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Ryanair CEO takes swipe at Boeing over Max delays

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Writer

(Bloomberg)—Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary harangued Boeing Co. over the grounding of the 737 Max jet, saying he’s concerned the Irish carrier will receive zero planes by summer 2020.

Ryanair, Boeing’s biggest European customer for the Max, has already slashed its estimate for the number of aircraft likely to be available for next year’s peak season. O’Leary warned Monday that even the revised figure is at risk if the manufacturer fails to get its act together soon.

“We were originally expecting 58 aircraft for the summer of 2020, that’s now 30 at best. It may well move to 20, it could move to 10 and it could well move to zero,” O’Leary said on a call with analysts after reporting earnings. Boeing needs to put its fixes for the Max before regulators “pretty quickly,” he said.

Ryanair had been due to receive the first Max of 135 on order in April, before the model was grounded worldwide after two fatal crashes in five months killed 346 people. While Boeing is striving to get the jet back into service this year, a slippage into January could put back delivery of a higher-capacity variant scheduled to make its debut with the discount carrier to March, O’Leary said.

The CEO added that Boeing’s guidance as of Friday is that it will submit software fixes for the Max to regulators in October, an update that appears to be at odds with a September target given by the U.S. company last Wednesday. A Boeing spokesman said

Article source: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/ryanair-ceo-takes-swipe-boeing-over-max-delays

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Air France Set to Order 50-70 Airbus A220 Planes, JDD Reports

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Writer

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Article source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/air-france-set-to-order-50-70-airbus-a220-planes-jdd-reports

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Belmont man recalls China Clipper and World’s Fair

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Writer

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Article source: https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/belmont-man-recalls-china-clipper-and-world-s-fair/article_4122a36e-b1a2-11e9-a2d8-0bb8a8f7e8f0.html

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Traces of WWII Veteran’s Doomed Final Flight May Be in the Chesapeake Bay

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Writer

Follow-up visits conducted by IMH and NHHC archaeologists in conjunction with the Navy have yielded additional insights on the wreck. As the Post notes, the shape of air intakes in the wings, the location of a gun camera lens and the almost 35-foot wingspan all point toward the sunken plane’s identity as Mandt’s Bearcat.

Still, NHHC underwater archaeologist George Schwarz tells Ruane, “We don’t really have that piece of evidence that we need to say conclusively that this is the aircraft that we think it is.”

To verify the wreck’s status, divers would need to excavate the cockpit and find a metal data plate bearing the plane’s bureau number: 90460. The Navy says the team hopes to return to the site in search of this proof next spring.

Investigators, lacking witnesses and physical evidence, failed to determine the cause of the accident during its immediate aftermath, Cipolloni of Naval Aviation News reports. Given the size of the oil slick and the fact that grappling operators found a separated piece of the engine the following day, it’s likely the incident was a violent crash.

“In the case of a high-impact collision into the water, you usually only get parts of the aircraft, maybe a wing or a fuselage; maybe it’s just basically a debris field,” Schwarz explains to Cipolloni. “This wreck is unique in that it’s fairly intact, so there are a lot of features and dimensions that will help us in identifying it.”

Mandt’s obituary ran in the Article source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/traces-wwii-veterans-doomed-final-flight-potentially-found-chesapeake-bay-180972755/

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Think Legroom on Planes Is Bad Now? It’s Going to Get Worse

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Writer

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Article source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/this-airline-plans-to-break-a-record-cramming-flyers-into-jets

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Southwest Airlines ready to resume Hawaii flight expansion

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Writer

HONOLULU — Southwest Airlines is preparing to resume expansion of its service to Hawaii, officials said.

The carrier’s expansion plans were delayed due to a lack of available aircraft, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday.

Southwest expects to “provide details of the next phases of Hawaii flying in the coming weeks and months, as we put new flights out for sale,” said Gary C. Kelly, board chairman and chief executive officer.

The aircraft limitation happened because of the Federal Aviation Administration order in March that grounded Boeing 737 Max planes after deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia, officials said.

All 34 of Southwest’s Max aircraft from its fleet of 753 planes were grounded during the second quarter of 2019. Southwest does not yet fly Max planes in Hawaii, but the carrier had to stretch its fleet of model 737-800 aircraft to cover the Max planes removed from its schedule through Jan. 5, officials said.

Southwest had about 20,000 flight cancellations in the second quarter, while the normal rate is about 3,000.

“Despite challenges caused by the Max groundings, our network is performing well,” Kelly said Thursday.

Dallas-based Southwest began Hawaii

Article source: https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/07/28/hawaii-news/southwest-airlines-ready-to-resume-hawaii-flight-expansion-2/

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