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  • Airport travelerLeadership

    Your summer travel plans just got thrown up in the air as airlines scramble for alternatives to anything but Boeing 737s

    By Anthony Palazzo, Julie Johnsson, and others
  • DENVER, CO – FEBRUARY 22 : CEO Scott Kirby of United Airlines celebrates opening of a new addition to its Flight Training Center in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, February 22, 2024. United Airlines officially opened a new 150,000-square-foot building at its Flight Training Center in Denver, marking a milestone in its quest to hire 10,000 new pilots by 2030. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)Finance

    United is scrambling for Airbus jets as it looks to replace Boeing 737 Max 10 orders that are at least 5 years behind schedule

    By Siddharth Philip, Mary Schlangenstein, and others
  • An Alaska airlines Boeing 737 is taking off from Los Angeles International AirPort (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Boeing blasted for ‘absurd’ lack of cooperation in Alaska Airlines blowout probe after no documents found showing how the airplane left its factory missing bolts

    By Alan Levin, Julie Johnsson, and others
  • Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is arriving for a meeting with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in the Hart Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2024, as Boeing is dealing with the fallout of multiple recent safety mishaps, including a door blowing out mid-flight. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Boeing is in talks to buy its former unit Spirit AeroSystems and says the move would ‘strengthen aviation safety’

    By Julie Johnsson, Ryan Beene, and others
  • Dave CalhounLeadership

    Boeing slapped with 90-day ultimatum for plan to fix ‘systemic’ quality-control issues by FAA

    By Julie Johnsson and Bloomberg
  • Dave CalhounLeadership

    Boeing just sacked the head of its 737 Max program, an 18-year company veteran

    By Ryan Beene, Julie Johnsson, and others
  • A worker walks near a Boeing 737 fuselage outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, US, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Boeing Co. found more mistakes with holes drilled in the fuselage of its 737 Max jet, a setback that could further slow deliveries on a critical program already restricted by regulators over quality lapses. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Boeing’s problems go beyond 737 manufacturing gaffes as aerospace union workers prepare to demand 40% pay raise

    By Julie Johnsson and Bloomberg
  • Scott KirbyLeadership

    United’s CEO is so concerned about Boeing’s latest disaster he’s been venting to colleagues and lobbying Buttigieg, sources say

    By Julie Johnsson, Siddharth Philip, and others
  • David Calhoun, president and chief executive officer of the Boeing Co., speaks during the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, Sept 15, 2022. The summit will provide a forum for the industry’s top leaders to publicly discuss the most pressing topics in air and space, according to the organizers. Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun had a plan to make 2024 the planemaker’s turnaround year. The Alaska Air blowout tripped it up 5 days in

    By Julie Johnsson and Bloomberg
  • SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 6: An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 6, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Alaska Airlines grounded its 737 MAX 9 planes after part of a fuselage blew off during a flight from Portland Oregon to Ontario, California. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)Leadership

    FAA responds to Alaska Airlines incident with temporary grounding of some 737 Max jets: ‘All of a sudden I heard a big bang’

    By Mary Schlangenstein, Julie Johnsson, and others
  • A white passenger plane on the apron without any logo or identification. An Airbus A320 jet aircraft as seen getting loaded with luggage in its belly cargo compartment in Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia SKG. The A320 airplane belongs to Sky Express having the registration SX-VSL. SkyExpress, Cretan Aeronautical Operations is a Greek airline with fleet of 25 jet and turboprop planes serving domestically and international scheduled and charter destinations. During the summer of 2022 the European Aviation industry was facing long delays, flight cancellations and travel chaos mostly because of staff shortages at the airports after the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic era, air travel had increased demand. Despite the situation, Greek airports were performing well. Thessaloniki, Greece on November 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Airlines just can’t get enough jet engine parts and it could be a huge problem for the upcoming summer travel season

    By Siddharth Vikram Philip, Julie Johnsson, and others
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 19: Tom Cruise attends the Royal Film Performance and UK Premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick” at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)Tech

    The fighter jet featured in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ with Tom Cruise is going into retirement after 40 years

    By Julie Johnsson and Bloomberg
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA – NOVEMBER 02: Larry Page speaks during the Fortune Global Forum at the Legion Of Honor on November 2, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune)Tech

    Flying-car company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page will shut down

    By Mark Bergen, Julie Johnsson, and others
  • Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun.Leadership

    Boeing to move its headquarters to Washington, D.C. area from Chicago

    By Julie Johnsson and Bloomberg
  • Boeing Announces Its Suspending 737 MAX Production In JanuaryLeadership

    11,000 Boeing employees have asked for exemption from COVID-19 vaccine mandate

    By Julie Johnsson and Bloomberg