The airline has since grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 MAX planes after the gaping hole caused the cabin to depressurise. More than 170 planes have been grounded in total by US regulators, with Boeing saying it "fully supports" a requirement for inspections on aircraft of a...
Thai VietJetAir (VZ, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) is preparing to radically restructure both its network and fleet as it moves to phase out its Airbus aircraft and bring in Boeing planes while also switching from a domestic to international focus. Speaking at Routes Asia 2023 recently, CEO Woranate La...
Essentially a copy of Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress, the TU-95 Bear, came into use in 1956 and is expected to be utilized until 2040 or beyond. Used as a long-range bomber and cruise missile platform, the TU-95 uses four Kuznetsov NK-12 coupled turboprops, which are more powerful and...
Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, continued to manufacture the C-17 for almost two decades. The final C-17 was completed at the Long Beach, California, plant and flown on 29 November 2015. Features Detailed 3D cockpit digital and analog devices Crew door side doors cargo ...
According to Rossiya’s website, just under 50% of its planes are built by Airbus and Boeing. The rest are produced by domestic plane maker Sukhoi. (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Sandra Maler) Article content Article content Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loa...
Boeing even built the world's largest building at that time just to manufacture the behemoth. The plane was a masterpiece of industrial design. So good, in fact, that it stalled further advancements in passenger aviation. The 747's passenger-carrying duties were expected to last onl...
Another large manufacturing company within the aviation sector is Boeing. Based in the United States, Boeing is generally classed as the second-largest airline manufacturer, as well as one of the largest defense contractors in the world. The company headquarters is situated in Chicago, Illinois. In...
offs every week, that's about 15 times as many as the second biggest airline,Southwest.Boeing 747is the largest aircraft operating here among other big planes such as theBoeing 777and theAirbus A350. The aircraft types with most scheduled flights are the Airbus A31X/32X and the Boeing 737....
While footage of the incident showing the Boeing 767 shooting flames was dramatic, the plane landed safely at Newark Liberty International Airport at 8:07 a.m. ET and the three people aboard the cargo flight were uninjured. "Our B767 crew declared an emergency and returned safely to Newark ...
Air safety in general and concerns about Boeing-made planes in particular have been on the minds of many since January, when a panel covering an emergency door hole blew off an Alaska Airlines plane flying 16,000 feet above Oregon. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) Read More 3 of 3 | ...