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Boeing has now confirmed a previously touted new order for 24 737 MAX jets from private investment firm 777 Partners. The order includes an option to purchase an additional 60 MAX aircraft from the troubled US planemaker in the future. 777 Partners, which has a stake in Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Flair Airlines, will lease 13

European planemaker Airbus is reportedly gauging the interest of airlines and customers for a potential future freighter version of its A350 wide-body passenger jet. The COVID-19 crisis has not only increased demand for e-commerce, but also the movement of medical goods and supplies, which has seen freight demand skyrocket around the world. Further, as more

United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby has gone against industry consensus to suggest that business travel will return despite the dramatic COVID-induced changes to businesses. Kirby made the comments on Thursday during a CAPA Live online event, where he said that despite the COVID crisis decimating demand for business travel, and the rise of online

US President Joe Biden has officially signed the third COVID-19 relief bill that will protect thousands of jobs in the aviation industry for the next six months. The bill includes an additional US$14 billion in wage assistance for airlines, as well as US$9 billion for airports and other adjacent businesses. It serves as one part

Boeing has officially been requested to hand over thousands of documents that will reveal exactly what the planemaker, and its prominent staff, knew about the nature of the first fatal 737 MAX crash prior to the second, five months later. A class action suit against Boeing taken out by the families of the victims of

Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has been tapped to provide sensor enhancements to the US Air Force’s MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system. The North Carolina-based Raytheon unit has secured an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract modification by the US Air Force to support its Fast-Jet reconnaissance pod, the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system. The firm