Boeing has announced it delivered 29 aircraft in March 2021, and received a total of 196 orders for new aircraft in the month. The 737 MAX made up a majority of March’s gross orders, including the previously announced Southwest deal for 100 737 MAX jets, as well as private investment firm 777 Partners’ order for
American Airlines has deferred a number of its upcoming aircraft deliveries, while also reportedly bringing all of its fleet out of storage in preparation for an upswing of demand. The major US airline has reportedly organised a revised delivery schedule with Boeing for 37 of its upcoming aircraft deliveries, including 18 737 MAX jets that
Recordings of the final minutes of the Sriwijaya Air 737 flight that crashed into the Java Sea in January have now been recovered and downloaded, according to Indonesian investigators. The recordings themselves, nor the information they contain, have not yet been released to the public. However, Indonesia’s air accident investigator, the KNKT, has confirmed that
A UK-based start-up airline named flypop has officially signed a lease deal for multiple A330-300 aircraft with Irish aircraft lessor Avolon. The new airline has not announced how many aircraft are covered under the lease agreement, however did say that it engaged in lengthy discussions with a number of lessors before deciding upon Avolon, given
Airlines have been forced to ground dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets due to newly located production problems resulting in possible electrical faults, according to Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration. About 90 737 MAX jets across 16 airlines are reportedly affected by the grounding order, which pertains to certain aircraft that were built
LATAM Airlines Brasil has announced it will this week retire all 11 of its Airbus A350-900s from its fleet by the end of April 2021, as the airline continues to navigate out of insolvency. The move was announced by LATAM Brasil CEO Jerome Cadier, who stated that the move would not result in any immediate
