Leeham News
Boeing's supplier base trimmed defects over the past year, cutting rework hours on aircraft production by roughly 40%. That decline in supplier-driven rework is helping Boeing's operational recovery, easing assembly bottlenecks and supporting plans to raise 737 narrowbody output and deliveries.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Chilean investigators have determined that the cap of a rocker switch, which controlled a Boeing 787 captain's seat, had not been fixed in place with adhesive before the seat shifted and caused an in-flight upset.
Reuters
By Reuters: Britain's Rolls-Royce posted a 40% rise in annual profit after a strong performance by its aero-engines unit and on rising power demand for data centres, enabling it to upgrade targets and significantly lift shareholder returns.
Rolls Royce
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Qantas will set up a cabin crew base in Singapore - its largest international hub outside of Australia - as it looks to boost its capacity from Australia.
Leeham News
• Scott Hamilton
By Leeham News: By Justin Bachman Feb. 26, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing has seen quality rework hours on aircraft production drop 40% over the past year as its supplier base has trimmed defects, aiding the company’s recovery, Boeing’s supply chain..
eVTOL Insights
• Jason Pritchard
By eVTOL Insights: Our next podcast episode is live! This week, we sit down with Tomohiro Fukuzawa, Founder and CEO of SkyDrive, to.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Rolls-Royce has hiked the durability improvement target for its Trent engine time-on-wing programme, raising the figure from 80% to more than 100% by the end of next year.
ch-aviation
By ch-aviation: SCAT Airlines (DV, Shymkent) is considering the establishment of a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) centre at Shymkent in partnership with Boeing....
