In an immediately adopted airworthiness directive (AD) due out July 20, the agency will order Boeing 737 operators to inspect cabin altitude pressure switches more frequently.
Used-parts specialist APOC added its first widebody landing gear to its lease inventory—a deal the supplier says signifies its plans to expand its widebody fleet support business.
Boeing is shifting some Charleston, South Carolina factory employees from 787 production to inspection and rework to resolve production-quality issues that are holding up deliveries.
Boeing has been working to identify and correct production issues on the aircraft since October, inspecting multiple areas and making repairs to an unspecified number of 787s.
Engine manufacturers are taking a proactive approach with suppliers, ranging from keeping an eye on strategies to providing financial help, as they prepare for production ramp-ups to support higher monthly build rates planned by Airbus and Boeing, industry executives report.
Eve Urban Air Mobility has confirmed plans to use EmbraerX’s Beacon maintenance platform for aftermarket coordination of its eVTOL aircraft. Embraer’s urban air mobility (UAM) spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has officially confirmed plans to leverage Beacon, the maintenance coordination platform developed by the OEM’s market accelerator EmbraerX.