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☆ U.S. lawmakers back key Boeing 737 MAX certification deadline waiver
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Congressional leaders attached thewaiver to a bill to fund U.S. government operations and to require new safety enhancements for existing MAX aircraft proposed by U.S. Cantwell's language requires retrofitting existing MAX planes with a synthetic enhanced angle-of-attack (AOA) system and the ability to shut off stall warning and overspeed alerts. It gives airline operators three years from the time the 737 MAX 10 is certified to retrofit existing MAX planes and says Boeing must bear those costs. Faulty data from a single sensor erroneously activated a software function called MCAS and played critical roles in both fatal 737 MAX crashes, investigations found. Boeing declined to comment on Monday, but Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Stan Deal said last week the planemaker supported Cantwell's safety retrofit proposal.

☆ U.S. lawmakers back key Boeing 737 MAX deadline waiver
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The company had been heavily lobbying for months to convince lawmakers to waive the Dec. 27 deadline that affects its MAX 7 and MAX 10 airplanes which was imposed by Congress in 2020 after two fatal 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Congressional leaders attached thewaiver to a bill to fund U.S. government operations and to require new safety enhancements for existing MAX aircraft proposed by U.S. Cantwell's bill requires retrofitting existing MAX planes with a synthetic enhanced angle-of-attack system and the ability to shut off stall warning and overspeed alerts. It gives airline operators three years from the time the 737 MAX 10 is certified to retrofit existing MAX planes and says Boeing must bear those costs. Boeing declined to comment on Monday, but Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Stan Deal said last week the planemaker supported Cantwell's safety retrofit proposal.

☆ Exclusive: U.S. lawmakers set to back Boeing 737 MAX certification extension
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Congressional leaders have agreed to attach the extension to a bill to fund U.S. government operations and to require new safety enhancements for existing MAX aircraft proposed by U.S. Cantwell proposed requiring retrofitting existing MAX airplanes with an "enhanced angle of attack (AOA) and a means to shut off stall warnings and overspeed alerts, for all MAX aircraft," Reuters reported on Nov. 30. Faulty data from a single sensor that erroneously triggered a software function called MCAS to repeatedly activate played critical roles in the fatal 737 MAX crashes. Boeing declined to comment, but Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Stan Deal said last week the planemaker supported Cantwell's safety retrofit proposal. Boeing said in October it expects the 737 MAX 7 to be certified this year or in 2023 and last week Boeing's Deal said he thinks the MAX 10 could receive certification in late 2023 or early 2024.

☆ United Airlines, Boeing set to announce major 787 order -sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taxis past the Final Assembly Building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - United Airlines (UAL.O) plans to announce a major Boeing 787 Dreamliner order next week, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. Reuters reported last week that Boeing and United were close to reaching a deal. Kirby told pilots attending a Denver training session in August that the carrier is planning to order more than 100 wide-body airplanes. Boeing said with strong demand and more than 400 wide-body airplanes in backlog "we anticipate higher production rates."

☆ Boeing deliveries fall in October while orders rise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( David Shepardson | Tim Hepher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N) said Tuesday deliveries fell in October as it faced quality issues, while orders rose as the U.S. planemaker continues to see strong demand for new aircraft. The Arlington, Virginia-based planemaker said it booked 122 new orders in October, including 106 737 MAX airplanes and 10 787-9 airplanes. The October deliveries included 23 737 airplanes, which was down from 37 737s in September. Boeing’s orders net of cancellations for the year rose in October to 550 from 428 and its commercial backlog rose from 4,354 to 4,441 orders. Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said last month he is confident Boeing will get an extension.

The move to strengthen industrial leadership comes after delays and cost overruns blighted a series of long-term projects for which Boeing is locked in to a fixed price. Chief Financial Officer Brian West said last month fixed-price defense contracts were being "knocked around" by supply chain problems, inflation and labor shortages. In 2006, incoming BCA chief Scott Carson appointed Jim Jamieson chief operating officer of the planemaking unit - a wide brief giving him effective oversight of jet manufacturing and development until his retirement about 18 months later. Those changes came just as Boeing was trying to juggle changes in manufacturing with the development of the Boeing 787, while still bearing the wounds of a 1997 production crisis. Airbus (AIR.PA) has long had a chief operating officer at its main planemaking arm, though in practice it is more than a divisional role as the defense and helicopter units slot in underneath.

☆ Corporate economists say recession odds are greater than 50-50
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Minneapolis CNN Business —Almost two-thirds of corporate economists believe the United States is already in a recession or will be within the next 12 months, according to the latest survey from the National Association for Business Economics. The survey also showed that sales growth is slowing, wages are rising and capital spending is dropping. The Federal Reserve has stepped up its efforts to tamp down high prices via a series of blockbuster interest rate hikes. A total of 9% of respondents indicated prices were falling, the largest share reported since January 2021. Shortages of raw materials and labor continue to hinder businesses’ operations, according to the survey.

☆ Meet 11 people leading the aviation industry's push to slash emissions and ditch fossil fuels
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-31 | by ( Maia Anderson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Experts have estimated that aviation is responsible for nearly 2% of global greenhouse-gas emissions and 2.5% of carbon-dioxide emissions. Some aviation giants, like United, are signing purchase agreements to buy electric aircraft. Today he serves as CEO and chairman of the company, which aims to be a pioneer in electric aircraft. In 2000 he founded Aviation Technology Group, which developed the ATG Javelin very light jet before ceasing operations in 2007. He is also a founding member of the Nordic Network for Electric Aviation.

☆ Cold weather testing: Airplanes endure punishing extremes
▼ + stars: | 2014-02-04 | by ( Yenni Kwok For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —With extremely cold temperatures gripping much of the United States, travelers may be wondering how their planes are made safe for flying. Their mission was to see how their test plane, a long-range A350 XWB, withstood extreme cold. From cold to hotNew plane models undergo testing under extreme conditions before they're put into service. The cold-weather tests in Canada came only days after the MSN3 test plane completed high-altitude test in Bolivia. This kind of weather has made it an ideal spot to test aircraft.

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