Category: Boeing

Ryanair Ends Talks With Boeing on Large 737 MAX 10 Order

DUBLIN—Ryanair has ended talks with Boeing on a major new order for Boeing 737 jets due to a disagreement over pricing, the Irish airline said on Monday. Ryanair is already the largest European customer for the 737 MAX, with 210 firm orders of the 197-seat MAX 8–200 model. In July it said it might do…


Singapore to Allow Boeing 737 MAX to Return to Service

Singapore’s aviation regulator said on Monday it would approve the return to service of the Boeing Co 737 MAX more than two years after the plane was grounded, becoming the latest country in the Asia Pacific region to do so. The approval is based on operators including Singapore Airlines Ltd complying with airworthiness directives and…


US Examining Boeing’s Treatment of Safety-Related Employees

A small group of Boeing engineers who perform key safety tasks are raising concerns about their ability to work free of pressure from supervisors, and their comments are prompting federal regulators to take a broader look into the company’s safety culture. The employees are deputized to approve safety assessments and handle other jobs for the…


Boeing Astronaut Capsule Grounded for Months by Valve Issue

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s astronaut capsule is grounded for months and possibly even until next year because of a vexing valve problem. Boeing and NASA officials said Friday that the Starliner capsule will be removed from the top of its rocket and returned to its Kennedy Space Center hangar for more extensive repairs. Starliner was poised…


Boeing Postpones Key Test Flight to Space Due to Glitch

Boeing on Tuesday postponed the planned launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule from Florida’s Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station due to a glitch in what was to have been a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during its 2019 debut. During pre-launch preparations, Boeing engineers detected “unexpected valve position indications”…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (July 28)

The Federal Reserve is saying it won’t tighten monetary policy despite rapidly rising prices. It’s blaming supply chain problems, not its policies. McDonald’s says K-pop group BTS contributed a lot to their strong quarter. What does the CEO have to say about the boy band? Language learning app Duolingo debuts on Wall Street Wednesday. Its…


United Airlines Posts $434 Million 2Q Loss but Revenue Up

United Airlines reduced its quarterly loss to $434 million and posted surprisingly strong revenue as U.S. vacation travel picked up. In reporting its second-quarter results Tuesday, the Chicago-based airline said it expects to earn a pretax profit in the remaining two quarters of the year. That would break a string of six-straight money-losing quarters since…


Boeing Cuts 787 Production as New Structural Problem Discovered

SEATTLE—Boeing said on Tuesday it would cut its 787 production rate as it works through a new production-related structural defect in its troubled twin-aisle airliner program. The company now forecasts delivering fewer than half of the lingering 100 or so 787s in its inventory this year—instead of the “vast majority” it had expected—as it continues…


NTSB Recovers Boeing Airplane Debris Off Hawaii in Probe of Emergency Landing

NEW YORK—The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said it has recovered debris from a downed Boeing 737-200 cargo plane and will continue to investigate the cause of the aircraft’s emergency water landing, which injured two people, off Hawaii last week. Investigators plan to use sonar technology to locate the decades-old plane, which was…


Boeing 737 Cargo Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Water Off Honolulu

A Boeing Co 737 cargo aircraft with two people on board made an emergency landing in the ocean off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, early on Friday, the U.S. aviation safety regulator said. “The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the aircraft in…