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FlyDubai said Wednesday it ordered 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in a deal worth $13 billion. FlyDubai said it had options with Boeing to purchase another 75 of the aircraft. Boeing had no immediate comment. FlyDubai flies a fleet of Boeing 737s but made a major Airbus A321neo purchase of 150 aircraft earlier this week for $24 billion at the Dubai Air Show.

India's largest carrier and the European aircraft manufacturer had, in June this year, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for these additional 30 planes

In June, Air India was negotiating with Airbus and Boeing for a major new aircraft purchase, which could include around 200 additional narrow-body planes

The aviation regulator has asked Air India to reinspect Ram Air Turbines on Boeing 787s with replaced PCM modules and sought a preventive action report from Boeing

The new narrowbody aircraft programme aims to restore market confidence after 737 MAX crises and strengthen Boeing's position against Airbus

The US planemaker is slightly less bullish than a year ago as, when it estimated that 43,975 planes would enter the global fleet, reflecting a tempering of forecasts for global economic growth

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner appeared to lack sufficient thrust as it used nearly the full length of an 11,000-foot runway, which should have been enough for takeoff, said aviation expert Bob Mann

Just as Ortberg was gaining momentum at Boeing, the deadly crash of an Air India 787 to London underscored how difficult it remains to restore confidence in the embattled planemaker

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said in a message to staff on Thursday evening that he and Boeing Commercial Airplanes boss Stephanie Pope had canceled plans to attend the Paris Airshow

The global in-service fleet will swell by 24,480 units to 49,210 aircraft in 2044, Airbus predicted in its latest global market forecast

"We are evaluating three aircraft models, the E-2 from Embraer, the A220 from Airbus, and the 737 MAX 7 from Boeing," CEO Mesfin Tasew Bekele said

With aviation contributing roughly 2-3% of global carbon emissions, SAF is viewed as a critical solution for cutting these emissions

Ortberg also said in the Aviation Week interview that Boeing was making progress on certifying the 777-9, the company's largest jetliner in production

The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who killed himself after lawyers questioned him about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects has settled a lawsuit against the aircraft maker. Details of the settlement over John Barnett's death were not disclosed in a court filing Monday. Barnett, a longtime Boeing employee, shared his safety concerns with journalists after he retired in 2017. He said he once saw discarded metal shavings near wiring for the flight controls that could have cut the wiring and caused a catastrophe. He also noted problems with up to a quarter of the oxygen systems on Boeing's 787 planes. Barnett shared his concerns with his supervisors and others before leaving Boeing, but according to the lawsuit they responded by ignoring him and then harassing him. Barnett, 62, shot himself on March 9, 2024, in Charleston after answering questions from attorneys for several days. He lived in Louisiana. The document announcing the settlement and closing

Experts described the official prices as "a complete work of fiction", noting significant discounts based on contract specifics, according to media reports

The airplanes that future models would replace are built of aluminium under methods perfected over decades

The deliberations involve 30 to 40 aircraft split between the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X models

The delays have cast doubt on Airbus' ability to increase production above current rates of around six jets a month for at least the rest of this year

The grounding came just five weeks after it had started certification flights for the 777-9 with officials from the US aviation regulator onboard

COMAC has been eyeing Vietnam as a potential market for some time, and conducted a southeast Asia marketing tour last February, during which it flew two demonstration planes to the country