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☆ Boeing's 737 Max 9 jet is flying again. Here's what experts say about its safety.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewOn January 5, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 door plug broke off shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport, leaving a gaping hole in the jet's fuselage. The Federal Aviation Administration quickly grounded 171 other Max 9 planes with the same door plug, mostly flown by United Airlines and Alaska. Four critical bolts used to secure the door plug were missing from the jet when it left Boeing's assembly line, The Wall Street Journal reported, representing a massive quality control lapse. Not all experts agree on the Max 9's safetyThe Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9. AdvertisementAccording to the Washington Post, the travel booking website Kayak said its filter for the 737 Max significantly increased in the days after the incident.

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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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☆ These smaller stocks could see big gains in 2024, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Against this backdrop, Bank of America on Monday released a list of best small- and mid-cap ideas for 2024. Strategist Jill Carey Hall added that this year's basket of 31 stocks has average 12-month potential upside of 29%, and is slightly tilted towards value stocks over growth. Shares of Bath & Body Works have trailed the market, rising 2.4% in 2023 and 0.4% so far in 2024. Bank of America also named United Airlines one of its top SMID ideas for 2024. Other names on Bank of America's list of SMID picks included e-commerce retailer Wayfair and aircraft leasing company Air Lease .

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SEATTLE (AP) — Facing severe criticism after a door plug blew out on a 737 Max over Oregon this month, Boeing said Monday that it is withdrawing a request for a safety exemption needed to certify a new model of the plane. Maria Cantwell, chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Tammy Duckworth, chair of its aviation safety subcommittee, urged the Federal Aviation Administration to deny the request. "I hope this means they can quickly develop a compliant design across other MAX planes.”The FAA grounded all Max 9s in the U.S. the day after the blowout. The 737 Max went into service in May 2017. Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stan Deal said in a message to Boeing employees Friday that the company’s most immediate goal is to help airlines restore operations.

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☆ Wary flyers are paying extra to avoid Boeing's 737 Max planes: reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wary passengers appear to be changing their bookings to avoid Boeing's 737 Max planes. Kayak said use of its 737 Max search filter increased threefold in the days after the incident. AdvertisementAnxious flyers appear to be actively avoiding boarding Boeing's 737 Max planes, even if that means paying extra for a different fight. It's not the first time Boeing's 737 Max fleet has had issues. In 2019, two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed , killing nearly 350 people.

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Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again for the first time since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline's planes. They said they resumed flying the Max 9 with a flight from Seattle to San Diego on Friday afternoon. Alaka Airlines and United are the only two U.S. airlines that operate this particular model of the Boeing 737. The Federal Aviation Administration has detailed the process that airlines must follow to inspect — and if necessary, repair — the panels called door plugs, one of which broke loose on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on Jan. 5. The FAA grounded all Max 9s in the U.S. the day after the blowout.

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☆ Alaska Airlines resumes flying Boeing 737 MAX 9 after inspections
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane is parked on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport on January 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. Alaska Airlines on Friday said it has completed inspections on the first group of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, clearing the carrier to put the MAX 9 back in service after an in-flight cabin blowout earlier this month. Alaska said it had begun inspections of its first MAX 9s on Wednesday night, after the Federal Aviation Administration approved inspection criteria. A Copa Airlines jet became the first MAX 9 to return to service on Thursday. Alaska and United Airlines, the two U.S. carriers that fly the MAX 9, have canceled thousands of flights this month since the Jan. 6 grounding of 171 MAX 9s.

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CNN —Boeing’s 737 Max 9 model returned to service Friday afternoon when Alaska Airlines flight 1146 departed Seattle at approximately 3:51pm local time (6:51pm ET) bound for San Diego. It is the first revenue flight for this model since the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the Boeing jets three weeks ago following a door plug blowout on Alaska Airlines flight 1282. Alaska Airlines COO Constance von Muehlen took the flight and sat in the seat next to the door plug, telling CNN she has full confidence in the aircraft. The first flight is one of three flights Alaska Airlines has scheduled on Max 9 jets for Friday. Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said Thursday he is not concerned with passengers avoiding the Max 9.

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Alaska Airlines plans to resume flights with its Max 9s on Friday, and United aims to follow suit on Sunday. United Airlines made similar similar findings. Travelers returned to the Boeing 737 Max 8 after two of them crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people. In that case, Boeing had to redesign an automated flight-control system before the FAA would let Max 8s and Max 9s resume flying after a 20-month grounding. In addition, the FAA says it won't let Boeing expand production of Max jets until it's satisfied that quality-control concerns about the company have been resolved.

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☆ FAA paves way for Boeing 737 Max 9 to resume flying, but it won't be 'back to business as usual' for the embattled aviation manufacturer
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The FAA subsequently grounded all models of the Boeing 737 Max 9 after the incident, leading to flight cancellations and frustration among airline executives. "Let me be clear: This won't be back to business as usual for Boeing," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a Wednesday statement. The agency has halted all further expansion production on Boeing 737 Max 9s until it is "satisfied" that the aircraft's quality control issues are resolved. In-house safety inspections of Alaska Airlines's fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9s following the initial incident revealed that there were "many" loose bolts found on the jets. The FAA's new safety guidelines for the 737 Max 9s come after a review of data stemming from 40 inspections of the grounded planes, the agency said.

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☆ Scheduled to Fly on a Boeing Max 9? Here Are Your Options.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Christine Chung | More About Christine Chung | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

approved inspection and maintenance procedures for the planes, clearing the way for the grounded Max 9 planes to fly again. Airlines said they planned to resume flying the Max 9s this week. Which airlines use the Max 9? Of the 215 Boeing Max 9 airplanes flown globally, United Airlines operates 79, the most of any airline, and Alaska has 65, according to Cirium, an aviation data provider. Their combined fleets represent about 70 percent of the Max 9 jets in service.

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Southwest also said Thursday that it expects to receive fewer new planes than it expected this year because of ongoing production problems at Boeing. American said Thursday that it earned $19 million in the fourth quarter, down from $803 million a year earlier. Analysts expected American Airlines Group Inc. to earn 11 cents per share, according to a FactSet survey. Wall Street expected Southwest Airlines Co. to earn 12 cents per share. Earlier this week, United said it expects to lose money in the first quarter because of the grounding.

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☆ Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Sydney Ember | Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing hoped 2024 would be the year it would significantly increase production of its popular Max jets. Since then, details have emerged about the jet’s production at Boeing’s facility in Renton, Wash., that have intensified scrutiny of the company’s quality control. Boeing workers opened and then reinstalled the panel about a month before the plane was delivered to Alaska Airlines. The directive is another setback for Boeing, which had been planning to increase production of its Max plane series to more than 500 this year, from about 400 last year. It also planned to add another assembly line at a factory in Everett, Wash., a major Boeing production hub north of Seattle.

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☆ Before part of an Alaska Airlines plane blew off, Boeing had removed and adjusted it, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems are under multiple investigations that probe their safety policies and procedures. Boeing said it couldn’t comment on the reports about what may have led to the door plug blowing off the plane, citing the ongoing investigation. The process also includes tightening fasteners and performing “detailed inspections of…dozens of associated components.”FAA on Sunday also required airlines to ensure older Boeing 737 planes with similar door plugs were secure. The FAA said airlines operating the Boeing 737-900ER model should visually inspect the planes but didn’t require them to be grounded. Two Max variants — the Max 7 and the Max 10 — are still awaiting approval to begin carrying passengers.

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☆ Alaska Airlines says Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding will cost it $150 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is parked at a maintenance hanger in Portland, Oregon on January 23, 2024. Alaska Airlines said Thursday that the weekslong grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 9 will cost the carrier $150 million. Both Alaska and United Airlines , the two U.S. carriers that have the Max 9s in their fleets, said they found loose bolts on several Max 9 planes during preliminary inspections shortly after the accident. Alaska on Thursday forecast full-year adjusted earnings per share of between $3 and $5, including the hit from the Max grounding. Alaska and United CEOs have expressed frustration and anger with Boeing this week after the accident.

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☆ Alaska Airlines expects a $150 million hit due to the grounding of its Boeing planes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAlaska Airlines said Thursday that the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners will reduce full-year profit by $150 million and slow down the airline's planned growth. Separately on Thursday, Southwest Airlines said that it will receive six fewer new planes than it expected this year because of ongoing production problems at Boeing. American Airlines CEO Robert Isom chimed in on Thursday, calling Boeing's safety issues "unacceptable." AdvertisementAnalysts expected American Airlines Group Inc. to earn 11 cents per share, according to a FactSet survey. Alaska's $2 million loss compared with a $22 million profit a year earlier.

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☆ In another blow to Boeing, a Delta Airlines 757 jet lost a wheel under its nose just before takeoff from Atlanta
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA wheel under the nose of a Boeing 757 operated by Delta Air Lines popped out of place and rolled down a hill as the passenger jet prepared for takeoff, per the Federal Aviation Administration. The Delta flight on Saturday was carrying 184 passengers, four cabin crew, and two pilots, as it prepared to depart from an airport in Atlanta, Georgia, per a preliminary FAA report filed on Monday. The aircraft was lining up and waiting for takeoff when its "nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill," it stated. AdvertisementBoeing and Delta did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent by BI outside regular business hours.

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New York CNN —Boeing CEO David Calhoun’s Wednesday was decidedly a mixed bag: The Federal Aviation Administration finally approved a set of inspection criteria for the 171 grounded 737 Max 9 planes that, if followed, could return the aircraft to service. And the FAA said it would not grant any production expansion of the 737 Max lineup while its safety probe of Boeing continues. “We fly safe planes,” Calhoun said to reporters assembled on Capitol Hill. A week earlier, Calhoun acknowledged the company made a “mistake” at a staff-wide safety meeting, but he did not specify what that mistake was. Two Max variants — the Max 7 and the Max 10 — are still awaiting approval to begin carrying passengers.

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☆ Boeing delivers 737 MAX jet to China, ending four-year freeze
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane of China Southern Airlines lands at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport as the Boeing 737 Max returns to passenger flying in China after a hiatus of nearly four years on January 13, 2023 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. It represents a vote of confidence for the planemaker during a difficult period for Boeing following a Jan. 5 mid-air cabin blowout during a full flight. Chinese imports of the MAX have been suspended since it was grounded worldwide in 2019 following two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. Safety bans have been lifted with existing MAX already flying inside China, but new deliveries had remained on hold. Boeing has faced increased scrutiny following the Jan. 5 mid-air incident on an Alaska Airlines flight.

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☆ Safety inspection reveals 'many' loose bolts on Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9s after door flew off mid-flight
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA safety inspection of Alaska Airline's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed "many" loose bolts were found on the commercial airline's fleet. "I'm more than frustrated and angry that this happened to Alaska Airlines," Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci told Business Insider in a statement. The Alaska CEO's statements come after inspections of the Boeing 737 Max 9 planes following the January 6 incident. United Airlines also previously announced that it had found loose bolts that appear to "relate to installation issues in the door plug." Earlier this month, the agency told reporters that the door plug fitted into the Alaska Airlines plane involved in the incident was found "fractured."

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☆ Boeing’s Problems Started Long Before the Alaska Airlines Mishap - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Bill Saporito | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That company’s already turbulent reputation suffered another jolt this month when a door plug — a fake door that replaces a real one in some airline configurations — on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 blew out at about 16,000 feet. Investigations have commenced into the 737 Max 9, a fairly new jet freighted with Boeing’s penchant for producing flawed aircraft. With flights already full, the system can ill afford the grounding of 171 737 Max 9s. Aerospace was the West Coast’s original geek technology: Hughes Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft, Northrup, North American, Lockheed and others in California, and in Seattle, Boeing. Hughes, Douglas and North American would disappear in acquisitions and mergers.

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The United Airlines CEO says he is “disappointed” in ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing that have led to the grounding of dozens of United jetliners, and the airline will consider alternatives to buying a future, larger version of the Boeing 737 Max. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said Tuesday that Boeing needs “real action” to restore its previous reputation for quality. United has a standing order for Max 10 jets, a larger version of the Max line. The grounding of the Max 9 jets is likely to further complicate Boeing's drive to get the new models approved. Doing without the Max 10 probably means United won't grow as fast as it had hoped, Kirby added.

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☆ Alaska Airlines CEO says company found loose bolts on ‘many’ Boeing Max 9s
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed the carrier found “some loose bolts on many” Boeing 737 Max 9s in an interview for “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” scheduled to air Tuesday. The US Federal Aviation Administration urged airlines on Sunday to inspect so-called door plugs on an earlier version of Boeing 737 airplanes. After recent inspections of the newer Max 9s, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have found loose bolts. NBC asked Minicucci if Boeing has a problem with quality control extending beyond a single plane. We will follow the lead of the FAA and support our customers every step of the way.”The CEO of United Airlines, one of the biggest buyers of Boeing jets, also expressed frustration with the company.

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☆ United Airlines' CEO is quietly complaining about Boeing after being forced to ground dozens of planes, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

United has had dozens of Boeing 737 Max 9s grounded since loose bolts were discovered this month. The grounding came after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines aircraft mid-flight. Following the incident, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft for inspections. Inspections at United revealed loose bolts in its Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. United on Monday said the company expects a first-quarter adjusted loss of 35 to 85 cents a share due to the Boeing 737 Max 9 grounding.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration recommends that airlines inspect the door plugs on certain Boeing 737s that are older than the Max 9 jetliner that suffered a blowout of a similar panel during a flight this month. The FAA said that 737-900ERs have logged 3.9 million flights without any known issues involving the door plugs. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesOne of the two door plugs on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 flew off the plane in midflight on Jan. 5. The FAA has grounded all Max 9s with door plugs instead of regular doors in the back of the cabin. Boeing delivered about 500 737-900ERs between 2007 and 2019 – mostly to U.S. airlines -- and about 380 have door plugs instead of exits.

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