoming the launch customer for the 737Max, with 150 firm orders. Southwest, which was also launch customer for the 737-300, 737-500, and 737-700,…
That may be how it must feel in Renton. Boeing just announced that Southwest Airlines will be the MAX launch customer with an order for 150 (plus 150 options) of the planes. That is a firm order, and is the…
Today Airbus delivered its 7,000th aircraft, an A321, to US Airways. The airline operates the largest fleet of Airbus aircraft in the world. This milestone comes just two years after the delivery of Airbus’ 6,000th aircraft. Views: 40
Here’s a battle that sneaked up on the two big OEMs. Obviously the threat has been known for some time, but it is now in the open. The question is can the APB winglet, as seen on the 737, be…
Immediately after we completed the podcast with IAM 751, we invited Boeing to take a listen and respond if they so chose. And Boeing did decide to respond. We spoke with Tim Healy, Boeing spokesman on labor matters. It is…
The famous World Trade Organization dispute than found both sides of the Atlantic needed to clean up their government support to their airframe manufacturers has resulted in positive changes in procedures and behavior. Airbus and Europe reported today that they…