Boeing

From September 4, 2017, Southwest Airlines will end service to two of the three cities the airline flies to in Cuba. The airline currently serves Varadero and Santa Clara once daily from Ft. Lauderdale and Havana three times daily, twice from Ft. Lauderdale and once from Tampa. Southwest initially began flights to Varadero on November […]

As of June 29, 2017, Norwegian Air took delivery of two 737 MAX 8s, becoming the first European airline to take delivery of a 737 MAX aircraft. Following a ceremony and celebration at Boeing’s Seattle Delivery Center, select guests departed on one of the two new aircraft for a flight back to Oslo. “We have […]

On June 28, 2017, in a special gate celebration at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Alaska Airlines introduced a Boeing 737-800 with a special Mariners livery, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the team as well as their partnership. Passengers bound for Santa Ana, California on Alaska flight 506 were greeted by the Mariner Moose along with snacks […]

As trading at the Paris Air Show 2017 comes to an end, it was yet again a big day for Boeing, while Airbus gained a little bit of momentum as well. Bombardier also had a great show. Other than these three manufacturers, day four was a relatively slow day for orders and news following the […]

As day three of the Paris Air Show comes to a close, it has been a rather quiet in terms of orders. While Airbus is still falling behind, Boeing continues to see 737 MAX 10 orders. Boeing Boeing started the day with a Memorandum of Understanding from Air Lease Corporation for 12 737MAX aircraft, including […]

As the second day of the Paris Air Show 2017 comes to a close, it has produced new orders across the board from all of the major aircraft manufacturers. Boeing again has come out strong against main rival Airbus, and Embraer, ATR, and Bombardier all secured more orders on Tuesday. Boeing Boeing sold a total […]

As Day 1 of this year’s Paris Air Show concludes, it has been a strong start unsurprisingly for Boeing and Airbus, as they wrack up over 100 orders each. Throughout the course of the week, AirlineGeeks will break down the numbers and provide context for new orders and aircraft designs. Airbus Airbus started the day […]

While it has become easy to notice a Boeing 737 or Airbus A330 given its popularity with airlines, some might not know that the same production line that produced a Southwest Airlines 737-800 produced a military model of the same jet. In this two-part series, we will look into several commercial aircraft with military siblings. […]

June 12, marks 23 years of flight for the Boeing 777. The program for this aircraft was initially launched in October 1990 with an initial order from United Airlines. N7771, the first aircraft, took off at 11:45 a.m. on June 12, 1994 for the very first time, powered by Pratt and Whitney PW4074 turbofans. The […]

Earlier this week, Emirates announced that it will debut its latest first class offering in November at the Dubai Air Show. The Dubai based carrier, which is currently the world’s largest operator of the Boeing 777 with 162 aircraft, confirmed that its latest first class suite will debut on board their new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft […]