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FILE – Chris Moore, parent of Danielle, one of the crash victims of a Boeing 737 MAX8 in Ethiopia, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Boeing 737 Max crash victims’ relatives to push judge to toss ‘superficial’ settlement deal with plane maker

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

Flight information board with cancelled flights to Tampa is shown on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 at the Philadelphia International Airport.

Canceled flight during Hurricane Milton? Here’s what to do

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, David Koenig, and others

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan responds to questions during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Dallas, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Southwest unveils major overhaul under investor pressure

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – A Southwest Airlines ticket agent checks in passengers at Love Field in Dallas, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Checked bag fees could come to Southwest as fight between airline and Paul Singer’s hedge fund gets bitter

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – A Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport while another taxis on the ground, Feb. 12, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Southwest plans to cut flights to Atlanta to save money and its unions are unhappy

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

Boeing employees Cham Sin, in black, and Lou Saephanh, right center, wave signs as Boeing workers continue to strike Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, near the company’s factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing gives striking workers more time to consider ‘best and final’ contract offer union has already called inadequate

By David Koenig, Lindsey Wasson, and others

Boeing workers wave picket signs as they strike after union members voted to reject a contract offer, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, near the company’s factory in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing union says planemaker’s ‘final offer’ of a 30% raise for striking workers is not good enough

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates with Mount Rainier in the background on March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Alaska Airlines’ $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines gets Biden administration nod

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

The image shows a protest scene in front of a Boeing facility, with large Boeing logos visible on the building. In the foreground, multiple signs held by union members are visible, with one prominently displaying “On Strike Against Boeing” in bold red letters. The strike appears to be organized by the Machinists Union, with additional signs in the background. The industrial setting and signage emphasize the labor protest against the aerospace company.

Boeing considers temporary layoffs to save cash during strike

By David Koenig, Lindsey Wasson, and others

workers holding picket signs

Boeing strike could cost $3.5 billion if it drags on as workers feel ‘a lot of bad blood’

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, David Koenig, and others

International Aerospace Machinists union members march toward the union’s hall to vote on a contract offer with airplane maker Boeing, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Boeing machinists vote to strike after 95% reject contract with a 25% pay increase

By David Koenig, Manuel Valdes, and others

FILE – Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are shown on the assembly line during a media tour at the Boeing facility in Renton, Wash., June 25, 2024. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool, File)

New Boeing CEO makes last ditch appeal to stop strike as workers vote on unloved contract with 25% pay raise

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet sits at a gate at the Tulsa International Airport Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Tulsa. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Southwest shakes up board but doesn’t fire CEO under pressure from Paul Singer’s activist hedge fund

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

Robert “Kelly” Ortberg

Boeing’s new CEO spent his first day walking a factory floor

By David Koenig and The Associated Press

FILE – This image taken Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight. (NTSB via AP, File)

FAA has doubled the cases it has opened against Boeing since the door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max

By David Koenig and The Associated Press