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Boeing begins conversion of MD-90 jet into NASA’s X-66 experimental aircraft
Boeing has begun the conversion of an old MD-90 commercial jet into the X-66 technology demonstration aircraft, a…
US investigators find part that fell from Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet
The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), which is in charge of investigating the causes of the explosive depressurization…
New Lufthansa subsidiary, City Airlines has the first plane in its colors
City Airlines, a new subsidiary of the Lufthansa group, already has the first jet with its livery. The…
FAA orders 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets to be grounded
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the US civil aviation authority, ordered on Saturday that 171 Boeing 737 MAX…
Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 loses emergency exit disabled in flight
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 suffered an in-flight decompression after losing a section of a disabled…
Alaska Airlines takes delivery of its first Boeing 737-8 with just 159 seats
Alaska Airlines confirmed the arrival of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 on January 4th. The aircraft, however,…
SKY Airline debuts new flights connecting Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay
SKY Airline inaugurated new routes connecting Salvador and Florianopolis, in Brazil, to Montevideo, with connections in Santiago, Chile,…
US carrier Envoy will expand fleet to 169 Embraer jets
Envoy Air, a regional subsidiary of American Airlines, announced on Wednesday another plan to expand its fleet of…
Azul is about to receive two second-hand Airbus A330-200
Azul Linhas Aéreas is about to receive two more second-hand Airbus A330-200s, according to Planespotters. The widebodies, which…
Fourth COMAC C919 jetliner joins China Eastern Airlines fleet
China Eastern Airlines took delivery of the 4th C919, a narrow-body commercial jet entirely developed in China. Delivery…
Japan Airlines A350-900 is the first loss of Airbus aircraft
The Airbus A350 will celebrate just nine years in service on January 15, when Qatar Airways debuts the…
JAL Airbus A350-900 destroyed by fire after colliding with turboprop in Tokyo
A Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 was destroyed by fire in the early evening of January 2 while landing…
Boeing or Airbus: which planemaker delivered more planes in 2023?
Boeing and Airbus made December a month of high deliveries of commercial aircraft in order to achieve the…
Boeing says all 737 MAX have returned to flight in China
The CEO of Boeing China, Liu Qing, stated on the company’s social media that the entire fleet of…
Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop fleet reaches 24 aircraft
Textron Aviation has managed to increase deliveries of its new utility aircraft, the Cessna 408 SkyCourier. In 2023,…
Two Embraer E190 jets from the TAME carrier are auctioned in Ecuador
Ecuador’s TAME airline, which is in the process of liquidation, managed to sell two Embraer E190 jets that…
Lufthansa’s Italian subsidiary, Air Dolomiti wants more Embraer jets
After the bitter loss to Airbus in the selection for the new City Airlines jets, Embraer received words…
Mandarin Airlines takes delivery of its first ATR 72-600 equipped with PW127XT engines
Mandarin Airlines took delivery of its first ATR 72-600 equipped with more efficient PW127XT engines. The aircraft is…
Boeing urges 737 MAX inspections due to possible loose bolt
Boeing has issued a directive calling for urgent inspections of certain Boeing 737 MAX planes following concerns over…
Embraer makes ‘triple delivery’ of E195-E2 jets to Binter Canarias
Embraer once again made multiple deliveries of its commercial jets to just one customer at the end of…