Alaska Airlines will enhance its quality oversight of in-production aircraft at Boeing in Renton. The carrier will deploy additional experienced professionals to validate the assembly and production work on the MAX line, it said in a media statement on January…
The 737 MAX has been a troubled program for Boeing, with two fatal crashes, a safety grounding, a massive inventory build-up, and, most recently, supplier quality issues with limited production. When we compare Boeing’s production targets with actual results, the…
On Wednesday, Emirates operated a 38-minute flight out of Dubai International Airport and back with an Airbus A380 flying on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). While a world’s first that generated some good publicity for the airline, the special flight…
Airbus is speeding up the production rate of the A350. On the back of various successful and promising sales campaigns, the rate will go to ten aircraft per month in 2026 from the current six. The airframer said in February…
Embraer says it is on track to increase the production rate of its commercial and executive jets by twenty percent this year, with another twenty percent increase to follow in 2024. This is despite continued supply chain challenges. “Our growth plan…
Airbus is no longer publicly sharing monthly or quarterly production rates for its A320neo family. Instead, it will disclose only a yearly number, but the main target is that of building 75 aircraft by 2026. CEO Guillaume Faury no longer…