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Boeing to end B747 production in 2022 - report

Faced with a lack of new orders, Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) has reportedly firmed up plans to close its B747 production line in about two years time once all outstanding orders are completed, Bloomberg said.

The manufacturer did not confirm the development and said only that it would continue to make the "right decisions" to keep the line "healthy and meet customer needs".

"At a build rate of 0.5 airplanes per month, the 747-8 program has more than two years of production ahead of it in order to fulfil our current customer commitments," Boeing said.

However, according to an industry source quoted by Reuters, the manufacturer has already concluded agreements with suppliers to deliver the last B747 assembly sets.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Boeing has 16 outstanding orders for B747-8(F)s (13 from UPS Airlines (5X, Louisville Int'l) and three from Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny)). The manufacturer and Volga-Dnepr are involved in a court dispute over the delivery of the freighters. One unit for Korean...

North Carolina's iAero Airways adds B737-800(F)s

iAero Airways (SWQ, Greensboro) has added its first P2F-converted B737-800(F), Israel Aerospace Industries (Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has reported.

N916SC (msn 30498) is the first B737-800(BDSF) to be delivered by the Israeli engineering specialist after it received its supplemental type certificate earlier this month. The former Transaero Airlines aircraft was ferried from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion via Shannon to Greensboro over the course of April 8-9, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. iAero Airways is due to take its second B737-800(F) from IAI in May.

Both aircraft will operate on behalf of DHL Express.

Formerly known as Swift Air (United States of America), iAero Airways has so far operated only a single dedicated freighter, a B737-300(F). In addition, it also operates a passenger fleet of eight B737-300s, twenty B737-400s, and five B737-800s, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows.

Besides IAI, Boeing and AEI also have supplemental type certificates for their own B737-800 P2F-conversion processes

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