Boeing 737 Max jet to face separate flight test by EU regulators
The European Aviation Safety Agency plans to send its own pilots to the U.S. to conduct flight tests of Boeing Co.'s grounded 737 Max jet before it is returned to service, it said Tuesday. The European regulator is conducting what it calls an "independent" review ...
All remains from Ethiopian Airlines crash site now identified, police say
The identification of human remains from the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 is complete, the head of Ethiopia's police said late on Monday, six months after the plane nosedived into farmland outside the capital Addis Ababa. The investigation was "very challenging," said Endeshaw Tassew, ...
Manslaughter charges to be dropped against Airbus and Air France over 2009 crash, sources say
French magistrates investigating the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in which 228 people died have ordered charges against Airbus and Air France to be dropped, legal sources told AFP Thursday. Air France flight AF447 plunged into the Atlantic during ...
Regulator discord could delay the return of Boeing's 737 Max jets
Nearly six months after its 737 Max jets were grounded, Boeing is now close to applying to recertify the aircraft, according to sources, but the time frame for flights to resume remains murky. Regulators will have final say on when the planes can return to ...
American scrubs 737 Max flights through early December, but expects approval this year
American Airline Group Inc. said on Sunday it is extending cancellations of Boeing 737 Max flights through Dec. 3 but remains confident that the aircraft will be approved to fly again this year following new software and pilot training. The fast-selling 737 Max has been ...
Russian firm sues Boeing over Max jet, saying defects were hidden
A Russian aircraft leasing company that ordered 35 Boeing Max jets is suing the U.S. aircraft maker, accusing it of hiding defects in the plane that has been grounded after two deadly crashes. The Miami-based lawyer for the leasing company said Tuesday it is the ...
Grappling with uneven 737 supply chain, Boeing targets producing 52 planes a month from February
Boeing Co has told suppliers it will resume production of its best-selling 737 jets at a rate of 52 aircraft per month in February 2020, then stepping up to a record 57 jets monthly in June, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Boeing ...
FAA issues safety warning on sensor linked to 737 Max crashes
U.S. aviation regulators are urging workers at airports to take extra care around the sensors on the sides of aircraft that failed in two crashes of Boeing Co. 737 Max jets since October. So-called angle-of-attack vanes, which measure whether a plane's nose is pointed too ...
Ryanair tells ranks it has 900 more pilots and crew than needed
Ryanair has 500 more pilots and 400 more cabin crew than needed, and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told staff in a video message vimeo.com/350780012/5abde31242. The comments come less than two years after Europe's biggest budget airline ...
Boeing 737 Max woes worsen with drag on Southwest and American
Fallout from the global ban on Boeing's 737 Max got heavier as American Airlines warned that profit this year would take a $400 million hit, while Southwest Airlines cut service at a major airport and scratched the jet from its schedule into next year. Southwest ...
737 Max jetliner grounding crisis pushes Boeing to biggest-ever loss near $3 billion
Boeing Co. posted its largest-ever quarterly loss on Wednesday, diving nearly $3 billion into the red as it wrestles with a longer-than-expected grounding of its best-selling 737 Max. The world's largest plane-maker also reported a fresh delay on its 777X widebody program as engine problems ...
Boeing's 737 Max crisis puts credit ratings at risk of downgrade
Boeing Co.'s credit rating is at risk as the grounding of the company's 737 Max jetliner drags into a fifth month, with Moody's Investors Service joining Fitch Ratings in sounding a warning. The plane maker faces a $5 billion cash-flow drain this year as it ...
