Leeham News
• Scott Hamilton
Boeing’s “opening offer” to its engineering and technicians union, SPEEA, could be presented as early as this week, according to three people familiar with the company’s plans. The timing suggests negotiations are moving quickly toward a formal bargaining phase.
AeroTime
• Gabriele Petrauskaite
By AeroTime: Boeing expects airlines and cargo operators to need nearly 44,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, driven by passenger and cargo growth.
AINonline
• Analysis Staff, Leeham News
By AINonline: Technobricks lay the foundation for single-aisle plans.
The Air Current
• Jon Ostrower, Julie Johnsson
By The Air Current: For six years, a hulking, green Boeing 777-9 airframe sat dormant at an airfield north of Seattle, weighted blocks dangling from its wings in place of engines and black covers over missing fairings and open panels.
Reuters
• Tim Hepher
By Reuters: Jet engine maker CFM said on Saturday it was investing $2 billion over five years to help meet targets of faster maintenance times, part of efforts to ease engine-industry bottlenecks that have drawn fire from airlines.
AINonline
• Charles Alcock
By AINonline: Vintage twin turboprop has modernized cabin and cockpit.
Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
By Runway Girl: A new Boeing 787 that is scheduled to be delivered to Lufthansa will first serve as Boeing's newest ecoDemonstrator to flight test innovations that could improve fuel efficiency and reduce noise emissions.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: Though a nose-to-tail provider in aviation, there is one facet of the cabin in which Diehl has no interest in getting involved: passenger seating.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
