you surely will be when a large chunk of the country goes on break during the first week of April. A lot of people will be flying for vacation, but planes have been in the news quite a bit lately. Well, one plane company specifically. ...
Mohawk's concern is that those bad or "non-conforming" parts he says are getting lost or taken, could be ending up on planes. "There's so much chaos in that factory," Mohawk said. "There's a desperation for parts. Because we have problems with our parts suppliers. So there's, in...
At a time when large widebody freighters are in hot demand, the supply of Boeing 777 freighters is affected by problems. Issues with engine production hobbled Boeing’s ability to deliver new 777 cargo planes earlier this year, and converted 777s appear to be further from the runway than a...
Even when Boeing encountered clear signs that something was amiss—two planes that it manufactured crashed—it did not lead to soul-searching. Rather, the giant apparently continued to do business as usual including requestingsafety exemptionsfrom the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Not only...
On Tuesday, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the Chicago-based carrier told Boeing to stop building the 737 Max 10 planes they have on order and instead focus on producing737 Max 9 planes. "I think it's impossible to say when the Max 10 is going to get certified," Kirby said at ...
Airbus is aiming for 720 deliveries this year, having originally targeted that level in 2022 before lowering the goal to 700 then dropping it altogether due to supply chain problems. (Reporting by Tim Hepher, Oliver Griffin; Editing by Sharon Singleton) ...
Boeing is still trying to restore its safety reputation after the two 737 MAX crashes last year that killed 346 people and highlighted problems with the planes' flight handling software. Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg facedanother round of tough questions on Wednesday from U.S. lawmakers...
While standard wingtips can reduce drag by as much as 4.5%, the raked wing design can reduce it by 5.5%. Despite the one percent increase, raked wingtips only work on larger aircraft and are much less economical on smaller planes like the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320. ...
Jefferies estimated the halt could last three months, which would reduce its 2020 737 MAX delivery forecast to 462 planes from 807. It would take until the second half of 2022 for Boeing to be fully clear of inventory, given it has produced 400 of the jets since the March ...
Yet the European company is unlikely to extend its advantage in the Airbus-Boeing duopoly much further despite having customers clamoring for more commercial aircraft, according to aviation analysts. The reason: Airbus already is making planes as fast as it can and has a backlog of more th...