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...Spirit, like Boeing, has been under regulatory scrutiny since the Alaska Airlines incident....
...The Alaska Airlines blowout happened two days before the three-year probationary period expired....
...The mid-air breach of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing aircraft has put the spotlight on Spirit AeroSystems, one of the plane maker’s biggest suppliers....
...Alaska — like JetBlue — will argue that consolidation is needed to create a stronger company to compete against the industry’s traditional Big Four airlines....
...It also paid $443mn in compensation to aircraft customers after the Alaska Airlines blowout....
...Alaska Airlines has cancelled 22 per cent....
...Shares in the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines shares almost tripled on Monday, after Alaska Air announced it would acquire its smaller rival in $1.9bn deal that would expand its reach across the western...
...Boeing has called a company-wide safety meeting for Tuesday to discuss its response to the incident....
...Like Boeing, Spirit has been audited by the US Federal Aviation Administration after a door panel blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight in January....
...The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, which since the mid-19th century has operated a Penzance-to-Scilly ferry....
...The company on Wednesday reported a $355mn net loss in the first quarter....
...Important customers, including Ryanair and aircraft lessor AerCap, have in recent weeks warned that the company needs to focus on safety and quality control....
...Hours later, the chief executive of Alaska Airlines revealed that his airline had found “some loose bolts on many” Max 9s during inspections of the planes....
...In cash terms, the Boeing boss took home $5mn in pay vs $7mn in 2022, according to the company. He also waived his right to a $2.8mn incentive payment after the Alaska Airlines incident....
...Alaska Airlines said instead of receiving 23 Maxes this year, Boeing would deliver between 10 and 20. The company had expected to expand flying capacity up to 5 per cent more than last year....
...The company has cut the rate at which it produces 737 Max planes as it seeks to resolve manufacturing flaws, resulting in delivery delays that have forced some airlines to amend their flight schedules....
...Spirit AeroSystems, a key Boeing supplier, installs the plugged door as part of its construction of the 737 Max fuselage, a company spokesman confirmed. The spokesman declined to comment further....
...Meanwhile, production rates have slowed since the the mid-air blowout of a door panel on an Alaska Airlines flight in January....
...But the Alaska Airlines door panel blew off shortly before the agreement was set to expire....
...Boeing is replacing the executive in charge of manufacturing its 737 Max aircraft, weeks after a door panel blew out of one of the planes on an Alaska Airlines flight....
...The latest blow to its authority came last Friday when part of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet blew out at 16,000 feet, inducing a sudden decompression....
...United Airlines blamed Boeing for a first-quarter loss, saying its results suffered from the grounding of the 737 Max 9 fleet after a door panel blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight three months ago...
...The company has been reeling since January when a door panel blew out mid-air during an Alaska Airlines flight....
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