Boeing 737

By Kurt Hofmann
Egyptair is interested in expanding in the cargo market, making the most of its geographic location close to where Africa meets the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Two pilots survived after the Boeing 737-300 fire fighting tanker they were flying crashed while on a mission in Western Australia.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Sun Country Airlines is not planning to add a large number of aircraft to its fleet in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Keith Mwanalushi
Safran Landing Systems reports increased interest from airlines in upgrading to carbon brakes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Paul Seidenman
L3Harris Technologies has received Transport Canada approval for installation of its new combined voice and flight data recorder on Boeing 737NG aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
Ryanair Group has begun the task of equipping its fleet of more than 400 Boeing 737-800s with sets of Split Scimitar winglets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
Introduction of new technology follows two separate incidents.
Emerging Technologies

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Landing gear MRO providers are adding new capabilities, facilities and certifications to meet growing demand.
Services & Support

By Guy Norris
The initial aerodynamic drag reduction system (ADRS-1) kit is due to enter revenue service in February on a 737-700 operated by launch customer WestJet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The safety board wants the FAA to explain why the U.S. regulations are adequate while Europe’s are being updated.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren, Sean Broderick
Rescuers recovered China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735’s flight data recorder March 27, and investigators are encouraged that damage to the unit will not prevent it from yielding valuable clues that will help explain what brought the aircraft down.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A senior U.S. NTSB investigator and technical advisors from three key stakeholders will be among the U.S. representatives supporting the probe into the March 21
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Copa Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 737s with Honeywell’s air separation module (ASM), becoming the first announced customer for the fuel tank safety system component.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is ordering restrictions for Boeing 737 MAX and some 737 Next Generation models that would prohibit carrying freight in the aft cargo compartment if certain systems not critical for flight are malfunctioning.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
The era of Asian LCCs outdoing each other with massive narrowbody orders is probably over for the foreseeable future, as digesting their current backlogs will be enough of a challenge.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
A mandatory, repetitive test to validate that Boeing 737 thrust reverser sensors are working can cause the systems to malfunction.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Southwest Airlines could exercise up to 44 options for Boeing 737 MAX jets in 2022 to either fuel growth or accelerate retirements of older 737-700s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Delta Air Lines is taking advantage of opportunities in the used aircraft market to fortify its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Aviation Group is giving its smaller airline Firefly more flexibility to capture the domestic and regional market while aiming to avoid cannibalization of routes operated by Malaysia Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
A flaw in a computer system that misidentified more than 30 adult passengers as children led to a discrepancy in the take-off weight for a holiday flight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
The ULCC said it plans to use a portion of the funds raised from the share sale to pay off a $45 million loan accepted under the CARES Act in 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
To meet rising demand for converted freighters, the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has announced it will open a third line for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou, China facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Ferneyhough
Boeing’s Indian joint venture Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited is set to start manufacturing vertical fin structures for 737 family aircraft at its site in Hyderabad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Norwegian startup Flyr has outlined a strategy to fly domestic and short-haul international routes using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors