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With China recertification, Boeing pivots to ramp 737 Max output

Jon Ostrower·December 9, 2021

The industry is closely watching Boeing’s progress as a bellwether for its own health and that of the disrupted global supply chain. While its build rate will accelerate to 31 early next year, the company will need to advance its delivery rate well over that level in order to burn down its enormous inventory of 737 Max aircraft built and stored during the grounding.

787 suppliers hold shipments with Boeing assembly line ‘saturated’

Jon Ostrower·September 13, 2021

While Boeing announced it would slow the rate at which it builds 787s in mid-July below five per month, some suppliers have halted work and deliveries of large structural sections by at least one major supplier won’t restart until at least October 26.

Boeing’s Max lands in China amid a fog of political uncertainty

Jon Ostrower·August 11, 2021

Challenges from logistical to geopolitical permeate every level of the Boeing’s 737 Max visit to China. ATR's struggle to certify its own turboprop is a template for Boeing's uncertainty.

Boeing grapples with a ‘Pandora’s box’ on 787

Jon Ostrower·July 15, 2021

Even as Boeing works to explain its detailed statistical analysis to the Federal Aviation Administration of its inspection findings on its fleet of undelivered 787 Dreamliners, the company continues to disclose new issues with its aircraft that further disrupt its path toward resetting its production system and restarting deliveries.

Three Points: Airbus supplier reintegration, 737 Max grounding grounding, a swift U.S. refleeting

Jon Ostrower·April 27, 2021

Airbus is bringing its biggest aerostructures suppliers home as part of a far-reaching strategy to deeply integrate both its design and supply chain architecture together for future aircraft. A batch of more than 100 recently-delivered Boeing 737 Max aircraft remain grounded following a design change that inadvertently interrupted safe electrical discharge inside areas of the flight deck. And since the start of the pandemic the U.S. has led new aircraft ordering globally by a large margin.

FAA certifies high-density Boeing 737 Max destined for Ryanair

Jon Ostrower·March 31, 2021

U.S. approval of the 737 Max 8200 clears the way for European validation of the high-density jetliner and delivery to Ryanair.

A new Boeing 737 Max for Air China rolls out of the paint hangar at Renton, Wash. on March 23, 2021. Photo Credit Woody's Aeroimages.

Jetliner diplomacy between the U.S. and China looks a long way off

Jon Ostrower·March 24, 2021

Boeing has started building 737 Max aircraft again for China, but the plane maker Comac -- its Chinese counterpart -- are at the mercy of the peculiar adversarial interdependence between China and the U.S.

After Max, 787, tanker and spacecraft struggles, trouble comes to 777X

Jon Ostrower·January 27, 2021

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateJanuary 27, 2021After Max, 787, tanker and spacecraft struggles, trouble comes to...

Boeing’s MCAS on the 737 Max may not have been needed at all

Jon Ostrower·January 10, 2021

This United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 was ticketed for delivery by the FAA on Nov. 30, 2020.

FAA grants Boeing first post-grounding 737 Max airworthiness certificates

Jon Ostrower·December 1, 2020

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday granted its first post-grounding airworthiness certificate to a 737 Max, clearing the way for Boeing to resume deliveries, the U.S. aviation regulator confirmed.

Three Points: American to lead 737 Max return, Embraer’s hybrid STOUT, Apple and green aviation

Jon Ostrower·November 16, 2020

The FAA is poised to order the Boeing 737 Max ungrounded this week. American Airlines will lead the jet's return after the 20-month grounding. Embraer's conceptual hybrid-electric STOUT for the Brazilian Air Force breaks cover and looks even more interesting than its E3 turboprop study. Apple's path to developing its new ultra-efficient M1 chip is an instructive guide for the strategic future of green aviation.

Electric flying advances to the mainstream as Tecnam joins the race

Jon Ostrower·November 12, 2020

Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateNovember 12, 2020Electric flying advances to the mainstream as Tecnam joins the...

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