Articles by Jakob Wert

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive for Boeing 777 aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine, in the wake of the incident on United … [read more]

A United Airlines Boeing 777 has suffered a serious engine failure shortly after departure from Denver. The aircraft was heading to Honolulu on flight UA328. Involved was N772UA, a 26 year-old Boeing … [read more]

Aircraft manufacturer De Havilland Canada has announced it will pause production of its Dash 8 type. This comes amid “prevailing industry circumstances”, De Havilland said in the announcement, while mentioning ongoing difficulties … [read more]

On Wednesday, February 17th, TUI fly Belgium became the first airline to resume passenger flights with the Boeing 737 Max in Europe. Europe’s first commercial 737 Max flight since the beginning of … [read more]

Singapore Airlines has announced adjustments to its outstanding aircraft orders, to reduce capital spending by four billion Singapore Dollars (US $3 billion) until the 2022/23 financial year. Introduced in response to the … [read more]

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is making adjustments to its global monthly production of the A320 family aircraft types. The company will gradually increase production from the current 40 planes in total per … [read more]

A Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 operating flight SJ182 from Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak has crashed into the sea shortly after departure from Jakarta. Radar contact with the Boeing 737 was lost … [read more]

Qatar Airways has been granted permission to resume routing flights through the airspace of Saudi Arabia after a 3.5 year long political blockade was ended. The airline had been banned from Saudi … [read more]