Jon Hemmerdinger
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Boeing’s orders and deliveries slowed in February
Boeing's commercial aircraft orders and deliveries slowed in February following a strong start to the year the previous month. → Read More
‘Not a forgings and castings issue’: GE Aerospace CEO addresses supply chain trouble
GE Aerospace chief executive Larry Culp is pushing back against the assertion that engine shortages are primarily why aircraft manufacturers continue struggling to ramp production of narrowbody jets. → Read More
Flair confirms lessor Airborne behind reports of aircraft repossessions
Canadian discount carrier Flair Airlines confirms that "unprecedented action" taken by aircraft lessor Airborne Capital has affected four of its Boeing 737s, amid reports the jets were seized. → Read More
GE Aerospace still eyeing post-reorganisation expansion: CEO
General Electric chief executive Larry Culp still expects engine maker GE Aerospace will expand into new aerospace segments following a reorganisation expected to wrap up next year. → Read More
GE Aerospace testing Leap tweaks to boost durability in dusty regions
GE Aerospace is tweaking some components in CFM International Leap turbofans to address operating issues primarily affecting commercial jets flying in India and the Middle East. → Read More
IAE marks 40th anniversary as V2500 production, maintenance work hums along
Forty years after its founding, IAE International Aero Engines is still producing V2500s, including turbofans for Embraer's new C-390 military transport, and its maintenance shops are humming, supporting some 3,000 active V2500-powered Airbus A320ceo-family jets. → Read More
SpaceJet test aircraft demolished at Moses Lake
Wrecking crews dismantled one of Mitsubishi Aircraft's SpaceJet prototype regional jets at Moses Lake on 8 March, physically and symbolically closing a chapter on Japan's once-ambitious regional jet programme. → Read More
Boeing confirms 767 and KC-46 ‘quality’ problem
Boeing confirms it has identified a "quality issue" affecting production of 767s and 767-based KC-46 military tankers, saying the issue requires it make fixes to production aircraft. → Read More
NTSB investigates runway incident involving American-Air Canada jets in Sarasota
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating yet another close call at a US airport, this time involving two passenger jets at Sarasota-Bradenton in Florida on 16 February. → Read More
P&W lands new contract to support F135 production
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has landed another contract, this one worth $5.2 billion, to support its production of the F135 engines that power Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. → Read More
Lockheed resumes F-35 flights following December crash caused by ‘harmonic resonance’
Lockheed Martin has resumed flights of company owned, newly production F-35 fighters following a nearly three-month pause after a crash at Fort Worth in December last year. → Read More
Luxair to take four 737 Max 8s, including pair on lease
Luxembourg's Luxair has ordered two Boeing 737 Max 8s and signed a deal to lease another pair of the narrowbodies, part of a plan to boost its summer capacity. → Read More
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay orders 15 Boeing 737 Max 9s and eyes 787s
Start-up Hong Kong carrier Greater Bay Airlines has ordered 15 Boeing 737 Max 9s and made a "commitment" to order five 787s. → Read More
Universal Hydrogen completes first flight of hydrogen-powered Dash 8
Start-up Universal Hydrogen has completed first flight of a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 powered partly by a hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system. → Read More
AutoFlight flies Prosperity I eVTOL demonstrator on ‘record’ 135nm sortie
Air taxi developer AutoFlight has completed a long-distance flight of its newest demonstrator aircraft, a feat the company says proves the design's viability and aids its path toward certification. → Read More
McKenzie succeeds Hyslop as Boeing’s chief engineer
Boeing's head of commercial aviation engineering Howard McKenzie became the company's chief engineer on 1 March, succeeding Greg Hyslop, who is set to retire in June. → Read More
FAA examining ‘close call’ at Boston involving Learjet and JetBlue E190
The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what it calls another "close call" involving two aircraft coming way too close, this time at Boston Logon International airport. → Read More
P&W starts modifying F135s to address issue prompting F-35 partial grounding
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has started modifying engines in some Lockheed Martin F-35s to address an issue that left some of the fighters grounded in recent months. → Read More
Norse adds four new US routes from London Gatwick
Long-haul European discounter Norse Atlantic Airways plans to expand further in the coming months with flights from London's Gatwick airport to another four US cities. → Read More
Boeing delivers 787 to United but deliveries otherwise remain paused
Boeing has delivered a 787-10 to United Airlines but says its broader pause on deliveries of the widebody type remains in effect. → Read More