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☆ While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Boeing is about to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time. Still, the FAA, NASA, and other aerospace experts have questioned Boeing's overall safety culture. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conduct suited operations in the Boeing Starliner simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This Crew Flight Test mission is over a decade in the making. He added that those calculations are for a full 210-day mission, while Whilmore's and Williams's test flight lasts just one week.

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☆ Airlines That Offer 'Stopover' Programs, Some With Free Hotels
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Airlines capitalize on this trend with "stopover" programs, some even offering free hotels and food. Airlines have jumped on this growing trend with built-in "stopover" programs, which can come with free or discounted hotels, excursions, transportation, and food at the layover destination. Essentially, you can't intentionally book a longer layover to quality for the free stopover hotel. Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesSingapore Airlines' stopover program is available via the multi-city tool, similar to other carriers, where travelers can add hotels, transfers, and activities. Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTurkish Airlines' stopover program gives economy travelers a one-night free hotel stay and business flyers a two-night free stay if the period between their connecting flights in Istanbul exceeds 20 hours.

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☆ Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It makes him the second successive chief to go after a 737 Max crisis. AdvertisementOn Monday morning, Dave Calhoun became the second successive Boeing CEO to lose his job in the wake of a 737 Max crisis. Muilenburg was terminated as the planemaker fought for its reputation after 346 people died in two 737 Max 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019. After the longest-ever grounding for a US airliner, the 737 Max was ungrounded 10 months into Calhoun's reign. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesMost people's concerns about the 737 Max looked to have been assuaged, until the Alaska Airlines blowout on January 5.

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The American plane maker has been under intense pressure since early January, when a panel blew off a brand-new Alaska Airlines 737 Max midflight. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesTHE CRASHESThe bulk of criticism and investigations swirling around Boeing today center on the company's Max jets. Boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a Justice Department investigation, admitting that employees misled regulators about the safety of the 737 Max. Last year, Boeing reported a problem with fittings on Max jets where the fuselage meets the vertical section of the tail. Also under investigation is what prompted the emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas, of a Denver-bound United Airlines flight in December.

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☆ On the 5th anniversary of a fatal 737 Max crash, victims’ families want more focus on Boeing’s potential safety problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Even though the same jet model had crashed soon after taking off from Indonesia less than six months earlier, aviation authorities around the world had allowed the 737 Max to keep flying with passengers. A third incidentThis year, on January 5, a part of a 737 Max 9 flown by Alaska Airlines blew out, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane. Boeing’s production problems went beyond the design flaw that led to the crashes. “Within days of the first crash, Boeing knew there was a design defect,” Robert Clifford, one of the plaintiff attorneys in the case, told CNN. Last month, Boeing removed executive Ed Clark, the head of its 737 Max passenger jet program.

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☆ FAA had 'no presence' in Boeing's factory, despite its headquarters being 20 minutes away, former employee says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA Boeing whistleblower who quit over concerns about the company's 737 Max production told Politico that the FAA had "no presence" at the factory he worked in. Two months after Pierson's resignation, a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max crashed into the sea in October 2018, killing all 198 people on board. The company faced backlash again in January of this year after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 blew off mid-flight . Pierson told the publication. AdvertisementPierson told Politico that he still feels unsafe on Boeing Max planes — so much so that he refuses to fly on them.

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☆ Boeing’s reputation is taking a hit, survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A report by the market research company shows net trust dropped 12 percentage points among U.S. adults from December 2023 to January 2024. Net trust represents the share of people who say they trust a brand minus those who say they don’t. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwardsBoeing has not yet replied to CNBC’s request for comment. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwardsAmericans typically show greater net trust in its homegrown Boeing brand than in the European-based Airbus, its largest competitor. “Expect Boeing’s net trust metrics to tick down a bit more, especially as the brand’s name remains in the headlines, but not to the extent that we saw in March 2019,” she said.

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☆ 5 reasons why Airbus went from struggling outsider to beating Boeing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The A320's revolutionary fly-by-wire design and the Boeing 737 Max groundings help boost Airbus. In the 2014 documentary "Airbus vs Boeing: The Jumbo Jet Race" he said he was nearly fired for doing so. AdvertisementThe A320 went on to become the world's second-best-selling airliner, behind the Boeing 737. 737 Max groundingsSouthwest Airlines' grounded Boeing 737 Max jets in 2019. As Boeing and its 737 Max face more scrutiny following the Alaska Airlines blowout, Airbus seems likely to keep flying high.

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☆ Boeing's quality control process and company culture are being heavily scrutinized after the 737 Max Flight 1282 blowout
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAn Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 had 177 people on board on January 5 when part of the fuselage was blown off. After the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all 737 Max 9 planes with door plugs, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines discovered loose hardware on several. Why the 737 Max was grounded in 2019Competition between Airbus and Boeing played a role in the twin 737 Max crashes that killed almost 350 people in 2018 and 2019. The Alaska Airlines blowout will likely renew scrutiny of Boeing's deal with the department, which demanded new compliance procedures. A Boeing 737 Max 10 at the Paris Air Show.

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☆ FYI: Kayak lets you exclude the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet from flight search results
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Travel booking site Kayak has a feature that lets users filter their searches by aircraft model. Users can use the feature to filter out the Boeing 737 Max 9, which the FAA recently grounded. For example, the travel booking site Kayak has a feature that allows users to filter their searches by aircraft model. Travel booking site Kayak lets users filter searches by aircraft. Other travel booking sites like Expedia and Google Flights often display the aircraft model in the search results.

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☆ Boeing bonanza leaves rival Airbus in the dust at 2023 Dubai Airshow with three times more aircraft orders
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Aermacchi MB-339 trainer aircraft of the Fursan al-Emarat (UAE Knights) aerobatics team release smoke as they fly over with an Emirates Airbus A380-861 jetliner aircraft during the 2023 Dubai Airshow at Dubai World Central - Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on November 13, 2023. A Boeing 777-X aircraft flies during the 2023 Dubai Airshow at Dubai World Central - Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on November 13, 2023. Boeing orders 'exceeded investor expectations'Boeing's orders are already nearly three times as high as its total orders from the Dubai Airshow in 2021, and approaching the 356 orders in clinched at the 2023 Paris Airshow in June. Airbus's order figure of 86 aircraft is meanwhile significantly behind its 2023 Paris Airshow haul of 846 orders and 2021 Dubai Airshow total of 408. Prior to this week, the iconic American manufacturer hadn't enjoyed a winning performance at a Dubai Airshow since 2017.

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☆ Emirates, Ethiopian edge towards Airbus deals after Dubai talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] Emirates airliners are seen on the tarmac in a general view of Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 13, 2021. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Emirates moved closer on Wednesday towards a potential agreement to buy dozens of Airbus (AIR.PA) A350-1000 jets after narrowing differences over performance and guarantees in talks with engine maker Rolls-Royce (RR.L), industry sources said. Ethiopian Airlines was set to announce an order for around 10 of the smaller A350-900 after talks with Rolls-Royce at the Dubai Airshow that focused on service pricing, they said. Reporting by Alexander Cornwell, Pesha Magid, Editing by Tim HepherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Emirates is a heavyweight when it comes to East-West travel out of Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest for international travel. In March, the airline announced an order of up to 72 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jetliners and has further plans to expand. Other purchases Tuesday included:— Emirates announced $1.2 billion in deals with French firm Safran, including for seats. — Emirates announced plans for a $950 million maintenance facility at Al Maktoum International Airport, the city-state's second airfield. — Boeing and SCAT Airlines of Kazakhstan announced the airline would purchase seven Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

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☆ Seagulls close Venice airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Venice may be know as La Serenissima, but for those who have encountered her resident seagulls, the experience can be anything but serene. Now, the winged criminals have gone one stop further, causing an hour-long shutdown and two hours of chaos at the city’s airport. Venice Marco Polo Airport, located north of the city, with a runway adjacent to the lagoon, is the fifth busiest airport in Italy, and the largest in the north of the country outside the Milan area. Twenty incoming flights were diverted to other airports in northern Italy: Treviso, Verona, Trieste and Milan. Venice airport employs a resident falcon, who was dispatched by a falconer to disperse the 200-odd birds.

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☆ More than 55 global airlines still fly over Russia, including to and from the US: 'a crisis in the making'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementEven though Russian airspace is closed to US airlines, many Americans may still end up flying through Russian skies. This includes four European carriers: Air Serbia, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and Belarus' Belavia. Emirates' flight path from Dubai to Los Angeles on September 25 showed it flew over Russian airspace. Looking at the time of writing for mid-November, a ticket on Air India is nearly $2,000 cheaper than American. This was a particular concern earlier this year when Chinese airlines were using Russian airspace on routes to the US.

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☆ Ethiopian Airlines to manufacture parts in venture with Boeing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An Ethiopia’s Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane to take off on a demonstration trip to resume flights from the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Acquire Licensing RightsNAIROBI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines will start manufacturing aircraft parts in a venture with Boeing (BA.N) at an initial cost of $15 million, the government's investment agency said on Friday. The state-owned carrier, which is the biggest in Africa, has already signed the deal that also involves the local state Industrial Parks Development Corporation, the Ethiopian Investment Commission said on X, formerly known as Twitter. The venture will make "aerospace parts, including aircraft thermo-acoustic insulation blankets, electrical wire harnesses, and other parts," the commission said. It was not immediately clear if Ethiopian Airlines has also suffered from similar lack of parts.

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☆ Ethiopian military pushes back militiamen in two Amhara towns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Dawit Endeshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A partial view of the Lalibela town in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri//File PhotoADDIS ABABA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of two towns in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in its first big battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week. A local official in Gondar said the military was "almost in full control of the city". Another Gondar resident said he had seen the military enter the city centre on Tuesday afternoon. Two Lalibela residents told Reuters that ENDF troops entered the town on Wednesday morning following intense fighting on Lalibela's outskirts the previous day.

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☆ Boeing says about 90% of its China 737 MAX fleet have resumed commercial operation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, June 28 (Reuters) - About 90% of Boeing's (BA.N) China 737 MAX fleet have resumed commercial operation as of the end of June, the U.S. aircraft maker said on its official WeChat account on Wednesday. Some planes have been dispatched to regional international routes, Sherry Carbary, president of Boeing China, said in the article. China grounded its entire Boeing 737 MAX fleet after an air crash of one 737 MAX jet operated by Ethiopian Airlines in March 2019, the second deadly accident of the model in five months. State-owned China Southern Airlines (600029.SS) was the country's first carrier to resume the flying of the 737 MAX in January, after the plane was grounded for nearly four years. Chinese airlines then has been gradually reintroducing the model back to operation and in April Boeing estimated that half of the country's MAX fleet was in operation.

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But it was surpassed on day one of the Paris show by Indian rival IndiGo's (INGL.NS) order for 500 Airbus narrowbody jets. Air India said it was worth $70 billion at list prices, though airlines typically get discounts on big orders worth at least half the headline price, analysts say. The Airbus part comprises 210 A320neo and A321neo narrowbody jets and 40 A350 widebodies. "Our ambitious fleet renewal and expansion programme will see Air India operate the most advanced and fuel-efficient aircraft across our route network within five years," Air India Chief Executive Campbell Wilson said in a statement. The mega-order will also put Air India on a stronger footing to compete with budget rival IndiGo, which has a majority share of the Indian market and a strong position in regional flights.

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That deal, sketched out in February, was at the time the largest ever announced by number of planes. But it was surpassed on day one of the Paris show by Indian rival IndiGo's (INGL.NS) order for 500 Airbus narrowbody jets. Reuters GraphicsAir India's provisional deal included 250 planes from Airbus and 220 from Boeing. The Airbus part comprised 210 A320neo narrowbodies and 40 A350 widebodies, while the Boeing deal was for 190 737 MAX, 20 787 Dreamliners and 10 mini-jumbo 777X. Together with another 25 Airbus jets to be leased, the overall acquisition reaches 495 jets, an Airbus executive said at the time.

Persons: Royce, narrowbodies, Lars Wagner, Tim Hepher, Joanna Plucinska, Allison Lampert, Valerie Insinna, Aditi Shah, Mark Potter Organizations: Air India, Ethiopian Airlines, Paris, Airbus, Boeing, Reuters Graphics Air, Royce, Aero Engines, Tata, Emirates, Air, IndiGo, . Leasing, Avolon, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Thomson Locations: PARIS, India, Paris, Air India

☆ A judge ruled pre-crash terror of 737 MAX crash victims can be considered in damages trial after Boeing lawyers argued they didn't have time to feel pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A judge overseeing lawsuits against Boeing ruled that pre-crash fear and pain can be used in trial. A trial over an Ethiopian Airlines crash will determine what Boeing owes families of the victims. Boeing lawyers previously argued they didn't have to pay for physical damages before the crash. The company previously told Insider it has settled about 75% of the lawsuits brought against it over the Ethiopian Airlines crash and a second 2018 Boeing 737 MAX crash. "We look forward to upcoming trials to present this evidence to a jury and ensure Boeing is held fully accountable."

Persons: Boeing couldn't, Jorge Alonso, Alonso, Robert Clifford, Clifford, Alonso's Organizations: Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air, Ethiopian Locations: Illinois

REUTERS/Baz RatnerMay 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled late on Tuesday that relatives of those killed in a 2019 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX Ethiopian Airlines crash may seek compensation for pain and suffering of passengers before the plane hit the ground. Boeing in 2021 agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the fatal Ethiopian 737 MAX crash. A total of 346 people were killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes - including the earlier October 2018 Lion Air crash in Indonesia. The Ethiopian Airlines crash prompted the worldwide grounding of the MAX in March 2019 for 20 months, costing Boeing more than $20 billion. As a result of the 2021 agreement, lawyers for the Ethiopian Airlines victims agreed not to seek punitive damages and Boeing did not challenge the lawsuits being filed in Illinois.

Persons: Baz Ratner, planemaker, Jorge Alonso, Alonso, District Judge Reed O'Connor, David Shepardson, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines, REUTERS, U.S, District, MAX, Justice, Thomson Locations: Bishoftu, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, U.S, Illinois, Indonesia, Texas

☆ Judge rejects Boeing argument that plane crash victims, having died on impact, did not suffer long
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A federal judge rejected arguments from attorneys for Boeing that it should not have to pay for the pain and suffering of 157 victims of a March 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash because they all died on impact. Ethiopians search for remains at the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plane crash before a commemoration ceremony at the scene of the crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner Baz Ratner/ReutersThe flight was an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on March 10, 2019. One of the attorneys for the Ethiopian Airlines crash victims praised the judge’s ruling. “We are deeply sorry to all who lost loved ones on Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Flight 302,” it said.

Persons: Jorge Alonso, Alonso, “, ”, Baz Ratner Baz Ratner, Robert Clifford, ” Clifford Organizations: CNN, Boeing, Federal, Ethiopian Airlines, REUTERS, Ethiopian, Lion Air Locations: Chicago, Bishoftu, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“I remember total silence,” she says. “Even the babies realized this was a special moment.” Then a plane landed, its seats removed to make way for as many passengers as possible. Kanotopsky, who is now 46 and works for the Jewish Agency for Israel, told me her life story a few weeks ago as we sat aboard an Ethiopian Airlines jet flying from Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv. By June, this chapter of aliyah, Jewish immigration to Israel, will end, and this door to Ethiopians will be closed, at least for now. The problem is, there are still anywhere from 9,000 to 12,000 people in Ethiopia who practice Judaism and believe themselves to be Jews — even if the state of Israel believes their familial ties to Judaism are too weak.

☆ FAA headquarters initially overrode its own engineers’ 737 Max grounding recommendation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Greg Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Federal Aviation Administration initially overrode its own engineers’ recommendations in 2019 to ground the Boeing 737 Max after a second fatal crash, according to a new watchdog report. “Yet Agency officials at Headquarters and the Seattle ACO opted not to do so; instead, they waited for more detailed data to arrive,” the report concluded. The inspector general report, released Friday, recommended the agency update and improve its policies for evaluating crashes and other events. The FAA told the inspector general it would make updates and develop formal training. While awaiting additional data in March 2019, FAA officials issued an official notice backing up their decision to allow the Max to continue flying.

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