US FAA certifies MAX 8200 variant bound for Ryanair
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday approved the design for the Boeing 737-8200, a variant of the embattled MAX family of aircraft. The denser, 197-seat MAX variant is essentially designed for budget carriers, with its biggest supporter and launch customer being European budget giant Ryanair. Ryanair made its first order for the 197-seat jet
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday that he expects demand for medium-haul air travel to recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, far faster than long-haul travel. The CEO said that some of the industry’s trusted narrow-bodied workhorses, including the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families of aircraft, will lead the industry’s recovery, and
Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation said on Wednesday it had finally recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the ocean, nearly three months after a Sriwijaya Air 737 crashed into the Java Sea. Flight SJ182 crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021, killing all 62 passengers and crew
Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday it has agreed to buy an additional 23 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets with additional options to purchase a further 15 aircraft. Deliveries for Alaska’s new orders are scheduled to take place between 2023 and 2024, and throughout the following two years should the airline’s options be executed. It follows
A triple-digit sale of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to US-based Southwest Airlines has now been confirmed, making it the largest MAX deal Boeing has secured since the global grounding order was lifted on the jet in November 2020. The deal also includes options for an additional 155 MAX aircraft. With the addition of these new
Norse Atlantic Airways, Norway’s latest trans-Atlantic low-cost airline, has officially come to an agreement with Dublin-based leasing giant AerCap for the lease of nine Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The start-up airline previously touted that it would lease ex-Norwegian Air 787s to fly between Europe and the US, as the embattled Norwegian canned its long-haul routes as
