Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
The FAA will again allow Boeing to “mark its own homework,” restoring authority for the manufacturer to issue its own airworthiness certificates for newly manufactured 737 MAX jets and 787 Dreamliners. The decision follows the regulator’s prior directive removing that approval role from Boeing.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: The FAA accepted new standards that allow manufacturers to certify larger and more capable light-sport aircraft.
AirInsight
• Richard Schuurman
By AirInsight: Boeing guides 43.625 new deliveries through 2045, just 25 more than in last year's Commercial Market Outlook, reflecting the 'echo' from the Gulf war.
New York Times
• Niraj Chokshi
By New York Times: The company recently opened a new production line to keep up with strong demand for its 737 Max, though orders for its new planes lag rival Airbus.
View from the Wing
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Delta is launching nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Manila as it employs an ambitious growth strategy out of the California airport.
Delta Air Lines
Cranky Flier
• Andrew Bashuk
By Cranky Flier: Review United Reports $805 Million Profit United Airlines’s Q2 earnings were released Wednesday after the close of the market, and the carrier earned a profit of $805 million on $17.7 billion in gross revenue.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says the agency needs another $10 billion from Congress to reform the antiquated U.S. air traffic control system as policymakers prepare for traffic to double in the next two decades.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: MSN114 aircraft leaves long-term storage as it begins conversion into the manufacturer's next of the Airbus A380s retired during the COVID-19 pandemic has returned to the air to begin a second career, this time as a flying test aircraft for the European manufacturer.
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
