Pins matching posted:2026-10-23

The largest 737 MAX, the 737-10, took off from Renton at 10:07 a.m. on June 18, 2021 and landed at Boeing Field after about two and a half hours, starting a test program Boeing then expected to end in 2023.

Airbus announced with its half-year results on 29 July 2021 that its board had approved development of an A350 freighter derivative, targeting entry into service in 2025 with 20% less fuel burn than twin-engine freighters.

On 16 December 2021 Emirates received the last Airbus A380, A6-EVS, its 123rd, ending 14 years of deliveries. The ceremony was muted and the jet left Hamburg-Finkenwerder at 16:41 CET for Dubai.

Rosaviatsia issued the Irkut MC-21-300 type certificate and a design-organisation certificate in late December 2021, four and a half years after the first flight; it covered the Pratt & Whitney-powered version only.

A partially configured ATR 42-600S short take-off and landing prototype flew for 2 hours 15 minutes from Francazal airport on 11 May 2022, with the final larger rudder to be added by year-end.

Airbus's first A321XLR, MSN 11000, took off from Hamburg-Finkenwerder at 11:05 CEST on 15 June 2022 and flew about four and a half hours.

China's regulator CAAC awarded the C919 its type certificate on 29 September 2022 at a ceremony at Beijing Capital Airport, five years after the first flight and clearing the way for deliveries.

COMAC handed the world's first production C919 (B-919A, 164 seats) to launch customer China Eastern at Shanghai Pudong on 9 December 2022; it flew a 15-minute commemorative flight to Hongqiao.

Boeing delivered the last 747, a 747-8 Freighter for Atlas Air, in Everett on 31 January 2023 before thousands of employees and guests. It was the 1,574th 747 built, ending more than half a century of production.

China Eastern flight MU9191 flew the C919's first commercial service from Shanghai Hongqiao to Beijing Capital on 28 May 2023, departing 10:32 with about 130 passengers.

Boom Supersonic's one-third-scale XB-1 demonstrator for the Overture airliner flew for the first time on 22 March 2024 from Mojave Air & Space Port, reaching 7,120 feet and 238 knots.

EASA certified the CFM LEAP-1A-powered A321XLR on 19 July 2024, clearing the 4,700 nmi single-aisle for service at the end of the summer.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg announced on 11 October 2024 that Boeing will stop building the 767 freighter in 2027 after filling its remaining 29 orders, ending the airliner line at Everett. The 767-2C tanker for the KC-46A will continue beyond 2027.

Airbus delivered the first A321XLR to Iberia in Hamburg on 30 October 2024, making the Spanish carrier launch operator of the 4,700 nmi single-aisle.

On 13 November 2024 ATR said it would end development of the ATR 42-600S short-take-off variant, citing a smaller market and supply-chain problems, after 20 commitments and a 2022 first flight.

Boom's XB-1 reached Mach 1.122 at 35,290 feet over the Mojave Desert on 28 January 2025, the first supersonic flight by an independently developed jet and, in Boom's words, the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde's retirement.

The first A350-1000ULR, MSN707 F-WULR, flew from Toulouse on 2 June 2026 for 3 hours 43 minutes, starting a two-month campaign to certify the rear centre tank that lets Qantas plan 22-hour Project Sunrise flights.

The A350-1000ULR test aircraft left Toulouse at 07:33 on 23 July 2026 and landed in Melbourne 19 hours 12 minutes later, the first Project Sunrise aircraft to reach Australia; the return flight took 24 hours 24 minutes.

Boeing's 13 October 2026 delivery release counts 22 787s delivered in the third quarter and 62 so far this year, and its second-quarter filing says the line had stabilized at eight a month. Boeing plans to move to 10 a month at its South Carolina expansion.

The FAA certified the Boeing 737 MAX 10, the largest and last member of the 737 MAX family, on October 20, 2026, issuing an amended type certificate and clearing Boeing to begin deliveries with WestJet first.

Staff notifications began October 20 for a restructuring covering the UK and Ireland business and its Portugal and Romania hubs. Flutter estimates $80–90 million in pre-tax charges, mainly severance and benefits, subject to consultation.

A newly opened ramen restaurant in Tomioka, Teine-ku. The operator confirms its October 22 opening and service from 11:00 to 22:00, with last orders at 21:30. The photo shows the completed Sapporo storefront. Sapporo menu items and prices remain unverified.

The October 22 expansion adds a third shift, $150 million in planned investment and 1,250 full-time jobs to Hyundai Translead’s original Illinois commitment. The revised project totals are $600 million and 3,750 planned jobs.

An October 23 Polymarket snapshot prices United Serbia at 69.5% and Students Win at 31%, on US$3,241,711.13 event volume. The forecast concerns the most seats, not a guaranteed majority or automatic appointment as prime minister.

An announced ten-seat sushi restaurant on the fifth floor of Koshido 3・3 Building, scheduled to open November 21. Its published ¥16,000 Nagi course includes Hokkaido seafood and nigiri; a private room carries a separate ¥2,000 charge per room. Card photo shows the host building, not a completed dining room.

As of 21 October 2026 the 777-9 is still in FAA type-certification testing: ETOPS flight-test approval is on hold over a GE9X engine mid-seal issue, and the FAA Administrator has said he hopes certification comes early in 2027.

As launch customer, WestJet expects to take the first Boeing 737-10 in early 2027 once Transport Canada and EASA validate the FAA certification, which Boeing's Mike Sinnett put at "probably a couple months" away.