When it comes to safety and the finger pointing falls on the wrong player, the reputational damage to the affected airline can be long-standing and costly.
As groundings of the Boeing 737-9 affect its first quarter outlook, the airline is taking existing orders for the larger -10 variant out of its internal plans.
We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.
FAA recommends visual inspections of Boeing 737-900ER mid-cabin door plugs after some operators have found loose bolts during earlier voluntary inspections.
Two fatal 737-8 accidents, deficient quality on multiple programs, and recent 737-9 issues mean FAA would be justified in scrutinizing anything Boeing proposes.
After a week of precautionary checks after the Alaska Airlines accident, the Indonesian Transport Ministry has allowed Lion Air's Boeing 737-9s to resume service.
AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly has rung the alarm bell on behalf of the Boeing 737 MAX customer base, which 2023 order numbers show is falling further behind Airbus.
Indian LCC Akasa Air announced an order for 150 Boeing 737 MAXs, further inflating the massive backlog of narrowbodies set to be delivered to Indian carriers.
The review led by retired U.S. Navy Admiral Kirk Donald will examine Boeing’s commercial airplane quality management as well as its supplier quality oversight.
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.
“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.”
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.
