2024 has been a wild year in aviation, with good things and bad things happening. 2024 also comes after 2023, the year the incredible 747 was discontinued.
Major orders:
Pegasus orders 200 737 MAX 10s
Emirates orders A350s
Multiple airlines confirmed to be ordering the Boom Overture (Japan Airlines, United, American)
Comac C919 delivered to multiple Chinese airlines including China Eastern. The C919 is China’s first ever homegrown airliner.
Incidents:
Japan airlines 516 strikes a Japan coast guard Dash 8 on landing. everyone made it off the A350, but 5 people were lost aboard the Dash 8. This is the first A350 hull loss.
Voepass 2283 crashes marking the most recent (and another) ATR de-icing failure.
Azerbaijan 8243 is struck by a surface-to-air missile and crashes three kilometers short of the runway.
Jeju Air 2216 makes a belly landing and strikes a large mound following a birdstrike. The crash is confirmed to be the deadliest since the bombing of Metrojet 9268.
Simulators:
MSFS 2024 is released, replacing MSFS 2020.
Multiple major War thunder updates, adding things including the Eurofighter.
737-8 MAX is released in Infinite Flight, along with a couple other major updates.
Large news:
Boeing stocks plummeted after a 737 MAX 9 door blowout, leading Airbus to majorly lead the competition.
737 MAX 10 makes its first ever successful test flight.
NASA’s DC-8 airframe is retired.
FedEx retires 22 757s.
F16 celebrates 50 years since the first flight.
Mergers:
Jetblue fails to aquire Spirit.
Alaska buys Hawaiian.
Air India buys Vistara.
