15 types tracked · last checked 14 October 2026

Fleet brief

One page per aircraft type

Current program, maintenance, safety and fleet news for the commercial aircraft types in service today.

Every tracked type, drawn to the same scaleA38080 m span74768 m span77765 m spanA35065 m spanA33064 m span78760 m span76748 m span737 MAX36 m span737 NG36 m spanA320neo36 m spanA22035 m spanE-Jet E235 m spanA320ceo34 m spanE-Jet E126 m spanCRJ25 m span

Boeing

The Renton and Everett single aisle and widebody lines, plus the legacy types still carrying most of the world's traffic.

Boeing 777 and 777X

777 and 777X

updated 10 days ago

777-200ER, -300ER, 777-8, 777-9, 777-8F

The FAA adopted a new Airworthiness Directive on 28 September 2026 covering all in service 777-200, 777-200LR, 777-300, 777-300ER and 777F models, after an overheated AC ...

in production5 min read, updated 5 October 2026

Boeing 737 MAX

737 MAX

updated 11 days ago

MAX 7, MAX 8, MAX 9, MAX 10

The FAA's Corrective Action Review Board concluded on 2 October 2026 that the flight management computer software defect behind the MAX 10 certification pause is not a sa...

in production5 min read, updated 4 October 2026

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

787 Dreamliner

updated 2 weeks ago

787-8, -9, -10

Germany's Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation, the BFU, said in an interim report on 28 September 2026 that brake pedal movement on the captain's side was r...

in production5 min read, updated 30 September 2026

Boeing 747

747

updated 2 weeks ago

747-400F, 747-8F, 747-8I

The FAA has adopted a new Airworthiness Directive covering certain 747-8F aircraft, prompted by reports of cracking in stringers and splice fittings at stringer splices a...

out of production, in service4 min read, updated 30 September 2026

Boeing 737 NG

737 NG

updated 3 weeks ago

737-600, -700, -800, -900ER

The NG fleet is where the bear strap cracking now driving MAX inspections first appeared, which makes this an active structures story rather than a legacy one.

in service4 min read, updated 26 September 2026

Boeing 767

767

updated 3 weeks ago

767-300ER, -300F, KC-46A

A 21 Air Boeing 767 freighter operating for Amazon Air overran the runway on landing at Miami International on 6 September 2026 and caught fire. Five people on the ground...

in production4 min read, updated 21 September 2026

Airbus

The A220 through A380 range, from the Mirabel single aisle to the widebodies out of Toulouse and Hamburg.

Airbus A320neo family

A320neo family

updated 5 days ago

A319neo, A320neo, A321neo, A321XLR

The GTF powder metal inspection campaign is still the defining issue. Roughly 770 GTF powered jets were in storage at the end of 2025, and groundings fell about 15 percen...

in production5 min read, updated 10 October 2026

Airbus A350

A350

updated 2 weeks ago

A350-900, A350-1000, A350F

The first A350F, registered F-WXLD, made its maiden flight from Toulouse on 29 September 2026, a flight of four hours and eleven minutes that opens a certification campai...

in production4 min read, updated 29 September 2026

Airbus A330 and A330neo

A330 and A330neo

updated 3 weeks ago

A330-200, -300, A330-800, -900, A330 MRTT

A330neo deliveries were nearly halted for three months by a quality escape on the horizontal tail plane. Zero aircraft were delivered in June and July 2026, and one in Au...

in production4 min read, updated 26 September 2026

Airbus A320ceo family

A320ceo family

updated 3 weeks ago

A318, A319, A320, A321

CFM56 powered flights across the A320 and 737 families fell from about 43 percent of activity in 2024 to around 42 percent in 2026, and V2500 from 23 to 22 percent. That ...

out of production, in service4 min read, updated 24 September 2026

Airbus A220

A220

updated 3 weeks ago

A220-100, A220-300

Airbus cut the A220 rate target again. The plan is now 12 per month during 2026, down from an earlier 14, against current output of roughly seven to eight.

in production3 min read, updated 23 September 2026

Airbus A380

A380

updated 3 weeks ago

A380-800

Emirates plans to grow its active A380 fleet from roughly 94 to about 110 aircraft by the end of 2026, reversing the retirement narrative.

out of production, in service3 min read, updated 21 September 2026

Embraer

The São José dos Campos regional jet line, still the only serious competitor in the 70 to 150 seat market.

Bombardier

The CRJ line, sold to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2020 and out of production, but still a large part of the North American regional fleet.