Reuters
• Dan Catchpole
One report questions whether raising 787 production to 10 aircraft a month would make the program meaningfully profitable. Separately, a dispute with a Florida supplier has halted 777 freighter production for nearly two months and disrupted 767 output, including freighters and KC-46 tankers, according to workers and court filings.
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One report questions whether raising 787 production to 10 aircraft a month would make the program meaningfully profitable. Separately, a dispute with a Florida supplier has halted 777 freighter production for nearly two months and disrupted 767 output, including freighters and KC-46 tankers, according to workers and court filings.
Allegiant Air has exercised options for six Boeing 737-8 aircraft under a 2021 purchase agreement with Boeing. The move adds six jets to the airline’s planned fleet commitments and represents more than $720 million in aircraft value, according to the article’s headline.
General Atomics is working with Spirit Defense, a Boeing subsidiary, to help increase production of its FQ-42 collaborative combat aircraft as the U.S. Air Force seeks fighter drones over the next six years. The partnership points to an effort to build manufacturing capacity around the emerging uncrewed combat-aircraft requirement.
The FAA has ordered inspections of stabilizer components on 1,987 Boeing 737NGs registered in the United States after reports of pitch oscillations. The airworthiness directive takes effect Nov. 23, 2026, requiring operators to check affected aircraft for conditions associated with the events.
Southwest Airlines has dismissed speculation that it will add widebody aircraft, while signaling it could amend pilot contracts if it chooses to pursue the larger 737 Max 10. The comments leave the carrier’s fleet strategy centered on the 737 family for now, with any Max 10 decision dependent in part on labor terms.
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