Boeing is reportedly closing in on a multibillion-dollar deal to sell dozens of its embattled 737 MAX jets in what is rumoured to be the largest deal the planemaker has secured since the aircraft was grounded in 2019. According to a report from Reuters, the US planemaker is negotiating a deal with Texas-based Southwest Airlines,
US planemaker Boeing has reportedly flagged “many potential hazards” in European rival Airbus’ new narrow-body jet, the A321XLR, in a submission made to the EASA. The Airbus A321XLR is set to the longest-range single-aisle jet, however Boeing has informed the European Union Aviation Safety Agency that the architecture of the fuel tank designed to increase
United Airlines has announced the order of 25 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, and moved up the delivery of existing orders, in a win for beleaguered planemaker Boeing. The airline has placed the new order for delivery of 25 of the fuel-efficient MAX jets in 2023, banking on steadily increasing demand for air travel, particularly
The relatives of the victims killed in the second of two fatal 737 MAX crashes have again demanded that top Boeing executives, including the current and former CEOs, testify in front of a Chicago federal court. In a filing to the court, the families of the victims of Ethiopia Airlines flight 302, the second fatal
Norwegian Air has officially cancelled all 88 narrow-body jets it had on order from Airbus, mostly made up of A320neo and A321LR aircraft. Under the agreement, Airbus will keep all deposits made on the purchased but as-yet undelivered aircraft, and is entitled to a further $850,000 from the embattled airline. A deal was originally struck
US planemaker Boeing has officially thrown its support behind contentious reforms over fuel efficiency standards in new airplanes finalised by the Trump administration in its final days. The standards outlined in the reforms have been largely criticised by a dozen US states as well as the new Biden administration as being too lenient, and largely
