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Aircraft & Manufacturing

Boeing's 737 MAX 10 Certification Slips Again as a Two-Year-Old Software Glitch Surfaces on In-Service Jets

The FAA says it won't certify the 737 MAX 10 until it evaluates a flight-computer software issue that can drop pilots out of automated landing guidance after a missed approach — a flaw Boeing found in November 2024 but didn't flag to regulators as a safety issue until last month.

29 September 2026 · 12 minRajkumar Agarwal

Aircraft & Manufacturing

Boeing's Second Offer to 17,000 Engineers Goes to a Vote, With a 10% Raise and Union Leaders Now Saying Yes

Voting opened September 24 on Boeing's revised four-year contract for about 17,000 SPEEA engineers and technical workers, with a 10% raise and a strike deadline of October 6 if it fails.

26 September 2026 · 10 minRajkumar Agarwal

Aircraft & Manufacturing

Airbus rolls out the first A350F in 'flying parcel' livery, with a first flight penciled in for late September

The first Airbus A350F emerged from the Toulouse paint shop on 19 August wearing a fuselage-length parcel livery, with Airbus targeting a maiden flight around 24 September. A 107-aircraft backlog and a hardening ICAO emissions deadline both ride on the certification campaign that follows.

24 August 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal