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Category Archives: Boeing

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Loose Lips Sink Ships: Boeing CEO Sends Airline Stocks Plunging

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 13, 2020November 14, 2023 11 Comments
Boeing Airline Stock

Tuesday was a rough day for U.S. airline stocks, with major airlines sinking 3-5%. One culprit? The loose lips of Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun. Yesterday, Calhoun was on NBC’s TODAY show and predicted that a major airline would go...

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Boeing CEO Predicts Major U.S. Airline Will Go Out Of Business

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 12, 2020November 14, 2023 18 Comments
a man in a suit

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun believes a major U.S. carrier will “most likely” go out of business. Which one did he have in mind? Calhoun will appear on NBC’s TODAY Show later this morning. All we have is a teaser...

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Lufthansa And Cathay Pacific May Cancel 777-9 Orders

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 16, 2020November 14, 2023 2 Comments
a plane flying above the clouds

With passenger demand low and resources scarce, Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa are reportedly in talks with Boeing to defer or cancel 777-9 (777X) deliveries. Cathay Pacific Wants To Cancel 777-9 Order Cathay Pacific ordered 21 777-9 aircraft, set to...

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Boeing Finds Fuel Tank Debris In 70% Of Undelivered 737 MAX Jets

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 26, 2020November 14, 2023 16 Comments
Boeing Debris 737 MAX

What Boeing hoped would be an isolated problem has turned into a widespread issue and another safety and credibility concern. Last week, I reported that Boeing discovered fuel debris during spot inspections of undelivered 737 MAXs. Even though the...

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Report: Boeing Employees Left Tools + Rags In 737 MAX Fuel Tanks

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 20, 2020November 14, 2023 13 Comments
Boeing 737 MAX Debris

Another day, another drama for Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX program. The aircraft manufacturer has found so-called “debris” in fuel tanks of undelivered 737 MAX jets. The issue was revealed by Scott Hamilton of Leeham News, who obtained a memo...

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Boeing Returns To Drawing Board On New Aircraft Design

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 24, 2020November 14, 2023 6 Comments
Boeing labor strike

Boeing has been developing a new mid-size aircraft for years but announced yesterday it is starting from scratch. For several years, Boeing has been working on a New Midmarket Airplane (NMA) that is intended to replace the 767 and...

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Is Deadly Turkish Airlines 737-800 Crash Linked To 737 MAX Crashes?

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 21, 2020November 14, 2023 8 Comments
Turkish Airlines 737 Crash

A lengthy New York Times story suggests Boeing squelched evidence and pressured investigators after the deadly crash of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 in 2009 in Amsterdam. But is there a link between the crash of that aircraft and...

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Wow: Boeing Employees Mocked “Clowns” And “Monkeys” Who Designed 737 MAX

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 10, 2020November 14, 2023 20 Comments
Boeing 737 MAX Clowns

We regret the content of these communications, and apologize to the F.A.A., Congress, our airline customers, and to the flying public for them. -Boeing Uh, yeah. A series of damning internal messages places Boeing in the limelight once again,...

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Boeing Wants To Cut Pilots Out Of Flying

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 2, 2020November 14, 2023 14 Comments
Boeing Automation

Boeing wants to transfer more control over its aircraft from pilots to computers. But is automation the answer? After the crash of two 737 MAX aircraft within weeks of each other in 2019, Boeing determined to accelerate its push...

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Boeing Removed Lightning Protection On 787 Dreamliner Over FAA Objections

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 14, 2019November 14, 2023 17 Comments
787 Lightning Protection

I’m not in the business of attacking Boeing, but the optics of a decision to remove lightning safety protections on the 787 are not helpful to the troubled aircraft manufacturer. Boeing Removed Lightning Protection On 787 Dreamliner Dominic Gates of...

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Southwest Reaches Confidential Settlement With Boeing Over 737 MAX

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 13, 2019November 14, 2023 1 Comment
Southwest 737 MAX Compensation

Southwest Airlines has reached a preliminary settlement with Boeing over the ongoing 737 MAX grounding. Although the details have not been disclosed, we have some clues. In announcing a deal with Boeing, Southwest did not share the entire settlement...

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Boeing Unveils 737 Max 10 To Little Fanfare

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 23, 2019November 14, 2023 6 Comments
Boeing 737 MAX 10

Boeing quietly unveiled its 737 Max 10 on Friday, even as the future of 737 MAX program remains up in the air. Debuting at an employee event in Renton, Washington, the new aircraft will be the largest 737 Max...

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Employee Groups Wage Proxy Boeing Fight for Southwest

Kyle Stewart Posted onNovember 10, 2019November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
Southwest Airlines Joke Lawsuit

The Boeing 737 MAX is a very delicate issue. Airlines are owed for down time but getting passengers back on the planes may be tough. Southwest employee groups are effectively fighting Boeing for Southwest by proxy. If you are...

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Oscar Munoz Vs. Doug Parker On Boeing 737 MAX

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 8, 2019November 14, 2023 18 Comments
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As the public faces of their respective airlines, United CEO Oscar Munoz and American Airlines CEO Doug Parker share a common problem: how to convince customers to fly on the 737 MAX again. Thus far, the two have taken...

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American Airlines Flight Attendants Refuse to Fly the 737 MAX, Southwest Pilots Sue Because They Can’t

Kyle Stewart Posted onNovember 3, 2019November 14, 2023 21 Comments
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Boeing’s 737 MAX has been a divisive issue amongst airlines employees and the traveling public. American Airlines flight attendants refuse to fly it while Southwest pilots sue Boeing because they can’t. What?!? If you are considering booking travel or signing up...

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Could the 737 MAX Grounding Bury Boeing?

Kyle Stewart Posted onOctober 27, 2019September 14, 2021 35 Comments
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Boeing’s 737-MAX has been grounded for the better part of a year with no end in sight. But with clearance out of their control, is the aircraft manufacturer helpless against mounting losses? If you are considering booking travel or signing up for...

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Boeing Digs Its Own Grave

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 21, 2019November 14, 2023 15 Comments
Boeing Digs Grave

Credibility is a peculiar thing. It takes years, sometimes decades to build, and can best lost in an instant. The ongoing 737 MAX sage has already cost Boeing most of its credibility, but somehow Boeing found a way to...

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Boeing Loses Large 787 Order

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 10, 2019November 14, 2023 16 Comments
Boeing 787 Production Cut

Aeroflot Russian Airlines has formally canceled its Boeing 787 order, further casting the future of Boeing’s Dreamliner program into uncertainty. Boeing ramped up production of the Dreamliner earlier this year from 12 to 14 aircraft per month at two...

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Delta Pushes Boeing To Develop 797

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 20, 2019November 14, 2023 6 Comments
Delta Boeing 797

Delta wants Boeing to develop the 797…and is dangling 200 aircraft orders as a prize. Speaking to Bloomberg in New York, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said: I do anticipate they will do it. I hope they will do it....

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Turkey Threatens To Cancel Boeing Orders

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 30, 2019November 14, 2023 9 Comments
Turkish Airlines Threatens Boeing

Beleaguered Boeing could find itself as collateral damage in an escalating war of words between the United States and Turkey. Turkish Airlines, the 49% state-owned flag carrier of Turkey, has orders for 100 Boeing aircraft on the book. That...

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