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Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide nearly two years ago following two deadly accidents. Brazil’s Gol Airlines became the first in the world to return the planes to its active fleet, using a 737 Max 8 on a flight from Sao Paulo to … Read more
Virgin Atlantic bids farewell to its last Boeing 747 with a pop-up first-class dining experience on board – and the public will be able to ‘delve around’ secret areas, including crew bunks For one day only, the public will be able to purchase tickets for the ‘ultimate 747 experience’ Hosted at the airline’s Heathrow hangar … Read more
Ryanair strikes multi-billion pound deal to buy 75 scandal-hit Boeing 737 Max jets The airline’s order is the first since the aircraft was given the all-clear to fly again All 737 Max planes were grounded in March 2019 following two crashes Ryanair’s order has a list value of almost £7bn – but the firm didn’t … Read more
Ryanair orders 75 extra 737 Max jets in multi-billion-pound boost for Boeing that sends shares up by 5.2 per cent The order is the largest for the jet since 2018, when it was grounded Ryanair already has 135 of the 197-seat Max 200 on order ‘The Boeing Max is a fabulous aircraft,’ Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary … Read more
Will this plane land safely? That question was very much on the minds of the 87 passengers on the revamped Boeing 737 MAX’s first public flight Wednesday following a 20-month grounding after two fatal crashes. US authorities last month gave the green light for the plane to return to service after upgrades in the wake … Read more
UK airline passengers won’t always know if they are due to fly on a Boeing 737 Max – with Ryanair saying it would be ‘impossible’ to let customers know in advance The Boeing 737 Max has been cleared to fly again by regulators in the US Once it receives European clearance, Tui and Ryanair will … Read more
OCT. 29, 2018 – A Lion Air 737 MAX plane crashes in Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board NOV. 13, 2018 – FAA, Boeing say they are evaluating the need for software or design changes to 737 MAX jets following the Lion Air crash NOV. 30, 2018 – Boeing is weighing plans to launch … Read more
Boeing 737 runs over and kills a brown bear while landing in Alaska after animal strayed onto runway The Boeing 737-700 killed animal on Saturday evening at Yakutat Airport, Alaska Plane landed after dark, airport crew cleared runway before flight due to land First time a bear is reported to have been hit, two year old … Read more
Man, 23, makes history as he becomes youngest black certified Boeing 777 pilot in the world Malik Sinegal, 23, from Mississippi, last month became youngest ever black Boeing 777 pilot in the world Sinegal graduated from Delta State University with a degree in commercial aviation Boeing 777 is the world’s largest twinjet plane and is usually … Read more
Boeing announces new plan to cut 30,000 jobs as it reports a £374m loss for the third quarter Boeing failed to record a single order for a new jetliner in September In the first nine months of the year, it has delivered only 98 planes This is compared with 301 during the same stretch of … Read more