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Boeing confirmed (07-Apr-2026) plans to open a new 737 MAX production line in Everett, Washington in summer 2026. The new North Line will be capable of building all 737 MAX models and will initially focus on producing the MAX 8, MAX 9 and MAX 10. The production line will add capacity for production rates of more than 47 aircraft per month. [more - original PR]

Loganair announced (10-Apr-2026) plans to launch twice weekly Jersey-Bordeaux service on 19-Jun-2026. The carrier is scheduled to operate the service through 05-Oct-2026. Ports of Jersey CEO Matt Thomas stated: "The introduction of direct flights to Bordeaux marks an exciting step forward for Jersey's European connectivity. Alongside our popular Paris service, this twice‑weekly route provides Islanders with greater flexibility for travel to the south of France, while also opening Jersey to a wider catchment of more than one million people living in the Bordeaux and Nouvelle‑Aquitaine region". [more - original PR]

Madagascar Airlines and Ewa Air announced (09-Apr-2026) a codeshare agreement designed to improve connectivity between Madagascar, Mayotte and Comoros. Madagascar Airlines will market Ewa Air services under the MD flight code. The agreement includes services from Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Mahajanga and Nosy Be to Mayotte, and connections via Mayotte to Moroni. Ewa Air, via its official Facebook account, stated it now operates Mayotte-Antananarivo service on a year round basis, effective 03-Apr-2026, supported by the codeshare agreement. [more - original PR - French]

South African Airways (SAA) announced (10-Apr-2026) the resignation of group CEO John Lamola, effective from the end of Apr-2026. The airline appointed Air Chefs CEO Matshela Seshibe as SAA acting group CEO. The process to recruit a permanent group CEO will commence "shortly". Professor Lamola joined SAA as chairperson in Jul-2021 and was appointed as group CEO in May-2022. [more - original PR]

Germany's Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union issued (11-Apr-2026) a strike call for Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa CityLine and Eurowings pilots in response to lack of progress in negotiations on "several labour disputes", including pension schemes and a new collective bargaining agreement for Lufthansa CityLine employees. The industrial action will affect Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa CityLine flights departing German airports from 00:01 on 13-Apr-2026 to 23:59 on 14-Apr-2026, and Eurowings flights from 00:01 to 23:59 on 13-Apr-2026. Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine services to Egypt, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will not be affected by the strike action. [more - original PR - German]

Eve Air Mobility completed (09-Apr-2026) the 50th test flight with its full scale engineering prototype eVTOL aircraft since 19-Dec-2025, accumulating more than two hours of flight time. The company plans to progress to "full transition" test flights later in 2026. Eve also expects to begin producing conforming prototypes in 2026, which will be used in the certification flight test campaign. [more - original PR]