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Boeing reports November 2021 order book changes, including an order from an unidentified customer for seven B737 MAX, while CDB Aviation (Ireland) cancelled two MAX, GECAS (US) cancelled five MAX, United Airlines (US) cancelled two MAX, Nok Air (Thailand) cancelled orders six MAX, and Iraq Airways converted a B787-8 to a B787-9.
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Flydubai plans to take delivery of 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft during 2022.
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Boeing B737 MAX jet could return to service in China later in January 2022, however, no firm date has been set for its maiden commercial flight.
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Croatia Airlines is in talks with Boeing over the potential order of MAX family aircraft as part of its fleet renewal process. Other manufacturers are being evaluated as well.
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Icelandair has entered into agreements with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise regarding long-term operating leases of two new B737 MAX 8s. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered from Boeing in spring 2022. This transaction will bring the total number of MAX in the Icelandair fleet up to 14 aircraft for summer 2022.
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Hong Kong is permitting airline operators to restart the use of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the city’s airspace, its Civil Aviation Department said, lifting its ban on the aircraft after nearly three years.
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Coopea (Costa Rica) to begin converting passenger B737-800s into freighters from March 2022, as part of a five-year agreement with Boeing covering at least 40 planes.
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American Airlines has agreed to purchase a total of 23 additional B737 MAX 8s through the conversion of existing purchase options with Boeing. In addition, American intends to convert a further seven of its purchase options in 2022, bringing its firm order of additional B737 MAX 8s to 30, with 15 of such aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2023 and 15 scheduled for delivery in 2024.
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US aviation regulators proposed broad changes to airline training to make pilots more capable of handling the latest generation of automated jets in response to the twin crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX.
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Canadian low-cost Swoop will grow its fleet from 10 to 16 aircraft with the acquisition of six new B737 MAX 8 aircraft, with delivery from summer 2022. Swoop will also significantly expand its domestic network, adding non-stop flights to Newfoundland and increasing service in Atlantic Canada.
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Copa Airlines of Panama does not expect its B737 MAX 10s until at least 2024, while keeping open the option to convert them to other subtypes. The carrier is open to sale/leaseback financing for the MAX 9s delivering in 2022. As for the B737-800F, Copa holds an option for a second conversion in the coming years.
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Air Lease Corp. announced long-term lease placements for 25 new Boeing 737 MAX-8s with Malaysia Aviation Group. The aircraft are scheduled to deliver to the airline starting in early 2023 through the beginning of 2026 from ALC’s order book with Boeing.

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Boeing 737 MAX completion and delivery centre in Zhoushan, China is ready to support deliveries of the aircraft type when they resume to the Mainland.
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Air Lease Corp. agreed to purchase from Boeing 50 B737 MAX aircraft in February 2022, consisting of 32 incremental B737 MAX and 18 B737 MAX resulting from the conversion of three B787s. Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled to commence in 2024 and continue through 2026.
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Alaska Airlines plans to broaden its mainline fleet by adjusting the current B737-9 order with Boeing to include the B737-10 and B737-8. Alaska expects to take delivery of its first B737-8 aeroplanes in 2H 2023 and its first B737-10s in early 2024.
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Boeing has preliminary plans to boost the production of its B737 MAX family to around 47 per month by the end of 2023.

Flydubai plans to take delivery of 20 B737 MAX 8s in 2022. The airline said that it reached a deal with Boeing in July 2021 to cut its pending orders by 65 aircraft.
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Boeing is edging towards a landmark order from Delta Air Lines for up to 100 of its B737 MAX 10 jets, a model it is battling in separate talks to get approved before 2022-end rule changes.
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A jury trial starts today in Texas against a former Boeing chief technical pilot Mark Forkner who is criminally charged with misleading safety regulators and airlines about the 737 Max and using his experience work for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to manipulate the agency into lowering training requirements for pilots. The FAA certifies planes for flight.

Investigators have found that a new software system, MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristic Augmentation System), of which pilots were not told or trained on, was the cause of those two crashes.

Opening statements were made Friday by prosecutors who stated Forkner didn't notify the FAA about the changes in an effort to save Boeing hundreds of millions of dollars the airline manufacturer would have otherwise spent on delivery delays and compensating airlines for in-person pilot simulator training.
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sn26567 wrote: 21 Mar 2022, 17:26 A jury trial starts today in Texas against a former Boeing chief technical pilot Mark Forkner who is criminally charged with misleading safety regulators and airlines about the 737 Max and using his experience work for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to manipulate the agency into lowering training requirements for pilots. The FAA certifies planes for flight.

Investigators have found that a new software system, MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristic Augmentation System), of which pilots were not told or trained on, was the cause of those two crashes.

Opening statements were made Friday by prosecutors who stated Forkner didn't notify the FAA about the changes in an effort to save Boeing hundreds of millions of dollars the airline manufacturer would have otherwise spent on delivery delays and compensating airlines for in-person pilot simulator training.
Boeing former test pilot, Mark Forkner, was acquitted on felony charges of deceiving federal regulators about a key flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes involving B737 MAX jets.
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Boeing was warned by the FAA it may not gain certification for the B737 MAX 10 by 2022 end, ahead of a key safety deadline set by US Congress.
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