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Former Boeing 737 Max Chief Technical Pilot Mark Forkner faces federal charges accusing him of scheming to defraud Boeing customers and deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The indictment, returned Thursday by the grand jury in the Northern District of Texas, alleges that Forkner, 49, committed fraud in an attempt to obtain tens of millions […]

United Airlines has restarted cargo-only flights just weeks after assigning all aircraft to normal passenger operations because the delta variant has dragged down travel volumes and growth expectations for the remainder of the year. “I just released five [Boeing] 777-300s to our cargo division for later this year to put those aircraft back into all-cargo […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Ocean carrier and logistics services provider CMA CGM isn’t wasting time growing its startup airline.The third-largest container shipping line launched an air wing in February and on Wednesday announced it has placed an order with Boeing for two factory-built 777 freighters. Boeing will deliver the aircraft in […]

U.S. military cargo aircraft are one step closer to delivering long-range strike weapons en masse, according to an announcement by the U.S. Air Force. The announcement comes after a demonstration Wednesday of a new Air Force rapid development program which aims to turn mobility aircraft into bombers. The program, called Rapid Dragon, involved Boeing C-17 […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Atlas Air said Wednesday it is operating two Boeing 747-400 freighters for FedEx Express full-time under a new long-term contract. The deal is in addition to the all-cargo carrier’s existing multi-year peak-season contract that provides FedEx with a minimum of five aircraft during the fourth quarter. The […]

With the release of its Market Outlook (BMO) on Tuesday, Boeing outlined not only its projections for aircraft deliveries and personnel needs for the next 20 years, it also weighed in on an area of growth across the board in aviation, the services and support tied to each market segment. Boeing Global Services vice president […]

Boeing predicts $9 trillion in market opportunities in the aerospace industry during the next decade, signaling signs of recovery from the effects of the pandemic. According to the 2021 Boeing Market Outlook (BMO), commercial airplanes and services are showing signs of recovery following COVID-19. Boeing’s outlooks signal stability in the global defense, space and government […]

NASA and Boeing have decided to postpone the launch of Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as teams continue work on the CST-100 Starliner propulsion system. The mission was to test the end-to-end capabilities of Starliner from launch to docking, atmospheric re-entry, and a desert landing in the western United States. OFT-2 was […]

If all goes as planned, a passenger-transport trial using an autonomous, all-electric air taxi called Cora may soon begin in Canterbury, New Zealand, as reported in a press release by Wisk this week. That government recently inked a memorandum of understanding with Wisk, an urban mobility company based in Mountain View, California. Wisk was created […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. The Boeing 767 is Air Transport Services Group’s flagship freighter for its aircraft leasing and cargo airline businesses. Out of 110 aircraft currently in service, 91 are 767s. The medium widebodies are just the right size for express delivery linehaul routes — not too big, not too […]