Chris Loh

6 days ago | simpleflying.com | Chris Loh

Boeing Whitetail Jets Ordered By China Went To Air India, But Supply Drying Up Sign in to your Simple Flying account Did you know that Boeing had a notable number of surplus jets that were originally built for Chinese carriers? Abandoned by their original customers, it allowed Air India to swoop in and pick up the jets quickly leading to accelerated fleet growth.

1 week ago | simpleflying.com | Chris Loh

As they await formal regulator approval, airlines around the world are ready to add Boeing's longest new-generation single-aisle jet to their fleets in the coming years. Given the success of Airbus' A321neo, Boeing needs to get back in the game and stay competitive. So which airlines around the world have placed orders for the longest 737 MAX variant? We take a look for today’s video…

1 week ago | simpleflying.com | Chris Loh

Admittedly, this is an incident and story that took place over a month ago - but it certainly is interesting enough to still cover despite not being ‘breaking’ news. After all, you’ll get to hear JFK’s air traffic control tower scold the Emirates A380 pilot for taking the wrong turn! Let’s go over what happened, in today’s video!

1 week ago | simpleflying.com | Chris Loh

Despite a tire malfunction on departure from Atlanta, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 made a safe landing in San Diego International Airport on April 3rd, 2025. According to the Aviation Herald, it was at around 17:30 local time that flight AS474 experienced the blow out on takeoff. Carrying 165 passengers and six crew members, the aircraft completed its off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta and continued onwards to its destination of San Diego.

2 weeks ago | simpleflying.com | Chris Loh

“Hitting the brakes to move forward” - that was the introduction to a LinkedIn post from the President & CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Stephanie Pope. Pope went on to explain that in March, Boeing’s 777X team began certification testing of the -9’s braking system.