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American Airlines Debuts Premium-Heavy Boeing 787-9 with All-New Flagship Suite

American Airlines has rolled out its redesigned Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, marking its first major long-haul cabin overhaul in over a decade. The premium-heavy configuration features all-new Flagship Suite business-class seats with sliding privacy doors, a reconfigured Premium Plus section, and refreshed Main Cabin interiors ahead of its June 5 debut.

2025-05-30T05:00:50.280122-07:00

Aviation Week

Boeing CEO Ortberg Outlines 737 MAX Ramp, 787 Delivery Hurdles and F-47 Investment

2025-05-28T23:02:15.056594-07:00

Reuters

DOJ Moves to Dismiss Criminal Fraud Case Against Boeing Over 737 MAX Crashes

2025-05-29T13:58:35.107050-07:00

Reuters

FAA extends Boeing’s regulatory delegation program by three years

2025-05-29T09:42:45.872441-07:00

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Aviation Week

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FAA Proposes Inspections of Pratt & Whitney PW2000 Engines on 757s and C-17s Over Powder-Metal Contamination The FAA has proposed an airworthiness directive requiring boroscopic inspections of Pratt & Whitney PW2000 engines on Boeing 757s and C-17s after identifying powder-metal disk contamination in hundreds of engines. The inspections aim to identify defects akin to those in PW1000G GTFs and maintain airworthiness across commercial and military fleets.

2025-05-30T14:12:54.275028-07:00

FAA Proposes Inspections of Pratt & Whitney PW2000 Engines on 757s and C-17s Over Powder-Metal Contamination

Seattle Times

Boeing pauses diversity initiatives, blames shifting US environment

2025-05-30T12:58:32.224459-07:00

Boeing puts another DEI effort o

Seattle Times

Boeing Pauses DEI Programs Citing “Dynamically Shifting” U.S. Environment Boeing is scaling back internal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, telling employees last week that it must pause certain programs due to the “dynamically shifting environment” in the United States. The move represents a notable retrenchment from its recent corporate culture reforms.

2025-05-30T12:58:32.224459-07:00

Boeing Pauses DEI Programs Citing “Dynamically Shifting” U.S. Environment

The War Zone

Trump Offers F-47 Sixth-Gen Fighter to Japan Over GCAP Delay Fears President Trump has proposed Boeing’s new F-47 sixth-generation fighter to Japan as concerns mount over possible delays in the Global Combat Air Program. Tokyo is also considering additional F-35 acquisitions as a contingency to safeguard its air superiority timeline and regional deterrence posture.

2025-05-30T10:29:07.985432-07:00

Trump Offers F-47 Sixth-Gen Fighter to Japan Over GCAP Delay Fears

FlightGlobal

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Broken Wire in Alternate Extension System Forces FedEx 757 Gear-Up Landing US investigators traced the gear-up landing of a FedEx Boeing 757-200 freighter in Chattanooga to a fatigue rupture in the left main-gear door that severed a wire in the alternate undercarriage extension system. The failure prevented manual gear deployment and forced the crew to conduct a safe belly landing.

2025-05-30T07:01:44.726658-07:00

Broken Wire in Alternate Extension System Forces FedEx 757 Gear-Up Landing

caasint.com

Astral Aviation launches Boeing 767-300F ACMI route between Hong Kong and Brisbane Astral Aviation has commenced a scheduled Boeing 767-300 freighter service on an ACMI basis for Aus Air Cargo, linking Hong Kong and Brisbane. The new operation marks Astral’s entry into the Australian market and aims to boost exports of Australian perishables to key Asian and Middle Eastern markets.

2025-05-30T06:44:31.349506-07:00

Astral Aviation launches Boeing 767-300F ACMI route between Hong Kong and Brisbane

The Aviationist

Rare Sighting: USAF RAT55 NT-43A Radar Test Aircraft Photographed with B-2 Spirit Over Death Valley Photographer Julian Elnasser captured images earlier this year of the USAF’s secretive RAT55 NT-43A, a modified Boeing 737 radar testbed, flying alongside a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber over Death Valley. The sighting provides one of the few public glimpses into in-flight stealth signature evaluation operations.

2025-05-30T05:14:24.897159-07:00

Rare Sighting: USAF RAT55 NT-43A Radar Test Aircraft Photographed with B-2 Spirit Over Death Valley

Runway Girl

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American Airlines Debuts Premium-Heavy Boeing 787-9 with All-New Flagship Suite American Airlines has rolled out its redesigned Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, marking its first major long-haul cabin overhaul in over a decade. The premium-heavy configuration features all-new Flagship Suite business-class seats with sliding privacy doors, a reconfigured Premium Plus section, and refreshed Main Cabin interiors ahead of its June 5 debut.

2025-05-30T05:00:50.280122-07:00

American Airlines Debuts Premium-Heavy Boeing 787-9 with All-New Flagship Suite

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