Feeling The Pressure, Airlines Push Through Constraints

Christine Boynton Helen Massy-Beresford Jens Flottau Lori Ranson Adrian Schofield July 04, 2024
Boeing aircraft on factory floor

Through May, Boeing had delivered an average of just over 20 narrowbodies per month this year.

Credit: Sean Broderick/AW&ST
Just one month into 2024, the playing field for airlines changed yet again. By the end of January, although Boeing 737-9s were beginning to return to service from groundings that followed a Jan. 5 midair door-plug blowout, consequences for the manufacturer and its customers would soon escalate. The...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

Lori Ranson

Lori covers North American and Latin airlines for Aviation Week and is also a Senior Analyst for CAPA - Centre for Aviation.

Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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