Airbus operators during manufacturing on the assembly line of the C295 aircraft on March 12, 2024, in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty Images Airbus reported lower monthly deliveries late on Wednesday, putting its annual production target under pressure as supply chain struggles continue to plague the industry. The European … Read more
Neste Oyj’s Singapore refinery in Singapore, one of the world’s biggest SAF plants, under construction on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The site was chosen because its already a petrochemicals center with sound logistical connections and talent is readily available. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The aviation industry still sees so-called “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF) … Read more
TULSA, Okla. — Parts and labor shortages. Delayed deliveries of new airplanes from Boeing and Airbus. An engine recall. Premature repairs. It’s all piling up, and aircraft engine shops around the world are overflowing. As travelers boarded planes in record numbers this summer, airline executives waited anxiously for repairs and overhauls of their engines. The … Read more
An Airbus A321 flies at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 22, 2024. Toby Melville | Reuters FARNBOROUGH, England — Massive airplane orders, hundreds deep in recent years, were absent from this year’s biggest air show. The focus instead was on struggles at Boeing and Airbus to ramp up airplane production while battling … Read more
A Boeing 767 passenger aircraft of Delta Air Lines arrives from Dublin at JFK International Airport in New York as the Manhattan skyline looms in the background on Feb. 7, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Delta Air Lines is the country’s most profitable airline. CEO Ed Bastian’s challenge is to make sure … Read more
An Airbus Wingman air combat drone stands on display at the 2024 ILA Berlin Air Show on June 05, 2024 in Schoenefeld, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Airbus this week revealed the concept for a new fighter-type drone, called Wingman, and showcased a model of it at Berlin’s massive ILA … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — One of Boeing’s biggest customers issued a call to action to its new management team, expressing frustration with the safety crisis facing the American planemaker and the consequent delays in order deliveries. “We’re not happy really with what’s going on, we always really wanted to see this aircraft entering the … Read more
An Airbus employee works on an aircraft part of the Airbus A350 at the Airbus Atlantic plant in Bouguenais, near Nantes, western France, on Feb. 29, 2024. Sebastien Salom-gomis | Afp | Getty Images Airbus is ramping up production of its A350 aircraft because of consumer demand and not the ongoing crisis at U.S. rival Boeing, according … Read more
Just over five years ago, 346 people were killed in two plane crashes that happened five months apart in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Both were Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. Then in January 2024, a near catastrophe occurred when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 plane at 16,000 feet, shortly after it took off from … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Boeing’s 737 has been around since the 1960s. There have been many variations of the aircraft but the 737 Max, which debuted in 2017, has encountered problem after problem over the last five years. From two fatal Max 8 crashes in 2018 … Read more
