Air France-KLM has placed an order for four Airbus A350Fs for its Dutch cargo subsidiaries Martinair and KLM Cargo. The aircraft will replace four aging Boeing 747-400Fs in the second half of 2026, the airline announced. Replacement of the 747s…
As we outlined earlier, the deferred prosecution agreement that was hammered out between the Department of Justice and Boeing in 2021 has been re-opened by a Federal judge in Texas because the victims were not represented in that agreement. The…
Airbus will recruit another 13.000 new employees this year to fulfill its requirements for all of the three main business segments, Commercial Aircraft, Defense and Space, and Helicopters. The airframer already hired 13.000 people in 2022, but the new campaign…
It’s too early to tell if Boeing’s X-plane demonstrator with the Transonic Truss-Based Wing (TTBW) will be the next Boeing single-aisle airliner, but it certainly has the ingredients for that. There are some challenges that need to be solved first before…
Boeing is more optimistic about the opportunities for the MAX in China. It is pausing previous plans to remarket aircraft of Chinese customers to others just to see if the type will really re-enter service on a large scale, President…
UPDATE – Boeing produced a strong fourth quarter of 2022, reducing its net losses compared to the same period of the previous year. But the full-year consolidated loss was higher than in 2021, mainly to be blamed on the Q3 charge on…