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...United said it started “proactive inspections” of its Boeing 737-900ER jets last week and expected to complete them “in the next few days” without disruption to travellers....
...A 737 Max jet left a Boeing factory missing four bolts designed to secure a door panel that blew off in mid-flight last month, according to a preliminary report by a US regulator....
...The jet that lost a section of its fuselage in flight last week was the result of a “quality escape”, Calhoun told CNBC — using industry jargon for a manufacturing mistake....
...Copa said it had temporarily suspended flights of 21 Boeing 737 Max 9 jets. Turkish said it had withdrawn its small fleet of five Max 9 aircraft....
...A big chunk of this seems to be from the inclusion of “repositioning flight” costs — ie the amount it costs to get a private jet to come pick you up before you fly on it: Probably the striking correction...
...Altice USA’s chair Alexandre Fonseca has also stepped back....
...Domino’s executive expenses tab: the personal pizza bill.* Here’s a table from Domino Pizza, Inc’s latest DEF14A filing with the SEC, from March last year, capturing executive compensation during 2021:...
...Southwest Airlines and American Airlines, the two US carriers that fly the jet, also continued to defend it as safe, as did pilots’ unions for both companies....
...Separately, USA Today owner Gannett has raised questions over whether a hostile takeover bid it received could feasibly be financed....
...Some customers in those markets complained after the larger version and models with the new jet-black colour sold out....
...Regulators have been slow to define the circumstances in which drones can fly in commercial air space because of fears of crashes with passenger jets, particularly in densely populated towns and cities....
...It took the prestigious title sponsorship of the Thunder Over Michigan airshow, where visitors to Willow Run were able to see Baltia’s jet....
...This lithium-metal battery powered the aircraft’s emergency locator transmitter – equipment made by Honeywell and used to trace the jet in the event it goes missing....
...Many airlines, including Lufthansa and Air France-KLM, sent their jets over eastern Ukraine until the MH17 crash....
...The talk of just needing Federal Aviation Authority approval for a radical new form of lightweight and low cost air transport reminds me of the enthusiasm for “very light jets” a decade ago, as described...
...The European Aviation Safety Agency said the proposed deactivation of the Dreamliner’s emergency locator transmitter did not mean the aircraft would have to be grounded again – the jet could fly temporarily...
...The jet’s tail broke off before the rest of the plane skidded off the runway....
...The fraud at failed futures broker Peregrine Financial Group has led to government charges that a unit of US Bancorp knowingly let the broker’s founder funnel customer funds to pay for his private jet and...
...Investors have also been cheered by the news that the company could receive a $7.6bn fighter jet contract, for which Boeing has the only eligible bid....
...on Monday admitted it may never be established why batteries failed on two of its high-tech Dreamliner aircraft, as work began to fix the safety problem that grounded the company’s wide-body passenger jet...
...(Financial Times) FAA agrees Boeing 787 fix: “Boeing’s troubled 787 Dreamliner could return to commercial service within weeks after the main US aviation regulator approved the commercial jet maker’s proposals...
...Boeing has proposed permanent fixes to the lithium-ion batteries of its grounded flagship Dreamliner, as it struggles to get the passenger jet back in the air following a global grounding of the fleet last...
...Boeing is asking regulators for permission to start test flights of its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet, as it intensifies efforts to find the cause of battery failures on its newest and most sophisticated aircraft...
...Airbus’s humility also stems from problems with its A380 Superjumbo – the second-newest passenger jet in service after the 787....
...There are more than 800 orders still outstanding for the Dreamliner, the fastest-selling wide-body passenger jet in Boeing’s history....
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