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Insignia indicates RAM is 737 Max customer

Royal Air Maroc appears to have selected the Boeing 737 Max for its fleet, according to customer insignia on the airframer’s first flight-test aircraft. The initial 737 Max 8 carried out its maiden flight at the end of January. Its livery featured 58 logos along its fuselage from Max customers, not all of which have been formally listed in Boeing’s backlog data for the type....

Boeing Supports ICAO Aircraft CO2 Emissions Standard

"Boeing commends the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) for reaching agreement on the first global standard for aircraft carbon-dioxide emissions. This standard represents more than six years of work by a group of international experts from ICAO member states, industry and non-governmental organizations. "Boeing is fu...

Los Angeles International Airport to Get a Game-Changing $5 Billion Upgrade

It’s not easy being an American airport these days. We may be the world’s top economy, but the world views our airports as substandard, with antiquated facilities, poor design and inconvenient connections among terminals and to their cities. Not one U.S. airport cracked the top 25 in the 2015 Skytrax survey of the world’s best airports. Los Angeles International Airport has co...

CFM orders strong in 2015; LEAP engine surpasses 10,000 orders

2015 orders valued at more than $27 billion U.S. at list price • Total LEAP engines orders valued at $140 billion U.S. at list price • Production reaches historic highs 2015 proved to be another strong year for CFM orders with the company booking a total of 2,154 engines, including 736 CFM56 engines (commercial, military and spares) and 1,418 LEAP ...

Former Sikorsky president killed in P-51D crash

Former Sikorsky president Jeff Pino was killed in a crash of his North American P-51D Mustang on 5 February. Pino, the owner of the warbird nicknamed “Big Beautiful Doll”, and another man onboard the P-51D were confirmed killed in the crash in Pinal County, Arizona. Local news video of the crash scene revealed a compact debris field, suggesting a near-vertical descent before the...

There’s a new service offering unlimited flights on airlines like American, Delta, and JetBlue

All-you-can-fly subscription service OneGo launched on Feb. 1, providing its members with unlimited service on 500 commercial routes around the US for a flat monthly rate of $2,950. Cheaper regional plans include 35 routes in the West, 158 routes in the East, and 35 routes in the central US starting at $1,500 monthly. OneGo books tickets for its members—who also have to pay a $495 signup...

This futuristic fighter jet will probably be unveiled to America during the Super Bowl

They zip and dart across the sky in a three-jet formation, a six-second apparition in a 30-second commercial touting the achievements of defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Unlike modern jets, such as the F-22 Raptor or F-16 Fighting Falcon, they have no tail and are likely to be armed with lasers that are straight out of a science-fiction movie. They’re sixth-generation fighters, and No...

Laser strikes over Cleveland airport prompt FBI probe

The FBI has launched an investigation after pilots landing at the Cleveland airport were distracted by lasers more than two dozen times since December. The FBI announced the probe Friday and it comes after incidents on Wednesday and Thursday in which laser beams were aimed at aircraft flying into Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Fox 8 Cleveland reports. Those laser strikes are believ...

Elon Musk has an idea for an electric plane that can take off vertically

Answering an audience question at the Hyperloop Pod competition awards ceremony at Texas A&M University earlier this week, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said of his next great idea: I have been thinking about the vertical takeoff and landing electric jet a bit more. I think I have something that might close. I’m quite tempted to do something about it. That could be something. Unli...

Massive, speedy robots ready to build composite wings for Boeing 777X

To fabricate the composite parts of the giant wings of Boeing’s 777X, Mukilteo-based engineering firm Electroimpact has designed and built a new generation of robotic machines that haven’t been previously shown to outsiders. Inside a new building just west of Paine Field in Everett, a team of young engineers recently gave outsiders the first glimpse at a technological advance critic...

AAC Completes First Head-of-state Boeing 787-8

Completions specialist Associated Air Center (AAC) redelivered the industry’s first head-of-state-configured Boeing 787-8 to an undisclosed customer. (In 1989, AAC completed the first head-of-state-configured 757-200 for the same customer.) AAC’s in-house team designed the interior. Its 2,404 sq ft of cabin space can accommodate 82 passengers in three cabin zones, while...

NYC Helitour Operators Forced To Accept 50% Flight Cut

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's (D) office announced a deal earlier this week that would force the city's five existing helitour operators using the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, located near Wall Street on the East River, to curtail flights by 50 percent by Jan. 1, 2017. Reductions will begin in April, with an elimination of all Sunday flights followed by further cuts of 20 percen...