The US Federal Aviation Administration has detailed the procedure for inspections of all B737-9s covered by its jurisdiction, after which the aircraft will be cleared to return to service. The regulator has ramped up its supervision of Boeing and said it would not allow any production line expansion until quality concerns have been properly addressed. [...]
Carlton Llewellyn has become the sixth defendant to plead guilty so far to participation in “a massive scheme” to defraud cargo specialist Polar Air Cargo (PO, New York JFK), the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced in a statement. Llewellyn, 55, a former vice president of operations, system performance, [...]
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has announced dry-lease contracts for five brand-new B737-8s with CDB Aviation (three aircraft) and Avolon (two aircraft). The Canadian airline expects to take delivery of the five jets in early 2025. Combined with its existing order book, WestJet will now receive 22 brand-new B737 MAX airplanes before the end of 2025 and [...]
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United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) has removed the B737-10 from its internal fleet plans but, for now, is not cancelling its order for the "great aircraft" and is "rooting for" its quick certification, the carrier's executives said during an annual investor call on January 23, 2024. "We are not cancelling the order. We are taking [...]
Porter Airlines (P3, Toronto Billy Bishop City Centre) could launch an initial public offering (IPO) by the turn of the decade, Chief Executive Officer Michael Deluce recently said in an interview. Deluce told Bloomberg that the offering would not be in 2024 or 2025 but “could be in the two- to five-year range.” It would [...]
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JetSMART Colombia (Bogotá) has received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Colombian civil aviation authority (Aerocivil) and is set to launch operations on March 14, 2024, the company announced. It will start with seven domestic routes connecting Bogotá with Medellín José Maria Córdova, Cartagena Rafael Núñez International, Pereira, and Santa Marta. It will also [...]