Chris Loh

It was revealed recently that Boeing had quietly scrapped one of its earliest-built Boeing 777-9 airframes, dismantling a jet that had sat unflown at its Everett facility since 2019. Partially wearing the colors of Emirates, the widebody was intended to join the Middle Eastern carrier, but was instead taken apart due to a lack of economic viability.

Delta Air Lines is preparing a premium-heavy cabin layout for the 30 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners it ordered in January, with chief commercial officer Joe Esposito confirming on the carrier's July 10th earnings call.

Alejandro of Simple Flying goes over the 3 types of seating inside United's brand new Airbus A321XLR.

In another case of quality control issues with the Boeing 737 MAX series, two MAX 8s that only began service with Brazilian airline GOL Linhas Aéreas six months ago are already expected to be parted out.

On July 14th Lufthansa unveiled its first Airbus A350-1000, the largest twin-engine aircraft ever to join the airline's fleet. The aircraft is notable not only because it introduces a new flagship widebody, but also because it represents the 700th Airbus aircraft delivered to the Lufthansa Group.

The flag carrier of the Netherlands, KLM showed off its fully-painted first A350 in a few online posts, one in mid-June which announced the jet's name, and another in mid-July, with a video showing the assembly process. On the topic of naming, KLM has chosen to name its aircraft after iconic Dutch artworks, and so The Night Watch by Rembrandt is one of the Netherlands' most celebrated paintings and is arguably the country's best-known work of art.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom has outlined an ambitious strategy to close the carrier's multi-billion-dollar profitability gap with key national rivals United and Delta. His strategy shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone who's been following industry trends.

Airbus and Qantas have made history by operating their longest-ever nonstop test flight with the new A350-1000ULR that will eventually be used to link eastern Australia with Europe and New York. The momentous test flight took off from Airbus's facilities at Toulouse on July 23rd.

On Monday, July 27th, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that seats on hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX jets, registered ‌in the U.S., may require inspections on suspicion that they were incorrectly installed and must be fixed.

Airbus has stated that the technical issues that grounded many A220s have now "largely been resolved," and that affected aircraft should be in the air before year-end.