Boeing 737 MAX

Figeac Aero's announcement signals to OEMs that they can count on the critical supplier, the future of which was once at stake during the COVID crisis.

“The FAA is exploring the use of an independent third party to oversee Boeing’s inspections and its quality system,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said.

As bad as it is for Boeing, it could have been a lot worse. Listen in as our editors discuss the Alaska Airlines midair blowout.

Problematic Spirit AeroSystems-supplied 737-9 panels evaded Boeing quality checks and may have caused a Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines accident.

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“This incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again,” the FAA said.

“We’re not going to point fingers,” the Boeing CEO said. “Because, yes, it escaped their factory; but then it escaped ours too. So, we’re all in this together.”

A group of aircraft lessors has said investment company 777 Partners owes them nearly $30 million in unpaid fees.

The grounding of the Boeing 737-9 is expected to have a limited impact on Fitch-rated aircraft lessors and airlines.

Forthcoming airliner production forecasts for the year—yet to be offered by Airbus, Boeing and other airframers—already have taken a severe hit.

Airline lessor Avolon said market conditions were strengthening as it gave an update on 2023 activities.

Asia Pacific regulators are taking different approaches to the U.S. FAA’s recent order to ground the Boeing 737-9, although the effects are largely minimal.

The raw materials and labor pain points of recent years have eased, but supply chain issues have metastasized.

Figuring out what happened with four bolts on the Alaska Airlines accident flight 737 MAX is emerging as a key task in NTSB's probe.

FAA said there are 171 Boeing 737-9s worldwide with the panel-like plug configuration under scrutiny.

An initial examination by NTSB investigators found no airframe damage resulting from the still-unexplained accident sequence.

The average emissions of Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Spirit Airlines are notably lower than the average emissions of the Big Four.

NTSB reports that the door "plug" which detached from an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 during a mid-air incident Jan. 5 has now been found.

Several factors aligned to set up the Oct. 15, 2022, incident, investigators found.

As it begins adding Boeing 737-8 aircraft to its fleet, Alaska Airlines will also modify cabins on aging 737-800s.

For the airline and aerospace industries, many questions about pandemic recovery remain unanswered.

The German airline group, launch customer for the 737-100 in 1968, is going full circle, hoping to create flexibility in its fleet.

Steady aftermarket growth is buoyed by both routine demand and acute issues requiring older aircraft to hang around.

If 2023 is any indication, 2024 could be a yearlong Festivus in the supply chain.

The C919 is an important aircraft for China; with it, Comac could become a single aisle replacement for Boeing in the Chinese markets.