All 737 Max grounding articles – Page 5
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NewsTUI Group to ‘right-size’ airlines as cuts affect 8,000 staff
Leisure giant TUI Group is aiming to cut or avoid recruiting around 8,000 personnel as it looks to overhaul its global activities in response to the coronavirus crisis. TUI Group says it will “right-size” its airlines and its order book, as well as divest non-profitable businesses. It is ...
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In depthWhy leasing market is shedding 737 Max orders
Recent cancellations of Boeing 737 Max orders likely reflect unique pricing pressures faced by aircraft lessors and could foretell additional Max cancellations.
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NewsGol cancels 34 Boeing 737 Max orders
Brazil’s low-cost carrier Gol says it has reached an agreement with Boeing on cash compensation for the more-than-year-long 737 Max grounding, and the termination of 34 forward orders for the company.
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NewsBoeing acknowledges ‘realities’ of market after Avolon cuts Max order
Lessor Avolon’s cancellation of 75 Boeing 737 Max jets is set to provide a degree of relief to the US airframer as it rejigs the extensive backlog for the re-engined aircraft. But Boeing also acknowledges that the decision is the “right step” to “align with the realities of the ...
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NewsLessor Avolon cancels or defers over 100 aircraft
Lessor Avolon is cutting its delivery commitments over the next four years by over 100 aircraft, through a combination of cancellations and deferrals including the axing of 75 Boeing 737 Max jets. Avolon says the unplaced Max aircraft had been due to arrive over 2020-23. It is also deferring ...
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In depthSimulator tests demonstrate 737 Max manual trim difficulties
Simulator tests conducted last year provide insight into flight scenarios that can leave Boeing 737 Max pilots struggling or unable to manually trim the aircraft back to level flight.
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OpinionBoeing is too big to fail, but any rescue will be conditional
Eleven years after the end of the 2007-2009 Great Recession, the USA is again having “too big to fail” discussions, with the airframer at their centre.
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AnalysisHow the 737 Max grounding changed commercial aerospace
One year has passed since regulators grounded the Boeing 737 Max in the wake of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, setting in motion events that transformed the aerospace industry.
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In depthTarnished Max brand presents major challenge for Boeing
Facing its 737 Max crisis, Boeing is sailing in uncharted brand management seas
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In depthWhy restarting Max production is just the start of Boeing's delivery challenges
Between its huge order backlog and the fact that its customers’ only alternative, Airbus, is booked solid for years, restarting Max production is just the first hurdle for Boeing
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In depthTimeline of the twists and turns in the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max
On 13 March 2019 the US essentially completed the global grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, following two fatal crashes involving the type in the space of five months.
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In depthHow Boeing is addressing the challenges of the Max grounding
A year on from the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, FlightGlobal’s America’s managing editor Jon Hemmerdinger explains the challenges the US manufacturer has - and continues - to face in its effort to get the aircraft back in service.
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In depthDoes Boeing design fix need to go beyond 737 Max?
After two fatal crashes and a grounding, extensive remedial work should fix the 737 Max; now Boeing must also rethink the basic design philosophy underpinning its future aircraft
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NewsAir Canada cancels 11 737 Max orders
Air Canada says it has cancelled orders for 11 Boeing 737 Max aircraft as it reassess its needs in the wake of the troubled aircraft’s year-long grounding.
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NewsEthiopian 737 Max pilots battled intense pitch and trim forces
Investigators probing the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max accident have given additional insight into a crucial period during which the crew, having temporarily stopped the aircraft from automatically nosing down, struggled vainly to regain pitch and trim control. In an interim update into the 10 March 2019 crash ...
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NewsBoeing, Collins vow to continue tech investments
The downturn in aerospace stocks won’t halt Boeing and Collins Aerospace from investing in new commercial aircraft technologies, executives from those manufacturers said on 5 March during discussions at the US Chamber of Commerce aviation summit in Washington, DC. The aviation industry has proven adaptability and will continue to ...
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NewsCongress slams Boeing and FAA for alleged 737 Max failures
A US congressional committee investigating the Boeing 737 Max has issue a preliminary report highlighted alleged failures by Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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OpinionCoronavirus overtakes 737 Max as airline industry’s biggest concern
Covid-19 has seen airlines slash schedules and supplanted Boeing’s 737 Max as the industry’s big story. But what happens when the jet is cleared to fly again?
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NewsFlydubai bemoans growth lost from 737 Max grounding
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai is looking to extend leases on aircraft which had been due to leave the fleet next year, to help cope with the capacity problems arising from continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. Flydubai has 14 Max jets. It says the airline’s fleet of 42 ...
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AnalysisBoeing’s new leaders may have what it takes to lead turnaround: analysts
In the year since the second 737 Max crash, Boeing has overhauled much of its top leadership, including naming of David Calhoun as new chief executive and Stan Deal as chief of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Those changes have largely been viewed positively by aerospace analysts. They are optimistic Boeing’s new leaders have skills needed to move the company toward recovery.