This past Wednesday, Boeing announced that the manufacturing giant had received type inspection authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its 737 MAX 10 variant. The production and delivery of the MAX family has been more turbulent than Boeing had planned for a decade ago. Plagued by deadly accidents,…
Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 has cleared another hurdle in its turbulent certification program. According to a Wednesday internal memo shared by FlightGlobal, the aerospace giant received a so-called ‘type inspection authorization’ from the FAA. The 737 MAX 10 is the largest variant of the 737 MAX family, and it is…
Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant is well known in Florida. The leisure carrier currently has five crew bases in the state of Florida and operates a point-to-point route structure. A predominant portion of the carrier’s Florida operation is out of Orlando Sanford Airport (SFB). The ULCC carrier dominates the airport north of…
Boeing has concluded a series of flight tests with NASA studying emissions from Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and its effect on the formation of contrails. The duo performed 10 test flights using the Boeing 737-10 EcoDemonstrator airplane and NASA's Douglas DC-8 jetliner Airborne Science Laboratory. Each flight lasts from three…
Now an all-Boeing operator, Alaska is on track to begin service with Boeing’s smaller 737 MAX variant in Q1 of 2024. The Seattle-based carrier phased out its last remaining Airbus aircraft – relics of the 2016 Virgin America acquisition – on Sept. 30, 2023. According to ch-aviation, the airline has…
Air India Express has unveiled a fresh new livery and brand identity in a dynamic move to transform the airline, following Air India. On Wednesday, Tata Group held a grand event to reveal the new identity at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. The much-anticipated merger of Air India Express with…
Boeing has found another significant manufacturing flaw in its 737 Max aircraft and it’s likely to throw a curveball at deliveries of its most popular aircraft. The company says fuselages from its largest contractor, Spirit AeroSystems, have random extra holes drilled in the rear pressurization bulkhead. The Air Current broke…
Many narrowbody jets are able to fly longer routes with a lower density configuration or a lower payload, but the aircraft, including Boeing's 737 or Airbus A320 aren’t exactly designed to fly these longer routes. These are mostly exceptional cases such as British Airways' now-cancelled service between JFK and London…
Alaska Airlines has announced that starting November 17th they will offer year round flights to Honolulu from Seattle/Everett Paine Field. For a limited time fares will start at $149 each way as well as redemptions through Alaska’s mileage plan starting at 12,500. In the press release, Alaska said “This is…
