Boeing has disclosed its securing of approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to begin certification flight-testing of the 737 Max 10. The airframer targets certification of the largest Max variant in 2024. The first flight of the 737-10 was conducted on 18 June 2021. A competitor to the Airbus A321neo, the variant is designed to carry up to 230 passengers over a 3,100nm range. Fleets data shows Boeing has received 903 orders for the 737-10. Customers have taken another 137 options on the variant. Overall, Boeing's Max-family backlog stands at 4,547 orders and 761 options. The airframer has so far delivered 1,147 Max 8s and 211 Max 9s.

South African Airways (SAA) will suspend its services to Lilongwe and Blantyre in Malawi from 30 November due to the recent economic challenges in the country. The carrier says it was monitoring the situation of substantial devaluation of the Malawian Kwacha, acute foreign currency shortages, and the escalation of blocked funds, closely before making the difficult decision. "We remain open to resuming the route to Malawi as soon as the situation warrants the substance of financially efficient operations from this route," says chief executive John Lamola. Schedules show that Airlink also operates services from Johannesburg to Lilongwe and Blantyre, both on a thrice weekly frequency, while Ethiopian Airlines flies daily between Johannesburg and Blantyre.

Emirates has operated an Airbus A380 demonstration flight with one of four engines powered on 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Dubai International airport. The Middle Eastern carrier says that this is the first time that drop-in SAF has been used on an A380 aircraft, with the expectation of full compatibility across the aircraft's existing systems. It adds that 100% SAF was used in one Engine Alliance GP7200 engine, while conventional jet fuel was used in the other three engines. The Pratt & Whitney PW980 auxiliary power unit also ran on 100% SAF. The engine used in the demonstration flight was recently tested by Emirates for validating its capability to run on the specially blended 100% drop-in SAF without affecting its performance or requiring any modifications. Ground engine testing took place at its engineering centre in Dubai. The flight is a result of Emirates' partnership with Airbus, Engine Alliance, Pratt & Whitney, ENOC, Neste and Viren. It carried four tonnes of SAF, comprised of hydro processed esters and fatty acids synthetic paraffinic kerosene provided by Neste and hydro deoxygenated synthetic aromatic kerosene from Virent. ENOC helped to secure the neat SAF comprised of hydrotreated esters and fatty acids straight paraffinic jet fuel (HEFA-SPK) and blended it with sustainable aviation kerosene at its facility in Dubai International airport and carried out into-plane services. Earlier this year, Emirates completed its first 100% SAF-powered Boeing 777-300ER demonstration flight. The carrier also operated its first flight with SAF provided by Shell Aviation from Dubai International airport in October. Shell supplied 315,000 gallons of blended SAF for the carrier's Dubai hub. The airline recently expanded its partnership with Neste for the supply of over 3 million gallons of blended SAF in 2024 and 2025 for flights departing from Amsterdam Schiphol and Singapore Changi airports.