L3Harris Technologies has received Transport Canada approval for installation of its new combined voice and flight data recorder on Boeing 737NG aircraft.
The initial aerodynamic drag reduction system (ADRS-1) kit is due to enter revenue service in February on a 737-700 operated by launch customer WestJet.
Rescuers recovered China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735’s flight data recorder March 27, and investigators are encouraged that damage to the unit will not prevent it from yielding valuable clues that will help explain what brought the aircraft down.
A senior U.S. NTSB investigator and technical advisors from three key stakeholders will be among the U.S. representatives supporting the probe into the March 21
Copa Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 737s with Honeywell’s air separation module (ASM), becoming the first announced customer for the fuel tank safety system component.
The FAA is ordering restrictions for Boeing 737 MAX and some 737 Next Generation models that would prohibit carrying freight in the aft cargo compartment if certain systems not critical for flight are malfunctioning.
The era of Asian LCCs outdoing each other with massive narrowbody orders is probably over for the foreseeable future, as digesting their current backlogs will be enough of a challenge.
In an immediately adopted airworthiness directive (AD) due out July 20, the agency will order Boeing 737 operators to inspect cabin altitude pressure switches more frequently.
Malaysia Aviation Group is giving its smaller airline Firefly more flexibility to capture the domestic and regional market while aiming to avoid cannibalization of routes operated by Malaysia Airlines.
A flaw in a computer system that misidentified more than 30 adult passengers as children led to a discrepancy in the take-off weight for a holiday flight.
To meet rising demand for converted freighters, the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has announced it will open a third line for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou, China facility.
Boeing’s Indian joint venture Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited is set to start manufacturing vertical fin structures for 737 family aircraft at its site in Hyderabad.
U.S. lessor BBAM has placed a firm order for six more Boeing 737-800 Converted Freighters (737-800BCFs), with options on a further six, increasing its commitment to 15 of the type.