Boeing will have to demonstrate that our aircraft are safe to fly and that accidents like that with Alaska Airlines AS1282 on Friday will not happen again. That’s the main task President and CEO David Calhoun has set out, he said…
One of the elements likely to be a fallout from the recent MAX 9 depressurization will be the speed at which Boeing can bring down its finished aircraft inventory and generate cash flow by delivering them to airlines. As of…
Boeing has met the 2023 delivery targets with 528 aircraft, up from 48 in 2022. The airframer delivered 387 MAX and nine 737 P-8As or 396 in total. This is up from the guidance of 375 to 400 that Boeing…
More information is coming out about the MAX 9 event on flight AS1282. Here’s our earlier coverage on this (1 ,2,3,4). Here’s a list of MAX 9 operators. There is some debate about the fleet size; we have seen 171…
UPDATE 1/9 – It was believed that Taiwan’s EVA Air was optimizing operational efficiency by adding more Boeing 787s to its fleet, but the airline will not have all eggs in one basket. Airbus said on January 9 that EVA…
UPDATE 1/9 – United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have confirmed that they have identified loose bolts on door plug fittings. United confirmed a report from The Air Current that loose bolts were found on five MAX 9s after commencing preliminary…