AINonlineAnalysis Staff, Leeham News

Boeing 777X design changes force company to revisit lessons from past production and compliance mistakes

Boeing’s ongoing 777X program changes are being framed as a corrective step that requires the company to apply lessons from earlier missteps. The reporting positions the redesign work as a long-running process with implications for how Boeing manages program risk, schedule discipline, and engineering change control.

2026-07-14T02:15:14.454069-07:00
ch-aviationDominik Sipinski

Air Algérie takes first B737-8

By ch-aviation: Air Algérie (AH, Algiers) has taken delivery of the first of ten B737-8s it plans to take on lease. 7T-VLQ (msn 44017) was ferried from Budapest to Algiers on July 9, 2026, concurrently with the first ATR72-600 for subsidiary Domestic Airlines.

2026-07-14T01:30:12.614951-07:00
ReutersAbhijith Ganapavaram

China's ICBC seeks return of four 737 MAX jets leased to SpiceJet, documents show

By Reuters: Two Irish entities owned by the leasing arm of Industrial and ‌Commercial Bank of China have asked India's aviation regulator to deregister four Boeing 737 MAX aircraft leased to SpiceJet , regulatory documents showed, a step towards repossessing the jets.

2026-07-13T23:25:29.400132-07:00
Event   eVTOL  
Urban Air Mobility NewsPhilip Butterworth-Hayes

SkyDrive trials tourist flights over the Seto Inland sea with an SD-05 eVTOL

By Urban Air Mobility News: SkyDrive Inc announced today the completion of a demonstration flight of its SkyDrive Model SD-05 eVTOL at the test site inside the Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park, western Japan, designed to simulate a scenic touring flight over the Seto Inland Sea.

2026-07-14T02:29:50.919260-07:00