Eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft in the Aerolíneas Argentinas fleet have been preventively removed from service following a series of safety incidents related to their CFM56-7B engines. The decision was fast-tracked after a flight from Buenos Aires to Córdoba was forced…
Here’s a simple three-pager tracking the duopoly from January 2000. There’s a lot of chatter about how the A320 program just surpassed the 737. This is a big moment for the industry. But if you think that somehow Airbus has…
Boeing continues to pick up production speed and is also attracting more orders. Here’s our model updated through September. Key points:
Air India, the former state-owned Indian carrier now owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata, is reportedly in talks to add more aircraft from both Airbus and Boeing, according to Reuters, a global news agency. The airline plans to purchase up…
US President Donald Trump is in a “trade war” with China in which Boeing appears to be caught in the middle. China currently has 222 orders in Boeing’s backlog. 1,855 Boeing aircraft are currently operated by Chinese airlines, and Boeing…
The long-awaited approval of Boeing’s reacquisition of Spirit AeroSystems has received EU approval, as anticipated, with the planned divestitures of units supplying Airbus and a Malaysian composites operation required to close the deal. Under the terms of the approval, all…