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Boeing deliveries to ramp up in 2013

Boeing Delivers 5th Production P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to US Navy Boeing on Nov. 2 delivered the fifth production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy. The P-8A is one of 24 low-rate initial production (LRIP) maritime patrol aircraft that Boeing is building for the Navy as part of contracts awarded in 2011 and 2012. “This […]

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Boeing Delivers the 7,370th 737

Boeing today delivered the 7,370th 737 to come off the production line to Indonesia-based Lion Air. The airplane is Lion Air’s 75th Next-Generation 737. The Boeing 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner of all time with total orders exceeding 10,100 airplanes, including orders for the new 737 MAX.

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Boeing Delivers 5th Production P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to US Navy

Boeing on Nov. 2 delivered the fifth production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy. The P-8A is one of 24 low-rate initial production (LRIP) maritime patrol aircraft that Boeing is building for the Navy as part of contracts awarded in 2011 and 2012. “This is our final P-8A delivery of the year; we’ll ramp […]

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Airbus introduces ACJ318 Enhanced

Airbus has begun offering customers the ACJ318 Enhanced, a new version of the smallest member of the world’s most modern corporate jet family, which embodies new features and introduces a catalogue of optional extras. Since its entry into service in 2007, when the Airbus ACJ318 introduced the widest and tallest cabin of any business jet […]

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Air New Zealand`s Safety Hobbit hits Youtube

Air New Zealand’s latest safety video hits the video records, achieving worldwide media coverage and 6.2 million YouTube views in just four days since launching. The safety video is inspired by the upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) production, which is the first in a […]

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ALAFCO Orders for 20 Boeing 737 MAXs

Boeing and Kuwait airplane leasing company ALAFCO finalized an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $2.0 billion at current list price. The order was first announced as a commitment at the Farnborough Airshow in July. “This is the first order for the 737 MAX from the Middle East, which is one of […]

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Boeing Celebrates 500th Delivery of 737 with Boeing Sky Interior

Boeing’s popular passenger-inspired 737 Boeing Sky Interior today marked its 500th delivery and its second anniversary in service. The Next-Generation 737-800 was delivered to Newport Beach, Calif.-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group (ACG). Panama-based Copa Airlines will lease and operate the new airplane. “Our customers and their passengers tell us the 737 Boeing Sky Interior […]

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Copa Airlines to operate the Next-Generation 737-800

Boeing Celebrates 500th Delivery of 737 with Boeing Sky Interior Boeing’s popular passenger-inspired 737 Boeing Sky Interior today marked its 500th delivery and its second anniversary in service. The Next-Generation 737-800 was delivered to Newport Beach, Calif.-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group (ACG). Panama-based Copa Airlines will lease and operate the new airplane. “Our customers […]

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Ethiopian Adds Three B787s With Long-Term Lease Agreement With ILFC

International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), announced today that Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing airlines in Africa, has agreed to lease three of Boeing’s new Dreamliner 787-8 aircraft. “ILFC is proud to reinforce our partnership with Ethiopian Airlines by adding to their fleet the most advanced aircraft […]

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Boeing Delivers Royal Australian Air Force’s 6th C-17

Airlifter delivered 5 months after contract signing; will enhance Australia’s ability to provide humanitarian support and disaster relief Boeing delivered the sixth Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17 Globemaster III today at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach. The airlifter will be assigned to No. 36 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane, […]