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Business Standard
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Business Standard
Boeing targets year-end certification for 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 jets: CEO
Boeing expects to finish certification of its best-selling 737 MAX family by the end of the year, CEO Kelly Ortberg said in an interview with trade publication Aviation Week published on Wednesday. The company has been trying for several years to gain certification for the smallest and largest MAX variants from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The MAX 7 and MAX 10 have been delayed in part due to concerns with the engine de-icing system. Ortberg told Aviation Week that the U.S. planemaker hopes to finish certification this year, clearing the way to start deliveries of the MAX 7 and MAX 10, "two airplanes that are very, very important to our customers and our backlog.� Boeing's backlog includes nearly 1,200 orders for the 737 MAX 10 and 332 orders for the MAX 7. United Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Nocella this month told reporters that the company does not expect to take delivery of MAX 10s until 2027 at the earliest. Alaska Airlines officials have said they do not expect to receive the variant until at least mid-2026. Ortberg also said in the Aviation Week interview that Boeing was making progress on certifying the 777-9, the company's largest jetliner in production. When the program was announced in 2013, Boeing planned to start deliveries in 2020. However, it is still in flight testing. Ortberg has previously said publicly that he expects deliveries to start next year.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Boeing aims to certify 737 MAX variants by year-end, CEO tells Aviation Week
SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing expects to finish certification of its best-selling 737 MAX family by the end of the year, CEO Kelly Ortberg said in an interview with trade publication Aviation Week published on Wednesday. The company has been trying for several years to gain certification for the smallest and largest MAX variants from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The MAX 7 and MAX 10 have been delayed in part due to concerns with the engine de-icing system. Ortberg told Aviation Week that the U.S. planemaker hopes to finish certification this year, clearing the way to start deliveries of the MAX 7 and MAX 10, "two airplanes that are very, very important to our customers and our backlog.' Boeing's backlog includes nearly 1,200 orders for the 737 MAX 10 and 332 orders for the MAX 7. United Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Nocella this month told reporters that the company does not expect to take delivery of MAX 10s until 2027 at the earliest. Alaska Airlines officials have said they do not expect to receive the variant until at least mid-2026. Ortberg also said in the Aviation Week interview that Boeing was making progress on certifying the 777-9, the company's largest jetliner in production. When the program was announced in 2013, Boeing planned to start deliveries in 2020. However, it is still in flight testing. Ortberg has previously said publicly that he expects deliveries to start next year. Boeing has 419 orders for the 777-9, according to its website.
CNA
14-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
Construction of Changi Airport Terminal 5 begins, slated to open mid-2030s
Changi Airport's Terminal 5 will be able to handle about 50 million passengers a year when it opens in the mid-2030s. This is more than half of the current capacity of the existing four terminals. T5 will be built in phases as travel demand grows, with the Asia-Pacific region set to be one of the fastest-developing air travel markets. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says T5 will bring opportunities to Singaporeans, including local businesses. Chen Chuanren, Regional Editor of Air Transport World at the Aviation Week Network, talks about how T5 can turbocharge Singapore's airhub status and how Changi Airport compares to other airports in the region.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Why the world's busiest airport with over 92million passengers is shutting
The world's busiest international airport, which welcomes over 60 million passengers a year, is set to close as it undergoes a £28 billion expansion to increase its capacity to 260 million passengers annually. Dubai International Airport, known as DXB, is a major travel hub and a key destination for long-haul travel for millions of Brits who flock to the Gulf city each year. But its boss, Paul Griffiths, announced all services will eventually be moved in the coming decades to the newer Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC). Located 22 miles outside of the city and 38 miles from DXB, Al Maktoum International Airport opened its doors in 2010, though a new DWC terminal is expected to open in 2032 and full expansion will continue into the 2050s. According to Griffiths, Dubai International Airport, which first opened in 1960, is nearing the end of its 'useful operating role.' Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market conference last week, he said: 'There is little sense in operating two major hubs with such close proximity to one another. 'We will move every single service to DWC. By then, every single asset at DXB will be close to the end of its useful operating role, so the economics of keeping DXB open will not be possible unless we invest a huge amount of money.' DXB is currently the world's second busiest airport, having handled a record 92.3 million passengers in 2024, but it holds the top spot as the world's busiest for international passengers, as reported by Aviation Week. DWC, on the other hand, has been in limited use for the last 15 years, initially utilised for cargo and later for some passengers services, including a handful of EasyJet flights. But all of that is expected to change, as Al Maktoum is expected to be five times the size of DXB, and a capacity to handle 260 million passengers a year after completion. The new airport will have five parallel runways and up to 400 aircraft gates, marking its status as the largest airport project in the world. Currently, it's estimated as much as 6.2 million international travellers arrive in Dubai every single day, which equates to around 17,000 British visitors, as reported by The Standard. Over the years, the surge in footfall from international tourists has imposed a new strain on the capacity of DXB, which is sandwiched between two major highways and residential neighbourhoods. Last April, UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced that aviation operations would move to the city's second airfield. In the meantime, DXB remains the emirate's main aviation hub, with both British Airways and Emirates expected to continue operating popular flight paths to DXB from the UK. Although airport's ultimate closure date is yet to be confirmed, it is reported DXB will be likely redeveloped into a space for real estate in years to come. The surge in footfall from international tourists has imposed a new strain on the capacity of DXB, which is sandwiched between two major highways and residential neighbourhoods It comes as the world's best airport has been crowned in a new ranking, with the UK failing to get a spot in the top 20. Singapore Changi Airport topped the list for a 'record-breaking' 13th time at the 2025 Skytrax World Airport Awards. The awards are the world's largest customer airport satisfaction survey and assess customer service and facilities across 565 airports. Changi Airport has a huge number of attractions for travellers including a butterfly garden, a rooftop pool and a hedge maze.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Yahoo
Kratos Has A Hypersonic Drone In The Works
Kratos has revealed that it is working on a new drone capable of flying at hypersonic speeds, typically defined as anything above Mach 5. The company has also said it is aiming for the very-high-speed uncrewed aircraft to be 'orders of magnitude' less expensive than any comparable design or concept known to exist today. Kratos CEO Eric DeMarco first disclosed the existence of the hypersonic drone program, which is currently internally funded, in a recent interview with Aviation Week. It is unclear when the project started or how mature the design is at present, or what mission sets it might be intended to perform. Kratos has also not explicitly said if it will be reusable or air-breathing, but describing it as a drone points to both of those things being true. 'We will disclose the name of this specific system at or near initial flight,' a Kratos spokesperson told TWZ when asked for more information. 'Since 2013, a key element of Kratos has been for Kratos to invest our own R&D [research and development], NRE [non-recurring engineering], and capital in order to move fast and rapidly design, engineer, and field affordable relevant systems for the warfighter, which is what we are doing with Kratos Furies Family of Hypersonic Systems,' the spokesperson added. 'Similar to Kratos Erinyes and Dark Fury Hypersonic Flyers, this new Kratos funded Hypersonic Drone initiative, included in Kratos Furies Family of Hypersonic Systems, is expected to be orders of magnitude less costly than any other hypersonic system or concept in existence today.' Erinyes and Dark Fury are both unpowered hypersonic boost-glide vehicles designed to be launched with the help of a booster rocket. Kratos has been developing its own Zeus family of solid-fuel rocket motors in parallel with those vehicles. This work is tied, at least in part, to the U.S. military's Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) effort, U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requirements for hypersonic targets, and NASA's Sounding Rocket Program. Just in January, Kratos received a five-year contract for MACH-TB-related work, which, if all options are exercised, could have a total value of $1.45 billion. It's also worth noting here that affordability has long been a key tenet for Kratos when it comes to its drone programs, especially the company's flagship XQ-58 Valkyrie line. 'The mystery vehicle can be supported by the Hypersonic System Indiana Payload Integration Facility,' or IPIF, according to Aviation Week. 'Asked if the IPIF would support only payloads for hypersonic glide vehicles powered by solid rocket motors, DeMarco said vehicles with air-breathing propulsion technologies also are possible.' Kratos announced just earlier this week that ground had been broken at the site of the future IPIF in Crane, Indiana. Aviation Week also pointed to a statement that DeMarco made back in 2019 about how, 'beyond traditional turbojet and turbofan engines, we are also focused on developing advanced, affordable engines for a new class of hypersonic propulsion system.' Kratos has, so far, declined to say whether or not its hypersonic drone program is directly related to any other work the company has previously announced. Kratos was named as a member of the Leidos-led team that won a contract to develop a new air-breathing hypersonic platform as part of the Air Force's secretive Mayhem program in 2022, which we will come back to later on in this story. Kratos has also been working with Australian firm Hypersonix Launch Systems on the latter company's DART AE design. DART AE has been described as 'a three-meter-long, single-use, high temperature alloy, hydrogen-fueled, scramjet technology driven, autonomous, multi-mission, air-breathing hypersonic platform used to develop, demonstrate, test and evaluate hypersonic technologies and for 'other' potential hypersonic applications.' While it is a powered design, DART AE is also expected to be launched via a rocket booster. Hypersonix had originally targeted 2023 for DART AE's first flight, but the schedule subsequently slipped at least to the end of last year. Whether or not that design has actually flown now is unclear. The revelation that Kratos is working on a hypersonic drone also follows the emergence of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Next Generation Responsive Strike (Next RS) effort. From what is known now, Next RS is centered on advancing various technologies that could help in creating a new reusable hypersonic air vehicle capable of performing strike and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. DARPA has indicated an actual Next RS prototype or demonstrator design could fly within the next five years. The Air Force is also involved in Next RS, the stated objectives of which are extremely similar to those of the previously mentioned Mayhem program. The service acknowledged to TWZ last year that there was uncertainty over whether or not there was even a requirement for this kind of hypersonic strike/ISR capability and the current status of the Mayhem effort is murky. Other companies are or at least have been working on reusable hypersonic aircraft designs. The Hermeus Corporation is notably working up to the first flight of its uncrewed Quarterhorse Mk. 1 aircraft, which is set to be staged from Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Quarterhorse Mk. 1 is powered by a J85 turbojet and is not expected to fly at even supersonic speed. Hermeus says this is the first stepping stone toward a hypersonic design that will feature its Chimera Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) propulsion system. A practical TBCC propulsion system has long been held out as a holy grail for very high-speed reusable aircraft. Ramjets and scramjets typically used to propel air-breathing air vehicle designs to hypersonic speeds do not work properly at subsonic speeds and often have difficulty performing even at low-supersonic speeds. This is why rocket motors are usually used to provide an initial boost for hypersonic air vehicles. TBCCs include jet engines that work at lower-speed regimes and offer the ability to seamlessly switch between high and low-speed modes on demand. As such, an air vehicle with TBCC propulsion would be able to take off and land from existing runways like any other aircraft, but be able to cruise at high-supersonic or even hypersonic speeds. This, in turn, would offer immense flexibility to perform a host of potential missions. More details about Kratos' hypersonic drone project may begin to emerge now that its existence has been disclosed, especially if a first flight may be getting closer on the horizon. Contact the author: joe@
