Boeing 737 MAX Victim-Fund Payments Set To Begin
The $444.5 million fund covers the estates of 346 people killed in the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accidents.
The $444.5 million fund covers the estates of 346 people killed in the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accidents.
How is the absence of Spirit Airlines going to impact the ULCC segment? As we noted in the previous post,

Despite a $134.9 million list price, Boeing is reportedly selling its 737 MAX 10s for as little as $55 million.
TUI fly flight from Palma de Mallorca to Düsseldorf arrived more than 16 hours late after a suspected weather-radar fault forced the aircraft to divert to Ibiza. Flight X3 2323, operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8 registered D-AMAE, departed Palma at approximately 20:30 on Friday, 28 August. Shortly after take-off, the pilots reportedly detected […]

Unlike Ryanair's much larger 737-800s and 737 MAX 8-200s, the airline’s one 737-700 has only 148 seats and is nearly 19 feet (6 meters) shorter than the 737-800. More importantly, its resume has included pilot training, corporate charters, reserve duties, scheduled passenger flights, and holiday charter operations. So, why does Europe's largest low-cost airline still need such a conspicuous fleet outlier?

Both planes are nearing the final steps of certification.

First aircraft arrived in July and is already in service, while the second reached Luxembourg earlier this week
After a week away, there’s much to discuss on this week’s episode of AvTalk. We start in Munich, where the Runway 26L took a great deal of abuse. We discuss the Vietnam Airlines 787 runway overrun and tail strike , followed two days later by a Lufthansa A380 touching down before the threshold on the same runway. We also examine what happened aboard Air India A320neo VT-EXO, which briefly lost pressure across all three hydraulic systems, causing an upset that injured nearly two dozen people. Plus, American puts two aircraft with the same call sign on the same frequency—again—and investigators say an unqualified passenger may have been flying a Phenom 100 that overran a wet runway. Elsewhere, a ramp worker is killed during the pushback of a French bee A350 in Montreal, a Frankfurt Airport employee dies from a rare case of malaria, and a Qantas A380 flies to Dallas and back with a maintenance light left inside its wing. We also discuss rising runway incursions in Australia, the return of the Delta–Aeromexico joint venture, Eurowings’ new Premium BIZ seats, the FAA’s war on plastic cups, United’s orphaned 737 MAX 10 seats, and American’s plan to bring seatback screens back—eventually. Please check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
United Airlines has hundreds of lie-flat business class seats sitting in storage, ordered years ago for a Boeing 737 MAX

United may never find a use for the seats it ordered when it expected 737 MAX 10 deliveries to begin several years ago.

United has reshaped its premium transcontinental plans as the MAX 10’s role pivots toward a higher density domestic workhorse.

Hundreds of Boeing 737 MAXs will require specific inspections in the years ahead

The aircraft will be operated almost entirely by Southwest Airlines.
MACH OE, an open-ended aircraft fund, took delivery of two new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft on July 29 and 30, 2026, placing both on long-term leases with United Airlines. The aircraft are the first of several targeted acquisitions planned in the coming months as MACH OE builds its seed portfolio. MACH OE was jointly […]
TUI fly Netherlands will expand its fleet and focus on more direct services to popular holiday destinations in summer 2027, increasing both the number of flights and the number of available seats. The airline plans to replace all six Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft currently assigned to its Dutch operation with the larger 737 MAX […]
A group of investors sued Boeing, alleging not enough had been done to prevent the accident.

Stepping into the cockpit of an Airbus A320neo after flying the Boeing 737 MAX reveals a world of differences.

A replacement aircraft was used to carry the passengers on to Seattle.