WalkaroundAviation news and fleet briefhttps://aviationnetwork.net/2026-10-20T00:00:00ZWalkaroundFAA set to announce 737 MAX 10 certification, sources sayhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-set-to-announce-737-max-10-certification2026-10-20T00:00:00Z2026-10-20T00:00:00ZThe FAA is expected to announce certification of Boeing's largest 737 MAX variant today, the last formal step before Boeing can work toward 2027 deliveries of the long delayed jet.FAA certifies the Boeing 737 MAX 10https://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-certifies-the-boeing-737-max-102026-10-20T00:00:00Z2026-10-20T00:00:00ZThe FAA issued the 737 MAX 10's type certificate on 20 October 2026, clearing Boeing to start building toward 2027 deliveries of its largest single aisle jet.FAA and controllers agree a pay raise tied to new scheduling ruleshttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-and-controllers-agree-a-pay-raise-tied-to-new-scheduling-rules2026-10-17T00:00:00Z2026-10-17T00:00:00ZAir traffic controllers get the raise Congress funded in April, but only after agreeing to badge in and out and let the FAA build shifts around forecast traffic.FAA orders A380 engine seal replacement after uncontained failurehttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-orders-a380-engine-seal-replacement-after-uncontained-failure2026-10-16T00:00:00Z2026-10-16T00:00:00ZOne high pressure turbine seal broke apart and forced an Airbus A380 to abort its takeoff roll, and the FAA now wants every high cycle seal of its kind off the wing within weeks.GE and Pratt put AI in front of the borescopehttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/ge-and-pratt-put-ai-in-front-of-the-borescope2026-10-15T00:00:00Z2026-10-15T00:00:00ZGE Aerospace is extending its AI blade inspection tool from the GEnx to the CFM LEAP and GE9X, reporting a borescope inspection cut from three hours to ninety minutes. Pratt and Whitney bought an AI borescope company this year.FAA proposes replacing A320 family evacuation slides after inflation failureshttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-proposes-replacing-a320-family-evacuation-slides-after-inflation-failures2026-10-15T00:00:00Z2026-10-15T00:00:00ZSlides on A318, A319, A320 and A321 aircraft failed to inflate in emergency evacuations because a connector on the inflation hose assembly fractured and separated. The FAA wants affected slides replaced.Japan Airlines picks the E190-E2 to replace J-Air's first generation E-Jetshttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/japan-airlines-picks-the-e190-e2-to-replace-j-airs-first-generation-e-jets2026-10-14T00:00:00Z2026-10-14T00:00:00ZSixteen firm orders and ten options, announced on 14 October, with deliveries from the 2029 fiscal year. The aircraft replace J-Air's existing E170 and E190 fleet.Boeing posts its best MAX delivery run since 2017https://aviationnetwork.net/news/boeing-posts-its-best-max-delivery-run-since-20172026-10-13T00:00:00Z2026-10-13T00:00:00Z161 commercial aircraft in the third quarter and 475 in the first nine months, up 8 percent year on year. The 363 MAX delivered from January to September is the highest for that period since deliveries began in 2017.FAA clears Boeing 737 MAX software glitch, reopening path to MAX 10 certificationhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-clears-boeing-737-max-software-glitch-reopening-path-to-max-10-cer2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-10-02T00:00:00ZThe FAA's Corrective Action Review Board concluded the flight computer software defect that had paused 737 MAX 10 certification is not a safety of flight issue, clearing the path for Boeing's newest and largest MAX variant.Flydubai co-pilot attacks captain with cockpit crash axe in flighthttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/flydubai-co-pilot-attacks-captain-with-cockpit-crash-axe-in-flight2026-09-30T00:00:00Z2026-09-30T00:00:00ZA Flydubai co-pilot attacked the captain with the cockpit crash axe and sent a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight carrying 174 people into a steep descent before the crew regained control and diverted safely to Saudi Arabia.Airbus flies the A350F freighter for the first timehttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/airbus-flies-the-a350f-freighter-for-the-first-time2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZAirbus's new A350F freighter made its first flight from Toulouse on 29 September, opening a nine month certification campaign against Boeing's competing 777-8F.FAA confirms it will delay 737 MAX 10 certification over software defecthttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/faa-confirms-it-will-delay-737-max-10-certification-over-software-defe2026-09-28T00:00:00Z2026-09-28T00:00:00ZFAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency will hold off certifying the 737 MAX 10 until it is satisfied the flight management computer software defect disclosed last week is resolved.Airbus traces A321neo fuselage defect to a Naples supplier, sets a repair windowhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/airbus-traces-a321neo-fuselage-defect-to-a-naples-supplier-sets-a-repa2026-09-28T00:00:00Z2026-09-28T00:00:00ZAirbus and Leonardo have traced the A321neo stringer primer defect to subcontractor TESI near Naples and given affected operators a two year window for a nine day repair.Boeing discloses 737 MAX software glitch, FAA review threatens MAX 10 certification datehttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/boeing-discloses-737-max-software-glitch-faa-review-threatens-max-10-c2026-09-26T00:00:00Z2026-09-26T00:00:00ZBoeing disclosed a flight management computer defect that can drop the MAX out of vertical navigation during a go around, and the FAA has convened a review board that could delay MAX 10 certification.Missed turbine crack led to Air NZ ATR 72 engine fire, investigators findhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/missed-turbine-crack-led-to-air-nz-atr-72-engine-fire-investigators-fi2026-09-25T00:00:00Z2026-09-25T00:00:00ZNew Zealand's TAIC found a missed turbine crack caused a 2024 Air New Zealand ATR 72 engine fire, and the evacuation that followed took nearly three times as long as it should have.Airbus finds an A321neo fuselage defect affecting around 500 jetshttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/airbus-finds-an-a321neo-fuselage-defect-affecting-around-500-jets2026-09-24T00:00:00Z2026-09-24T00:00:00ZAirbus disclosed a quality defect on the A321neo, insufficient anti corrosion primer on fuselage stringers built by a Leonardo subcontractor, affecting roughly five hundred aircraft delivered or in production.Icelandair mechanics strike, then stand down, in one dayhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/icelandair-mechanics-strike-then-stand-down-in-one-day2026-09-23T00:00:00Z2026-09-23T00:00:00ZIcelandair mechanics walked out at midnight over a stalled pay dispute, cancelling thirty one flights and disrupting about fifty five hundred passengers, then called off the strike hours later the same day.A GPS fault grounds Embraer E2 jets worldwide, Azul hit hardesthttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/a-gps-fault-grounds-embraer-e2-jets-worldwide-azul-hit-hardest2026-09-22T00:00:00Z2026-09-22T00:00:00ZA GPS reception fault on Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2 jets grounded roughly forty three of Azul's aircraft in Brazil and disrupted several other operators worldwide, with Embraer and Honeywell still investigating the cause.The FAA switches on its AI traffic planner over Washingtonhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/the-faa-switches-on-its-ai-traffic-planner-over-washington2026-09-21T00:00:00Z2026-09-21T00:00:00ZSMART begins testing around Reagan National, Dulles and Baltimore today, reading schedules, weather and airspace together to predict where traffic will bunch up.A severed fiber line grounds five Northeast airportshttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/a-severed-fiber-line-grounds-five-northeast-airports2026-09-21T00:00:00Z2026-09-21T00:00:00ZA construction crew cut a fiber line carrying the Philadelphia TRACON's primary and backup circuits at once, forcing ground stops at Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, Teterboro and Philadelphia and canceling more than a thousand flights.Malaysia Airlines is close to its first 787 orderhttps://aviationnetwork.net/news/malaysia-airlines-is-close-to-its-first-787-order2026-09-18T00:00:00Z2026-09-18T00:00:00ZRoughly ten 787-10s would replace seven leased A350s, putting a GE powered widebody into a Rolls-Royce fleet. Reported by Bloomberg, not yet confirmed.