MIAT Mongolian Airlines has taken delivery of a new Boeing 767-300ER which is the first-ever aircraft the carrier has ordered directly from the manufacturer.
Read moreBoeing has rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner to be built at the increased production rate of seven aircraft per month.
Read moreFAA Takes Key Step in Getting the Boeing 787 Back into Service
AircraftTravel Technology April 19, 2013
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Boeing’s design for modifications to the 787 battery system, a key step in returning the grounded Boeing widebody type to service.
Read moreBoeing confirms Turkish Airlines has committed to order 40 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 9s and 20 more 737-800s. Turkish Airlines’ latest purchase agreement also includes options for an additional 25 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
Read moreBoeing has delivered its 1,000th commercial jet for a Chinese airline, a 737-800 which the manufacturer handed over to China Eastern Yunnan Airlines on March 28.
Read moreAccording to Ryanair, the deal will allow the carrier to grow to more than 400 aircraft, carrying more than 100 million passengers per year across, by the end of the delivery schedule in 2018.
Read moreBoeing has rolled out the first 737NG built at the new production rate of 38 aircraft a month. Panamanian customer Copa Airlines will take delivery of the Boeing 737-800 in early April.
Read moreFAA Approves Boeing’s Plan for Fixing and Re-Certificating 787 Batteries
AircraftTravel Technology March 12, 2013
Successful completion of each step within the plan will result in the FAA’s approval to resume commercial Boeing 787 flights, according to the manufacturer, but Boeing does not say how long it expects the process to take.
Read moreAir Lease Corporation Orders 10 More Boeing 777-300ERs
Aircraft February 28, 2013
Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corporation has ordered 10 more Boeing 777-300ERs. At current list prices, Boeing values the order at $3.2 billion. The leasing company had placed an earlier order for five 777-300ERs.
Read moreBoeing Delivers First 777 Built at 100-a-Year Production Rate
Aircraft February 25, 2013
The aircraft, a Boeing 777 Freighter, was delivered to Korean Air. The rate went from five to seven aircraft per month in 2011, and now has increased again to an all-time high of 8.3 aircraft per month.
Read moreBoeing achieved a net total of orders for 1,203 commercial aircraft in 2012, the second-largest annual number in the company’s history. The manufacturer also delivered 601 commercial jets, the most since 1999.
Read moreBoeing has revealed that leasing company Aviation Capital Group finalized an order in late December for 50 737 MAX 8s and 10 737 MAX 9s, taking the total firm orderbook for the 737 MAX family to more than 1,000 aircraft.
Read moreTaiwan’s China Airlines has ordered six Boeing 777-300ERs, in a deal which Boeing values at approximately $2 billion at list prices. The carrier also will lease four Boeing 777-300ERs from GE Capital Aviation Services.
Read moreTurkish Airlines has finalized a firm order for 15 Boeing 777-300ERs, valued by Boeing at $4.7 billion at list prices. The deal also includes options for five additional Boeing 777-300ERs and is the largest order by value in Turkish Airlines’ history.
Read moreOn December 3, Boeing reached a new record for year-to-date 737 deliveries with the delivery of its 377th 737NG assembled in 2012.
Read moreLOT will operate its first Boeing 787-8 on short-haul flights across Europe in December, and will introduce the Dreamliner on to its long-haul passenger service from Warsaw to Chicago in January 2013.
Read moreWith this agreement, the firm orderbook for the Boeing 737 MAX family has reached 969 aircraft to date. SilkAir’s order also brings the net year-to-date total for 737s ordered in 2012 to 1,031 aircraft, the first time orders for 737s have exceeded 1,000 aircraft in a single year.
Read moreThe firm order by Mexico’s largest airline, which was first announced as a commitment in July, is valued at more than $6 billion at Boeing’s published list prices.
Read moreBoeing Delivers 737 Number 7,370
Aircraft November 5, 2012
Boeing has delivered the 7,370th 737 to come off the production line. The milestone aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 for Indonesia-based Lion Air, was delivered on November 5.
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