CommercialBoeing 737 MAX 7 Successfully Completes First Flight The newest member of Boeing’s most popular family of jets spent its first flight soaring over the snowcaps of the Cascade Mountains. The successful debut sortie of the 737 Max 7 means…
CommercialGuinness Toasts World-Record 10,000th Boeing 737 In a Guinness-recognized feat, Boeing has produced 10,000 737-line airplanes. The milestone jet was a 737 MAX 8 destined for Southwest Airlines produced at Boeing’s Renton, Washington, facility. The 737 took almost…
CommercialBoeing Picks Lord To Produce Autothrottle Modules for 737 MAX Boeing has signed Lord Corp. to the biggest contract in the latter company’s 94-year history, producing the autothrottle modules for 737 MAX cockpits. The autothrottle module is an electromechanical system fitted into…
CommercialHoneywell to Outfit Comair's Africa-First 737 MAX Fleet Africa's first fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will be directed by Honeywell cockpit technologies. South African airline Comair has selected full suite of Honeywell navigation and weather systems for its planes,…
CommercialBoeing Gets FAA Certification for 737 MAX 9 The Boeing 737 MAX 9 is certified for commercial service thanks to an amended type certificate granted by the FAA, Boeing has announced. The 737 MAX 9 raises capacity compared to the…
ConnectivityAzerbaijan Airlines Taps Rockwell Collins for Connectivity on Boeing 737 MAXs Rockwell Collins is set to outfit 10 Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 737 MAXs. Announced during the Dubai Air Show, occurring now and ending Thursday, the deal has Rockwell Collins delivery in-flight connectivity, in-flight…
CommercialAirbus-Bombardier Partnership Has No Impact on Boeing Strategy While Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes business unit reported one of its most successful quarters Wednesday, most of the questions lodged at chief executive Dennis Muilenburg on the third quarter earnings call focused on…