United Is The First North American Carrier To Operate The Boeing 737 MAX 9
United Airlines (UAL) has become the first North American carrier to operate the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft in revenue service. The brand new plane entered service as United flight 686 between United's hub at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Orlando International Airport in Florida. The MAX is also scheduled to operate flights today between Houston and Anchorage, Alaska and Houston and Austin, Texas.
Zhejiang Loong Airlines has taken delivery of the first LEAP-1A-powered A320neo aircraft from the Airbus Final Assembly facility in Tianjin, China. The airline will be the first in Greater China to operate the advanced engine/aircraft combination.
New Features, Agile Development And Enhancement, And In-Depth Exchange At Customer Conference In Madrid
Lufthansa Systems hosted its first ever joint user conference for customers of Lido/Flight 4D and Lido/Navigation this year. The Lido User Conference took place this week in Madrid. Using the hashtag #takeoffwithlido, the airline IT experts from Lufthansa Systems presented innovations from their successful Lido product lines for flight planning and navigation.
Financing Activity Also Discussed At NYC Conference
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings president and Chief Executive Officer Tom Gentile announced at the Bernstein 34th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference that the 737 recovery is tracking to plan.
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