Boeing 737 MAX

Malaysia Airlines has received the first of its leased Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, after recently expressing frustration at delivery delays.

WestJet will fly the YYT-LGW route will 3X-weekly from May 1, 2024, to Oct. 25, 2024, with a Boeing 737-8 aircraft.

Boeing entered November with 305 737 program deliveries in 2023, putting it 70 short of reaching its recently revised full-year target of at least 375.

Riyadh Air will need “a few more weeks” to decide on a large order for narrowbodies, a senior airline executive says on the sidelines of Dubai Airshow.

Ethiopian Airlines CEO notes its latest order emphasizes its confidence in the improvements Boeing has made to the 737 MAX following the fatal crash the carrier suffered in 2019.

Kazakhstan-based SCAT Airlines is to nearly double its Boeing 737 MAX fleet after announcing an order for seven 737-8s on day two of Dubai Airshow.

EgyptAir ordered 10 Airbus A350-900s on the second day of the Dubai Airshow to complement a lease deal for Boeing 737-8s announced Nov. 13.

Launch of the stretched A220 earlier than 2026 would free production slots for the higher-margin A321 and A321XLR variants—but a few hurdles stand in the way.

SunExpress has kicked off the orders at Dubai Airshow, placing an order with Boeing for up to 90 737 MAX-family aircraft.

The Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO talks with Aviation Week about key issues facing the company.

CDB Leasing says it will deliver Airbus A320neos and Boeing 737-8s to Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines in the second half of 2024.

Brazilian operator GOL has received a single Boeing 737-8 in 2023 instead of the 15 slated to be delivered to the airline.

Ryanair expects delivery of up to 10 Boeing 737 MAXs to be delayed next year as an imbalance between supply and demand in Europe continues.

The airline is also working to maintain a certain level of flexibility within its fleet if the number of monthly contracted MAX deliveries change.

Spirit AeroSystems has cut its projected 737 deliveries to the OEM in 2023 to 345-360, from 370-390 before.

Some of the newcomers are growing quickly, while expansion is slower for others.

Southwest Airlines has placed an order for 108 Boeing 737-7s, raising its orderbook for the MAX variant to over 300.

Boeing is close to getting FAA certification approval on the 737-7s and the go-ahead to start formal flight-testing of the 737-10.

Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat updates Aviation Daily on the status of the flag-carrier's big order.

Indian LCC Akasa Air is preparing for its next phase of growth as it looks to resume aircraft deliveries and network expansion.

Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.

Europe will generate 24% of the projected global total MRO spend of $1.2 trillion from 2024-2023, Aviation Week’s new Commercial Fleet and MRO Forecast shows.

The agency has given Boeing seven years to ensure new nacelle design is installed on the 737 Next Generation fleet.

A flight-test program launched by Boeing, NASA and United Airlines aims to discover whether burning SAF could reduce the formation of persistent contrails.

September’s 10 787 deliveries are the most in any month in 2023 and matched December 2022’s total.