Boeing 737-800

Greek ACMI specialist Marathon Airlines has landed a new European contract with Aeroitalia of Italy.

Officials will order step up pilot training and improvements to antennas at several airports based on an investigation prompted by the fatal Jeju Air accident.

South Korea's Transport Ministry said the last 4 min. of Jeju Air Flight 7C 2216 data was not captured by the flight data or cockpit voice recorder.

The precursors to the Boeing 737-800’s belly landing and fatal runway overrun remain unclear.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Investigators expect to have preliminary analysis of FDR data from the Dec. 29 Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash within a week.

Executing on a fleet strategy announced during its recent investor day, Southwest Airlines has entered into a sale-leaseback transaction for 36 Boeing 737-800s.

A combination of inadequacies, including a nonstandard runway, caused the accident of a Transavia Boeing 737-800 at France's Nantes Atlantique airport in 2022.

U.K. ACMI and charter operator Ascend Airways is confident that its fleet expansion plans will start to come to fruition in 2025.

A Boeing 737-800 operated by South Korean carrier Jeju Air collided with a wall after touching down without its landing gear deployed at Muan Airport on Dec. 29.

Turkish Airlines is resuming flights to Benghazi in Libya after a decade-long suspension.

State-owned Congo Airways has resumed operations with a wet-leased KlasJet Boeing 737-800, after all its aircraft were grounded due to maintenance issues.

A new three-runway system is a key factor in orders placed by Cathay Pacific and Greater Bay Airlines.

Argentinian ultra-low-cost airline Flybondi has agreed to wet-lease two Boeing 737s from Spanish charter carrier AlbaStar.

Togo-based ASKY, which is part-owned by Ethiopian Airlines, is looking for a pair of Boeing 787-8s to join its fleet in 2026.

Despite all the setbacks to hit Boeing's 737 MAX program, the total 737-8 fleet size is still set to be larger than the number of 737-800s delivered.

After CFM International celebrated its 50th birthday on Tuesday, this week’s #FlightFriday looks at how important the CFM56 still is to the aviation industry.

Bratislava-based AirExplore has received approval from the U.S. Transportation Department to begin commercial operations in U.S. airspace.

AirExplore, which is part of the Avia Solutions Group, will damp lease four aircraft to Air Peace from November 2024 through March 2025.

With Regional Express (Rex) filing for voluntary administration, Flight Friday looks at the current state of Australia's larger operators in terms of flights.

The voluntary administration of Australian airline Rex will affect 11 domestic routes, though each will continue to be served by other operators.

Australian airline Rex has entered voluntary administration, and the carrier’s narrowbody jet unit appears likely to be a casualty of its restructuring.

Virgin Australia’s decision to halt its Tokyo route underlines weakness in Japanese demand and Virgin’s lack of appetite for long-haul international services.

American Airlines is rushing to reverse course on an unpopular distribution strategy that could result in over $1 billion in lost revenue in 2024.

The Port Moresby-based airline ordered six A220-100s direct from Airbus in November 2023. It is also acquiring a further two A220-100s, together with three A220-300s, from lessors.