Air Algérie selects Boeing MAX 9 and Airbus A330-900 and A350-1000
Air Algérie selects Boeing MAX 9 and Airbus A330-900 and A350-1000.
Category Boeing
Southwest’s slowing MAX deliveries
Today’s news from Southwest Airlines generated a lot of reactions across the trade and news media to slowing MAX deliveries. We want to offer some context. Here’s the big picture from January 2021. The grounding of the MAX was awful…
Southwest anticipates 20 fewer MAX deliveries this year
While a recent operational issue at Southwest Airlines attracted headlines last week, just as interesting is what the impact will be of Boeing’s tailfin problems on the low-cost airline. Southwest disclosed today that it expects twenty fewer MAX 8s to…
Boeing is relieved that China finally welcomes back the MAX
Boeing’s President and CEO David Calhoun is positive about the position of the MAX in China, now that the Chinese regulatory agency CAAC is no longer objecting to Boeing the deliver new airplanes to Chinese customers. During today’s Q1 earnings…
US airlines have a great record of improving fuel burn
US airlines have a great record of improving fuel burn
Tailfin issues won’t affect total Boeing 737 and MAX deliveries
UPDATE – Boeing reiterates its delivery targets of 400 to 450 737s and MAX aircraft for this year, despite the latest quality issue with fittings of the vertical tail fin. Inspections and rework on aircraft in production and inventory “will impact the…