https://worldofaviation.com The world's leading aviation news website Thu, 10 Oct 2024 04:24:37 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-Favicon-150x150.png https://worldofaviation.com 32 32 https://worldofaviation.com/2024/10/boeing-faces-new-scrutiny-over-737-max-safety-issues-ahead-of-plea-deal-hearing/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 04:24:37 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=96976 Boeing is facing fresh scrutiny over its handling of 737 MAX safety issues, as newly released documents show the company withheld critical information from Ethiopian Airlines pilots before the second fatal crash in 2019. A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for Friday, October 11, to consider objections from victims’ families to a proposed plea]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/06/boeing-hopes-to-hold-737-max-certification-flights-in-june/ Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:33:27 +0000 https://worldofaviation.com/?p=84455 Boeing hopes to conduct key certification flights on the 737 MAX this month, according to sources cited by Reuters and Bloomberg.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/04/criminal-civil-investigation-into-737-max-production-issues/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:09:06 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=83047 Boeing may face criminal and civil scrutiny into the beleaguered 737 MAX line, according to numerous overnight reports.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/04/boeing-hit-with-336m-suit-over-terminated-737-max-orders/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:42:29 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=82857 Kuwaiti leasing agency ALAFCO has filed a USD$336m lawsuit against Boeing this week, claiming breach of contract against the Chicago-based manufacturer.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/03/boeing-ceo-regrets-controversial-nyt-interview/ https://worldofaviation.com/2020/03/boeing-ceo-regrets-controversial-nyt-interview/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2020 01:43:32 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=81256 Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun has told colleagues he regrets criticising his predecessor in a newspaper interview, according to The Wall Street Journal. ]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/03/boeing-ceo-regrets-controversial-nyt-interview/feed/ 1 https://worldofaviation.com/2020/02/what-is-the-max/ https://worldofaviation.com/2020/02/what-is-the-max/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:54:47 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=80657 Fundamentally, much of Boeing never really wanted to build the 737 MAX, and spent the latter half of the previous decade deciding that what it really wanted to do was build the FSA, the replacement for its nearly 50-year-old 737 programme.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2020/02/what-is-the-max/feed/ 6 https://worldofaviation.com/2019/11/boeing-says-737-max-deliveries-could-resume-in-december-2019/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:26:53 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=80146 Boeing says it is "possible" regulators could give the all clear to resume deliveries of the grounded 737 MAX in December.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2019/11/ryanair-hopes-to-receive-first-boeing-737-max-200-in-march-april-2020/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:33:16 +0000 https://thewofa.com/?p=80060 Low-cost carrier Ryanair says it expects to receive its Boeing 737 MAX 200 in March/April 2020, should regulators give the aircraft the all clear.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2019/10/american-airlines-pushes-back-boeing-737-max-return-until-jan-2020/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:35:17 +0000 https://thewofa.com?p=78479 American Airlines says it expects to resume flying its fleet of currently grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from January 16 2020.]]> https://worldofaviation.com/2019/10/silkair-boeing-737-max-8-arrives-in-alice-springs-for-long-term-storage/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 01:22:07 +0000 https://thewofa.com?p=78280 SilkAir has delivered one of its six Boeing 737 MAX 8s to Alice Springs for storage as the global grounding of the type stretches into a seventh month. The 737 MAX 8 9V-MBA landed at Alice Springs a little after 1030 local time on Monday following its near six-hour journey from Singapore as MI 8880,]]>