The Air Current
• Jon Ostrower, Julie Johnsson
Boeing has quietly scrapped a Boeing 777-9 airframe that sat dormant for roughly six years at an airfield north of Seattle. The stored aircraft had its engines weighed in place and missing engine components covered, underscoring a looming “massive” rework challenge for the program.
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.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Managers at American Airlines’ biggest hub at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) blocked 1,128 days’ worth of work for flight attendants in a single month, as crew members were grounded while the airline carried out investigations into anonymous complaints, first-time lateness, and stolen crew devices.
AINonline
• Kerry Lynch
By AINonline: Aircraft to be delivered in 2027.
Wall Street Journal
• Benjamin Katz, Julia Amann
By Wall Street Journal: Phones, power banks and vapes are spontaneously catching fire on planes, injuring passengers and disrupting flights.
