All North America articles – Page 110
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NewsAlaska rebounds after taking $150m hit from 737 Max 9 grounding
US carrier Alaska Airlines estimates the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9s following the 5 January door plug blow-out on flight 1282 resulted in lost profits of at least $150 million.
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News’Vertical-lift crossover’ developer XTI Aerospace listed on US stock exchange
Colorado-based XTI Aerospace on 13 March began trading as a publicly listed company on the US stock exchange, vowing to commercialise its conceptual “vertical-lift crossover” business aircraft.
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NewsCanada’s Nolinor reveals fresh livery on 737-400 repurposed for mining industry
Canadian charter carrier Nolinor Aviation has adorned its first Boeing 737-400 with an update of its distinctive blue, white and gold livery.
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NewsBoeing confirms to NTSB it has no records of work on failed 737 Max door plug
Boeing confirms to federal accident investigators it has no records of work completed last year on a 737 Max 9 door plug that failed during a 5 January flight, nor does it know which employees performed the work.
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NewsSecond AviaAM 777-300ER transferred for Mammoth freighter conversion
Irish-based AviaAM Leasing has transferred a second Boeing 777-300ER for cargo conversion by US-based Mammoth Freighters. Mammoth is undertaking conversion of 777-200LR and -300ER twinjets. AviaAM states that it ferried the -300ER to Fort Worth Alliance airport, where Mammoth partner Aspire MRO has a facility, on 28 February. The leasing ...
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NewsPentagon declares full-rate production on F-35, years behind schedule
The US Department of Defense has approved Lockheed Martin for full-rate production on the F-35 stealth fighter programme, years behind schedule and well after the airframer had already started assembling the jets at maximum capacity.
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NewsFrontier to create new cabin class by blocking middle seat in first two rows
US ultra-discounter Frontier Airlines is again taking cues from European carriers by guaranteeing open middle seats in the two front rows of all its aircraft.
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NewsBoeing steps up quality inspections as part of initial response to two concerning safety audits
The chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes has laid out initial steps the company is taking to address quality and safety concerns raised by two recent investigations into its 737 Max assembly site in Renton.
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NewsGE Aerospace targets production and quality improvements with $650m investment
GE Aerospace plans to spend $650 million this year on efforts to boost quality and production at its sites and those of suppliers, more than twice the $335 million it spent on similar projects last year.
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NewsBoeing MH-139 nuclear security helicopter begins operational service
An operational US Air Force unit has for the first time received one of the new Grey Wolf helicopters which will replace the Bell UH-1N in supporting physical security at the service’s nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
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News‘Boeing needs to become a better company’: Southwest CEO
Boeing’s 737 Max delivery delays have drawn sharp criticism from Southwest Airlines’ chief executive Bob Jordan, who described on 12 March the carrier’s highly constrained 2024 growth plan.
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NewsCanada retires Hawk jet trainers without replacements identified
The Royal Canadian Air Force says its fighter training squadron has entered a “period of hiatus” after the service retired its fleet of BAE Systems CT-155 Hawk trainer jets.
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NewsBoeing’s 737 deliveries slowed in February as investigators scrutinised operation
Boeing’s pace of 737 Max deliveries slowed again in February amid intense scrutiny over product quality, though the company succeeded last month in accelerating narrowbody deliveries to customers in China, a country that had been essentially closed to new 737s until recently.
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NewsUnited considering A321neo order as 737 Max 10 certification stalls
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby acknowledges that the US carrier is considering a potential order of Airbus A321neos to replace the Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft it no longer expects to be delivered.
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NewsTax bump on private jet fuel included in USA’s proposed budget for 2025
US president Joe Biden’s proposed budget for 2025 includes increased taxes on fuel for private jets, which the administration has identified as a potential source of funding the National Airspace System (NAS).
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NewsGE Aerospace predicts booming profits as Leap deliveries and service work accelerate
GE Aerospace has big plans for the coming years, predicting that demand for engine aftermarket services combined with accelerating new-engine deliveries will push its adjusted operating profit to $10 billion by 2028, up from $5.6 billion in 2023.
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NewsFive killed as Gulfstream G100 crashes in rural Virginia
A twin-engine Gulstream G100 was on short approach to Ingalls Field airport outside of Hot Springs, Virginia when it struck trees and crashed into a hillside.
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NewsNew Leap turbofans are getting fuel nozzle fix and modified blades as part of durability effort: GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace has introduced improved fuel nozzles for CFM International Leap turbofans and expects by year-end to introduce fixed high-pressure turbine blades – efforts to address durability problems with its best-selling engines.
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NewsStratolaunch completes first powered flight of hypersonic test vehicle
While the first Talon-A flight did not break the Mach 5 hypersonic barrier, Stratolaunch says the vehicle achieved high supersonic speed before executing a planned water landing.
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NewsFAA releases final guidelines for type certification of Joby’s air taxi
In a first for the US air taxi segment, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued final airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.