Boeing

FLYING’s editor-in-chief counts down the top stories from 2023.

Trials at a climatic lab will verify system functionality during operations conducted in extreme temperatures.

RNAF expects another 18 aircraft to be remanufactured with new radar systems, sensors, and increased engine power, and returned by mid-2025.

The deal increases the number of the special operations variant of the Boeing heavy-lift helicopter under contract to 42.

Lufthansa, one of Europe’s largest airlines, previously launched an initiative aimed at slashing its carbon emissions in half by 2030.

The $2.3 billion deal increases Boeing’s current orders for the aerial refuelers to 153 aircraft.

The FAA has granted type inspection authorization for the 737-10 Max.

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers “7-4-7.”

The last 747 has rolled off Boeing’s production line, but the iconic jumbo jet still has plenty of history to make.

The first of the E-7A surveillance aircraft is expected to be operational by 2031.