Vietnam Airlines ranks among world’s top 25 safest airlines for 2026
Travel 10:31 14/01/2026Vietnam Airlines has become the only Vietnamese carrier in the top 25 safest full-service airlines worldwide for 2026, rising three places to 19th globally, as ranked by AirlineRatings, a renowned authority on airline safety and product ratings.
Boeing's biggest 737 MAX model moves to next stage in certification but still faces hurdles
World 11:34 10/01/2026The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Boeing's largest variant of its best-selling 737 MAX jet, the MAX 10, to move to the second phase of flight testing on the plane's long-delayed certification campaign, according to a source familiar with the program.
Boeing seeks FAA emissions waiver to sell 35 additional 777F freighters
World 10:36 20/12/2025WASHINGTON - Boeing on Friday asked the Federal Aviation Administration for a waiver of airplane emissions rules to allow it to sell another 35 Boeing 777F freighters, citing strong customer demand and a delay in the next-generation plane's certification.
Boeing ordered to pay more than $28 million to 737 MAX crash victim's family
World 15:06 13/11/2025CHICAGO - A jury in federal court in Chicago ordered Boeing on Wednesday to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was killed in the 2019 crash of a 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia.
Korean Air makes airline's biggest-ever Boeing jet order amid Trump-Lee summit
World 15:39 26/08/2025Korean Air announced a $50 billion order on Monday for 103 Boeing airplanes and GE Aerospace engines and servicing coinciding with the visit of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to Washington.
Boeing jet abandoned at Hanoi airport proposed for aviation training use
Vietnam News 16:22 07/08/2025Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction has proposed repurposing a long-abandoned Boeing aircraft at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi as a training model for aviation students instead of auctioning it off.
Boeing sued by flight attendants over MAX 9 mid-air panel blowout
World 16:23 01/08/2025Four flight attendants on the Alaska Airlines (ALK.N), opens new tab 737 MAX 9 plane that experienced a mid-air cabin panel blowout in January last year are suing Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab for physical and emotional injuries.
Some airlines checking Boeing fuel switches after Air India crash
World 14:06 15/07/2025NEW DELHI - India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash.
Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement
World 11:53 12/07/2025NEW DELHI - A preliminary report depicted confusion in the cockpit shortly before an Air India jetliner crashed, killing 260 people last month, after the plane's engine fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped, starving the engines of fuel.
Vietnam Airlines signs deal to buy 50 narrow-body aircraft
Economy 21:24 25/06/2025Vietnam Airlines has officially signed a contract to purchase 50 narrow-body aircraft, chairman Dang Ngoc Hoa said during the airline’s 2025 annual general meeting held on Wednesday.
Paris Airshow opens under cloud of India crash, Mideast conflict
World 10:56 16/06/2025PARIS - The Paris Airshow opens on Monday with its usual fanfare of aircraft orders expected to be tempered by concerns over India’s deadliest air disaster and escalating missile strikes between Israel and Iran that have rattled the global aviation industry.
India orders inspection of Boeing 787s after Air India crash
World 13:14 15/06/2025AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI - India's aviation regulator has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected after an Air India crash killed 270 people this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding the authorities were investigating all possible causes.
