One year since the dramatic door blowout onboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9, public opinion on the aircraft is still divided, according to a report from Komo News. While many passengers would have no qualms about flying on the 737 MAX 9, others are more wary, citing safety concerns.
A nascent recovery from Boeing’s troubles stalled in the fall when a 52-day Machinists union strike stopped almost all Boeing jet production in its Puget Sound assembly plants.
Alaska Airlines will begin a daily nonstop flight to Medford, Oregon through Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport starting May 15.
Sunday marks one year since an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 had its door plug blown out in midair on Jan. 5, 2024 on its trip from PDX to Ontario, California.
Last year had hardly begun before a high-profile door plug blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX on an Alaska Airlines flight raised renewed safety and quality concerns at Boeing. Slowing 737 MAX deliveries is one of the last things Boeing wants to do and the last thing airlines wish to see,
A year after a door plug blew out of a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9, the manufacturer is outlining the progress it has made.
Boeing had a decent orderbook in December to cap a very bad year. But its deliveries for the month show it continues to struggle to rebound from the crippling strike earlier in the fall.
Boeing delivered more North Charleston-built 787 Dreamliner jets in December than in any other month last year as the Lowcountry plant turned the page on a decidedly dismal 2024.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the Transportation Department said Boeing needs "tough love" to get back on track after a 2024 midair emergency and that electric vehicles should pay to use roads.
The FAA sent inspectors to production facilities and conducted an in-depth audit of the production line, simultaneously ordering Boeing “to develop a comprehensive plan to fix its systemic production quality problems,” Whitaker noted in his blog. Soon after the incident, the FAA also emphasized an employee whistleblower hotline.