U.S.-based aircraft maker Boeing pleaded not guilty in court on Jan. 26 to a fraud conspiracy felony charge after it was accused of deceiving regulators about flight control systems on its 737 MAX aircraft, which was involved in two crashes. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor took the plea from Boeing, which was represented by its chief safety officer…
Boeing Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charge After 2 Deadly 737 MAX Crashes
Lawmakers Decline to Add Boeing 737 MAX Exemption in Defense Bill
WASHINGTON—Lawmakers late on Tuesday declined to add an extension to an annual defense bill of a looming deadline that would impose a new safety standard for modern cockpit alerts for two new versions of Boeing’s best-selling 737 MAX aircraft. The U.S. planemaker has been lobbying for months to convince lawmakers to waive the deadline that…
DOD to Contractors: Move Supply Chain Out of China
China is finally showing signs of easing its border entry rules since COVID-19 broke out. The details are yet to be announced. Boeing’s 737 MAX could be returning to China. Officials meet with the company years after the aircraft’s grounding and two deadly crashes. The Pentagon is pushing contractors to move supply chains out of…
Boeing CEO Says Planemaker Could Be Forced to Cancel 737 MAX 10: Aviation Week
WASHINGTON—Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told Aviation Week in an interview that the planemaker could be forced to cancel the 737 Max 10 over potential regulatory issues. Boeing has a December deadline to win approval for the 737 MAX 10—the largest member of its best-selling single-aisle airplane family. Otherwise, it must meet new cockpit alerting…
Boeing Working to Stabilize 737 MAX Factory: Executive
RENTON, Wash.—Boeing Co. has, for the moment, sidestepped one particular supply chain snag that curbed 737 MAX output and deliveries last month, and is working to stabilize production at its targeted monthly rate, an executive said on Wednesday. “We’ve been ramping up to 31 a month,” Dennis Eng, 737 Program Business Operations Director, told reporters…
No Data to Support Changing Boeing 737 MAX 10 Cockpit Alerting: Executive
EVERETT, Wash.—A Boeing Co. executive said there was no need to revamp the cockpit crew alerting system in its forthcoming 737 MAX 10 jet, as the U.S. planemaker races to complete its certification before a year-end deadline. “I personally have no belief that there’s any value in changing the 737,” Mike Delaney, Boeing’s chief aerospace…
Boeing Shares Plunge on Array of Charges, 737 MAX Target in Doubt
Boeing Co unveiled $2.7 billion in charges and added costs across its aircraft portfolio on Wednesday, and expressed doubts over hitting jet delivery targets as technical problems, inflation and supplier risks cloud its path toward recovery. Shares of the U.S. planemaker fell to a nearly 1-1/2 year low after it posted a quarterly loss and…
Qatar Airways Suffers Setback in Feud With Airbus
LONDON—A British judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Qatar Airways to reinstate a jet contract cancelled by Europe’s Airbus in the latest twist to a dramatic feud playing out in UK courts. The companies have been locked in a safety dispute for months on Europe’s A350 long-haul jet. Their unprecedented bust-up widened in January…
Boeing Shares Plummet After 737 Crashes in Southern China
Shares of The Boeing Company fell by as much as 9 percent in pre-trading on Monday, after representatives from China Eastern Airlines confirmed that one Boeing aircraft had crashed in the mountains of southern China. The crash, which occurred on Monday in China’s mountainous Guangxi region, occurred when the aircraft quickly descended from over 29,000…
Australia’s Newest Domestic Airline Announces Its Flight Routes
A new budget airline Bonza has introduced the 25 flight routes it will serve between 16 regional destinations in the eastern states of Australia. The domestic carrier will transport passengers between the following locations: Albury, Avalon, Bundaberg, Cairns, Coffs Harbour, Gladstone, Mackay, Melbourne, Mildura, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba Wellcamp, Townsville and the…
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