Tag: Boeing 737 MAX

Delta to Buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 Planes

FARNBOROUGH, England—Delta Air Lines will buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 jets worth about $13.5 billion at list prices and has options to buy another 30, the U.S. carrier said on Monday. Reuters reported in March that Delta was edging towards an order for 100 MAX 10 planes and reported last week that Airbus was…


Airbus Sees Engine Delivery Delays Peaking at Mid-Year-Report

FARNBOROUGH, England—Airbus expects delays in engine supplies that have been holding back aircraft deliveries to peak at mid-year, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury was reported on Monday as saying. Airbus has been forced to build some narrowbody A320neo-family jets without engines in order to keep assembly lines running, mirroring a smaller scale disruption seen in 2017…


IAG Orders 50 Boeing Jets in Partial Switch From Airbus

British Airways owner IAG announced plans on Thursday to order 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets, reviving part of a stalled bid to replace Europe’s Airbus for some of its short-haul flights while handing support to struggling Boeing. The order includes 25 of the 737 MAX 10 variant which Boeing is battling to get certified ahead…


Republican Senator Blasts US Justice Dept’s Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal

WASHINGTON—Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz backed the families of passengers killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes and sharply criticizing the Justice Department’s deferred prosecution agreement with Boeing. The $2.5 billion Boeing deferred prosecution agreement, a type of corporate plea agreement, was reached in January 2021 near the end of former President Donald Trump’s…


US Judge Dismisses 2 Charges Against Former Boeing 737 MAX Technical Pilot

WASHINGTON—A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed two charges against a former chief technical pilot for Boeing Co. accused of deceiving federal regulators evaluating the company’s 737 MAX jet, but rejected a request to dismiss the other four counts. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas granted part of the request of lawyers for former Boeing…


Hong Kong Allows Airlines to Resume Using Boeing 737 Max

Hong Kong is permitting airline operators to restart the use of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft in the city’s airspace, its Civil Aviation Department (CAD) said in a directive on Friday, lifting its ban on the aircraft after nearly three years. The 737 MAX is integral to the Boeing’s ability to rebound from the COVID-19…


Indonesia Allows Boeing 737 Max Resume Operation After 2018 Fatal Crash

Indonesia’s Transport Ministry on Tuesday said that it has given the green light for the Boeing 737 MAX to resume operation, three years after the Lion Air tragedy that killed 189 people, following a review of the aircraft’s system modifications. “We have coordinated with aviation authorities and operators from around the world, especially ASEAN. Until now,…


House Panel to Hold Hearing on FAA Certification Reform Efforts

WASHINGTON—A House committee will hold a hearing on Thursday with the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its efforts to reform airplane certification following two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson will testify at a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing nearly three years after a Lion…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Oct. 15)

American consumers spending more, but are they buying more stuff? Or are things just more expensive? In the first prosecution related to the Boeing 737 MAX accidents, a former pilot has been charged with lying to the U-S government. And Bitcoin hits an all-time high today, topping 62-thousand dollars. What’s behind the surge?


Boeing’s Newest Version of the 737 Max Makes First Flight

SEATTLE—Boeing’s newest version of the 737 Max jetliner completed its first test flight Friday in a move that the company hopes will signal improving fortunes for its most important plane. A few hundred employees watched the plane take off from Renton, Washington. As is typical for a first test flight of a new plane, the…