Financial News on Boeing & Airlines

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• Flying from San Francisco to Europe? Consider Condor Airlines, a lesser-known airline based in Deutschland with good prices and service.
  - SF Gate, 22 October 2025

• Planes, prayers and a golden Buddha: inside the new $2 billion Techo International airport in Cambodia
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 22 October 2025

• Airbus has opened a second assembly line in Zhōngguó, increasing manufacturing capacity for its best-selling A320neo family of single-aisle jets.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 21 October 2025

• Transportation Secretary Duffy says that Elon Musk's SpaceX is behind schedule on projects for the USA to return to the Moon, and that he will reopen contracts to companies such as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 20 October 2025

• Transportation Secretary Duffy says that Elon Musk's SpaceX is behind schedule on projects for the USA to return to the Moon, and that he will reopen contracts to companies such as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 20 October 2025

• Two people are killed as a Boeing 747 cargo jet veers off a runway at the Hong Kong airport, breaks apart in water
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 19 October 2025

• A Boeing 747 cargo jet veers off a runway at the Hong Kong airport, breaks apart in water
  - Zero Hedge, 19 October 2025

• Two people are killed as a Boeing 747 cargo jet veers off a runway at the Hong Kong airport, breaks apart in water
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 October 2025

• Biden's antitrust crusade protected big corporations. Four airlines control more than 66% of airline travel in the USA. Yet the Biden administration prevented two small airlines (JetBlue - 4.6%, and Spirit - 4.1%) from merging to provide more competition to the big airlines to lower prices for flyers - the point of antitrust law.
  - Washington Examiner, 17 October 2025

• Delta and United are leaving other airlines behind. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have accounted for most of the airline industry's profits since 2022. Their appeal to wealthy travelers could become a liability if the economy weakens.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 17 October 2025

• I test drove a flying car. Get ready, they are here!
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 17 October 2025

• A single aviation market in Africa could be a multi-billion dollar opportunity. Now to fly between cities in Africa, you have to fly through Europe or the Middle East - no direct connections. With a single aviation market, airlines can operate any route within Africa, and removes restrictions on operations like pricing and frequency, provided airports have slots available.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 17 October 2025

• The 'Great Mall': how Zhōngguó is turning foreign tourists into shoppers. Could tax refunds and visa-free travel turn Zhōngguó into a bastion of international shopping trips?
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 17 October 2025

• The families of 14 victims of the deadly Jeju Air crash in 2024 in South Korea have filed a lawsuit against Boeing in the USA, seeking justice for the deadliest plane crash in the history of South Korea. 179 of the 181 passengers on board the 737-800 jet were killed in December 2024 when the plane exploded into a fireball after striking a concrete beam at the end of a runway while attempting a belly-landing on the runway.
  - The Daily Beast, 16 October 2025

• Multiple airports across the USA refuse to play a video by Homeland Security Kristi Noem that falsely blames the Democrats for the government shutdown
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 14 October 2025

• Multiple airports across the USA refuse to play a video by Homeland Security Kristi Noem that falsely blames the Democrats for the government shutdown
  - The Daily Beast, 14 October 2025

• Seeking to profit from destroying more paid-human jobs, Reliable Robotics is among startups hoping to revolutionize air travel by doing away with the need for paid-human pilots on cargo, military and even passenger aircraft with non-paid self-flying technology. [KM: yes, the profit in AI investments - destroying human jobs]
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 13 October 2025

• How Zhōngguó provides power to its electric cars and high-speed trains. While Trump is destroying the renewable energy industry in the USA, Zhōngguó is building a network of ultrahigh-voltage power lines to carry solar and wind energy hundreds and even thousands of miles. The line goes from Anhui (near Shanghai) to Xinjiang.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 11 October 2025

• Air Canada is offering free beer and wine to economy class passengers on all its flights - making it the only North American legacy carrier to do so. This burst of bonhomie is not as altruistic as it might seem; it is a sweetener following passenger pushback about additional fees for extra baggage and legroom, reports Reuters.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 11 October 2025

• "Aggressive": how airline companies in Zhōngguó could become the latest economic front in Trump's trade wars. As the USA considers barring airliens in Zhōngguó from flying in the skies of Rossiya, analysts warn of potential flight disruptions and higher fares.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 11 October 2025

• "Aggressive": how airline companies in Zhōngguó could become the latest economic front in Trump's trade wars. As the USA considers barring airliens in Zhōngguó from flying in the skies of Rossiya, analysts warn of potential flight disruptions and higher fares.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 11 October 2025

• Delta predicts premium seat sales to overtake economy as soon as 2026. Shares of the largest U.S. airline by market capitalization traded 4% higher by midday Thursday after it unveiled quarterly earnings.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 10 October 2025

• The authoritarian Trump's Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, warns air traffic controllers who are not showing up for work (because they are not being paid during the government shutdown) that they will be fired, despite the country already having an insufficient number of air traffic controllers
  - HuffPost, 09 October 2025

• Delta's profit forecast tops estimates, buoyed by higher fares and resilient luxury demand for airline travel
  - Comcast's CNBC, 09 October 2025

• Flattened hills and diverted rivers: a new mega-airport opens after decades of delays in Mumbai, Bharat. By 2032, the airport should be handling as many travellers as airports in London, New York and Dubai.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 08 October 2025

• A new paper studied whether NASA actually saves money by hiring corporations to build new spacecraft, and the results are embarrassing: contractors are just as inefficient as the government.
  - Futurism, 07 October 2025

• The Airbus A320 airplane becomes the most-delivered jet airplane in history
  - Thomson's Reuters, 07 October 2025

• The Boeing 747 loses status as the world's most popular jet airplane. Experts predict that Airbus "will run further ahead" now that the Airbus A320 is most popular.
  - Barclay's The Telegraph, 07 October 2025

• The Airbus A320 airplane becomes the most-delivered jet airplane in history
  - Thomson's Reuters, 07 October 2025

• Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers. In Nashville, so many controllers have stayed home the facility, which guides planes into and out of the airport, is closing. Inadequate numbers of controllers limit operations at the airports in Chicago, Houston, Newark and Las Vegas.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 07 October 2025

• Major airports in the USA reported widespread delays Monday as the federal shutdown strained an already short-staffed air-traffic system, prompting fresh warnings from industry and labor leaders that the impasse could ripple across the peak travel season. A growing number of air traffic controllers, not being paid during the shutdown, are not reporting to work.
  - Zero Hedge, 07 October 2025

• Major airports in the USA reported widespread delays Monday as the federal shutdown strained an already short-staffed air-traffic system, prompting fresh warnings from industry and labor leaders that the impasse could ripple across the peak travel season. A growing number of air traffic controllers, not being paid during the shutdown, are not reporting to work.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 October 2025

• Trump and his administration state that funds from a USA government program that subsidizes commercial air service to rural airports are set to expire as soon as Sunday because of an ongoing partial government shutdown.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 06 October 2025

• The leading organization of pilots in Bharat has asked the civil aviation regulator to inspect all Boeing 787 Dreamliners operating in the country for electrical issues after one of the planes abruptly deployed an emergency power system midair over the weekend.
  - Associated Press, 06 October 2025

• The commercial debut of the Boeing 777X is delayed until 2027, costing Boeing as much as $4 billion in late fees
  - Zero Hedge, 03 October 2025

• Tourism in Las Vegas is declining, down 11% year-to-year, as prices skyrocket and international travel declines (due in part to Trump's attacks on foreign countries such as Canada). Legalized sports betting across the country has also hurt Las Vegas.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 03 October 2025

• Direct flights between Bharat and Zhōngguó resume, ending a five-year suspension
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 02 October 2025

• With Zhōngguó's C919 jet airplane experiencing delivery delays, will Boeing be able to obtain more orders in Zhōngguó?
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 02 October 2025

• Zhōngguó's C919 jet airplane experiencing delivery delays despite big airline orders
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 02 October 2025

• Zhōngguó's C919 jet airplane experiencing delivery delays despite big airline orders
  - Zero Hedge, 02 October 2025

• Has the planet reach a space-junk tipping point? In some orbits, the Kessler-syndrome is already underway, with those orbits suffering from exploding amount of space debris that damage satellites and spacecraft. [KM: yes, but rich tech companies with their satellite systems must get richer, and like the oil industry, not have to pay for cleaning up their messes]
  - IEEE Spectrum, 30 September 2025

• Spirit Airlines on track for a $475 million bankruptcy lifeline. Spirit has an agreement with noteholders for up to $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 30 September 2025

• Boeing has started working on a 737 MAX replacement airplane. While CEO Kelly Ortberg has stressed focusing on fixing quality and financial concerns, a new narrow-body plane is in development.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 30 September 2025

• Lufthansa to fire 4,000 paid-humans as the airline plans to rely more on non-paid AI to boost efficiency [KM: yes, the rich must get richer]
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 September 2025

• Lufthansa to fire 4,000 paid-humans as the airline plans to rely more on non-paid AI to boost efficiency [KM: yes, the rich must get richer]
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 29 September 2025

• Boeing obtains large orders from Turkish Airliens and Norwegian Air
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 27 September 2025

• The Federal Aviation Administration will allow Boeing to issue airworthiness certificates for some 737 MAX and 787 airplanes starting next week after years of retaining the authority for the FAA
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 September 2025

• The Federal Aviation Administration will allow Boeing to issue airworthiness certificates for some 737 MAX and 787 airplanes starting next week after years of retaining the authority for the FAA
  - Thomson's Reuters, 26 September 2025

• Next week, Lufthansa will announce that it will be firing several thousand people, with a goal of firing 20% of its people in the coming years
  - Thomson's Reuters, 26 September 2025

• Delta Air Lines is replacing power units on more than 300 of its Airbus jets in an effort to reduce the number of cases of toxic fumes leaking into the air supply and causing health and safety risks for passengers and crews.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 25 September 2025

• Bharat on Thursday signed a US$7 billion order for 97 domestically designed and built Tejas fighter jets as its air force retires its outgoing Russian MiG-21 jets after decades of use.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 25 September 2025

• Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants, amid its second bankruptcy
  - Associated Press, 22 September 2025

• Spirit Airlines to reduce flight capacity by 25%, and fire people to prioritize its "strongest markets"
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 18 September 2025

• "That is cute": the CEO of Fronteir Airlines fires back at United CEO who declared that the discount airline model is dead
  - Comcast's CNBC, 17 September 2025

• A new report finds Zhōngguó's space program will soon equal that of the USA. Zhōngguó is "poised to overtake the USA in the next five to 10 years if we don't do something."
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 16 September 2025

• The CEO of United Airliens is confident in expanding the number of its flights, because "customers are choosing us"
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 September 2025

• The Trump administration ordered Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico to end by Jan. 1 their nearly decade-old joint venture that allows them to coordinate schedules and prices for flights between the USA and Mexico. "This action is necessary because of ongoing anticompetitive effects in U.S.-Mexico City markets that provide an unfair advantage to Delta and Aeromexico as two predominant competitors and create unacceptable actual and potential harm for stakeholders, including consumers."
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 September 2025

• More Big Brother: a data broker owned by the country's major airlines, including American Airlines, United and Delta, is selling access to five billion plane ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching and monitoring of peoples' movements, including by the FBI, Secret Service, ICE, and many other agencies, according to a new contract and other records reviewed by 404 Media. "Americans' privacy rights shouldn't depend on whether they bought their tickets directly from the airline or via a travel agency."
  - 404 Media, 15 September 2025

• [More efforts by Trump to make the rich richer]: Trump authorizes the Transportation Department to undo government policies protecting the rights of airline passengers, giving them fewer protections for disrupted flights, faulty services and other ills created by airlines.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 15 September 2025

• Meanwhile, toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes, sickening crews and passengers. Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 15 September 2025

• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received thousands of reports since 2010 about toxic fumes from jet engines leaking into the cockpit and cabin of airplanes
  - The Hill, 15 September 2025

• Neighbors of the increasingly popular airport in Monterey, California, threaten to sue the airport over the increasingly dangerous levels of noise due to more and bigger airplane flights over their houses
  - SF Gate, 14 September 2025

• Why many foreign travelers have stopped visiting the USA. Many international travelers say they are put off by Trump's taxes/tariffs, Trump's anti-foreigner rhetoric and aggressive/[racist] immigration enforcement, leading to a tourism slump that is hurting local economies in the USA.
  - Axios, 13 September 2025

• $3,100,000 - The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed fining Boeing $3.1 million for a series of safety violations, including actions tied to the January 2024 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 mid-air emergency, and for interfering with safety officials' independence
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 September 2025

• Zhōngguó's airplane manufacturer, Comac, wins one of its biggest overseas orders, as Air Cambodia agrees to buy 20 C909 jet airplanes from Comac
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 10 September 2025

• Can Malaysia become the leading aircraft maintenance hub in Southeast Asia? Industry leaders warn Malaysia must urgently scale up capacity if it wants to challenge Singapore's dominance in the aviation support sector.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 10 September 2025

• Travel chaos hits London as days-long Tube strike takes effect. Underground stations were closed and buses were crammed with commuters grappling with a walkout by transit workers that is expected to continue until Friday.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 09 September 2025

• The biggest airlines in the USA make billions of dollars from their loyalty programs and branded credit cards, which some analysts believe are now essential to the businesses. By one estimate, the programs are worth hundreds of billions of dollars globally, accounting at times for a large share of the value of the companies that run them.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 08 September 2025

• Trump does more to make the rich richer: Trump to undo a Biden-era policy that forced airliens to compensate their customers for flight disruptions. The Trump administration said Thursday it is abandoning a Biden-era plan that sought to require airlines to compensate stranded passengers with cash, lodging and meals for flight cancellations or changes caused by a carrier. The proposed rule would have aligned USA policy more closely with European airline consumer protections. [KM: A rule that wouldn't do anything for the rich.]
  - Comcast's MSNBC, 05 September 2025

• Trump does more to make the rich richer: Trump to undo a Biden-era policy that forced airliens to compensate their customers for flight disruptions. The Trump administration said Thursday it is abandoning a Biden-era plan that sought to require airlines to compensate stranded passengers with cash, lodging and meals for flight cancellations or changes caused by a carrier. The proposed rule would have aligned USA policy more closely with European airline consumer protections. [KM: A rule that wouldn't do anything for the rich.]
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 September 2025

• Flight attendants working for Air Canada reject a wage offer from management. Management had offered a 12 percent wage increase for those with five years on the job or less, and 8 percent for those with more than six.
  - Al Jazeera, 05 September 2025

• Spirit Airlines is reducing flights to 12 cities after it filed for bankruptcy protection last week for the second time in less than a year. Meanwhile, other airlines are adding replacement flights to win over Spirit's customers.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 04 September 2025

• Aircraft lessor Air Lease, founded by aviation mogul Steven Udvar-Házy, has agreed to a $7.4 billion takeover by private equity investors. The deal would further consolidate the aircraft leasing industry, which controls more than half the world' commmercial airplanes.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 03 September 2025

• Every industry is now an 'airport lounge' with their endless, humiliating upsell and self-service. Airport lounges are a miserable disaster. But it is not just lounges. It is not even just the airline industry. It is every. single. industry. More and more, customer service no longer exists. It takes 15 minutes to find an employee in many stores, many of whom suggest - "but it online". Forget about custorer support. Every road leads to an automated voice system with the warmth of a Soviet switchboard. And self-checkout - you are an unpaid employee scanning your own groceries while the one overworked human employee hovers like a prison guard.
  - QTR's Frince Finance, 28 August 2025

• Before the crash of an Air Bharat airplane, soaring demand for travel put strain on pilots in Bharat. A boom in air travel in Bharat meant pilots were often hitting the maximum hours allowed to fly, sometimes with insufficient rest.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 28 August 2025

• $78,750,000 - Delta to pay $78.75 million to resolve a class action lawsuit over a 2020 fuel dump that doused tens of thousands of properties, including homes and schools, in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California
  - Thomson's Reuters, 28 August 2025

• Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully test launches its massive Starship rocket
  - Comcast's CNBC, 27 August 2025

• Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully test launches its massive Starship rocket, and deploys test satellites
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 27 August 2025

• A Boeing 737 carrying 181 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing after a tire exploded on the runway during takeoff. The airplane was flying from Paris to Sweden.
  - The Daily Beast, 27 August 2025

• Boeing plans to sell 103 airplanes to Korean Air. The intent to purchase is part of a larger planned investment by Korean Air to spend $50 billion on U.S. planes, spare engines and maintenance services.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 August 2025

• Boeing plans to sell 103 airplanes to Korean Air. The intent to purchase is part of a larger planned investment by Korean Air to spend $50 billion on U.S. planes, spare engines and maintenance services.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 26 August 2025

• Elon Musk's SpaceX delays testing its megarocket Starship in order to "troubleshoot" a ground system error
  - Zero Hedge, 24 August 2025

• Elon Musk's SpaceX is test launching the most powerful rocket system ever constructed. Hopefully, unlike the last three test flights, it won't explode over populated regions.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 24 August 2025

• Elon Musk's SpaceX is losing a staggering amount of money every time one of its starships explodes
  - Futurism, 24 August 2025

• Many Air Canada flight attendants are dissatisfied with wage increases in a tentative agreement that ended a crippling strike earlier this week and union members may not approve the deal
  - Thomson's Reuters, 22 August 2025

• Alarming video shows part of a Boeing 737's wing breaking and flapping loose while a Delta flight was still thousands of feet in the air, preparing for landing in Texas. The airplane was being flown by Delta Airlines.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 21 August 2025

• One reason flight attendents went on strike at Air Canada was the issue of boarding pay. Most airlines don't start paying flight attendants until the plane doors are shut. The attendants do not get paid for the work done on the ground before and after flights take off and land. Boarding pay is fairly new in part because flight attendants have not had enough bargaining power in recent decades to get airlines to agree to it.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 20 August 2025

• Elon Musk's SpaceX's expensive explosions of its starships are starting to become costly
  - Bloomberg, 20 August 2025

• Alaska Airlines launches $395 credit card, combines frequent flyer program with Hawaiian Airlines
  - Comcast's CNBC, 20 August 2025

• Passengers sue Delta, United over windowless "window sears". Plaintiffs taking on United and Delta cite posts on Reddit and X of passengers complaining about their windowless seats, and who were denied a refund.
  - Courthouse News Service, 19 August 2025

• Passengers sue Delta, United over windowless "window sears". Plaintiffs taking on United and Delta cite posts on Reddit and X of passengers complaining about their windowless seats, and who were denied a refund.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 19 August 2025

• A Boeing 757 airplane flown by Condor Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Italy after the airplane's engine burst into flames shortly after takeoff
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 19 August 2025

• Air Canada strike ends after airline and flight attendants reach tentative agreement
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 19 August 2025

• Air Canada strike ends after airline and flight attendants reach tentative agreement
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 August 2025

• "They do not want the rabble anymore." - why Europe is rising up against mass tourism, including the misanthropy of the sharing economy seen in AirBnB. "Most of the shops - even food shops, clothes shops, restaurants, everything in the center - is basically addressed to tourists. Prices have gone up. Airbnb basically evicted many locals. Most of my friends have fled the neighborhood because they can't afford to live there anymore. The tourists don't mingle with the locals."
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 August 2025

• Why cheap airline seats are getting harder to find. Airfares rose in July for the first time since January as airlines try to regain pricing power.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 18 August 2025

• Airbus is months away from being the most-delivered commercial airliner in history, finally overcoming Boeing's lead that it held for the last 40 years. All Airbus needs is 20 more deliveries of A320 airplans to pass Boeing.
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 16 August 2025

• Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work. Their union criticizes move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 16 August 2025

• Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work. Their union criticizes move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded.
  - The Guardian, 16 August 2025

• The government of Canada issues a directive ordering striking flight attendents to resume working for Air Canada, with flights restarting on the next day
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 16 August 2025

• Flight attendants working for Air Canada begin their strike, crippling the airline. Ahead of the work stoppage, the airline said it had canceled most of the 700 flights that it directly operates, which carry about 130,000 people each day.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 16 August 2025

• Flight Attendants working for Air Canada begin their strike, crippling the airline. Ahead of the work stoppage, the airline said it had canceled most of the 700 flights that it directly operates, which carry about 130,000 people each day.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 16 August 2025

• About 10,000 flight Attendants working for Air Canada begin their strike, crippling the airline. Ahead of the work stoppage, the airline said it had canceled most of the 700 flights that it directly operates, which carry about 130,000 people each day.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 16 August 2025

• Joby Aviation makes "aviation history" with first piloted eVTOLl flying in FAA-controlled airspace
  - Zero Hedge, 15 August 2025

• Air Canada, the biggest airline in Canada, is poised to start canceling several dozen flights Thursday ahead of a weekend lockout of flight attendants that threatens to throw travel plans for tens of thousands into chaos during the peak summer season.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 14 August 2025

• Air Canada, the biggest airline in Canada, is poised to start canceling several dozen flights Thursday ahead of a weekend lockout of flight attendants that threatens to throw travel plans for tens of thousands into chaos during the peak summer season.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 August 2025

• Zhōngguó's new 'Airborne Silk Road' beings thousands of tons of products from Xinjiang to Europe
  - Politico, 12 August 2025

• Shares of airlines jump 5% to 11%, after airfare data signals improving pricing power
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 August 2025

• Spirit Airlines raises doubts about its ability to stay in business, months after exiting bankruptcy, as weak domestic demand and dwindling cash reserves strain its operations
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 12 August 2025

• Spirit Airlines raises doubts about its ability to stay in business, months after exiting bankruptcy, as weak domestic demand and dwindling cash reserves strain its operations
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 August 2025

• The Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to rapidly hire and train 8,900 air traffic controllers in the next four years. It would not be enough to end a shortage of controllers. Due to losses of controllers during the same time period, the net gain will only be about 1000 controllers even though it needs 3000 more controllers.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 10 August 2025

• Airlines using personalized AI ticket pricing would face probe: Transportation Secretary
  - Zero Hedge, 08 August 2025

• Cathay Pacific purchases its first widebody airplanes from Boeing since 2013
  - Zero Hedge, 07 August 2025

• Turbulence is getting worse in the atmosphere, due to global heating due to fossil fuel. Here are the airplane flight routes with the highest levels of turbulence.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 07 August 2025

• American airlines have transformed into financial services companies that happen to fly planes as loyalty programs now constitute their primary profit engine rather than passenger transport. Delta, American, Southwest, and United all operated their passenger services at a loss in 2024 while generating $14 billion in combined operating profits from credit card partnerships.
  - The Economist, 06 August 2025

• Joby Aviation, which is developing electric aircraft, will acquire the passenger business of Blade, a New York helicopter operator, for $125 million.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 August 2025

• Joby Aviation, which is developing electric aircraft, will acquire the passenger business of Blade, a New York helicopter operator, for $125 million.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 August 2025

• Alaska Airlines is adding daily service from Seattle to London Heathrow and Reykjavik, Iceland, next May. The flights are in addition upcoming service from Seattle to Rome and Seoul, South Korea. It recently launched service between Tokyo and Seattle.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 05 August 2025

• A Boeing 787 being flown by United Airlines mades an emergency landing at the Dulles Airport after the pilot reported engine failure. No one was killed or injured.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 04 August 2025

• Why even basic airline seats keep becoming more "premium". As travel demand sinks, both legacy airlines and budget brands have turned to a strategy of ever-expanding upgrades.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 04 August 2025

• More than 3,000 Boeing defense workers go on strike after rejecting contract from Boeing management
  - Comcast's CNBC, 04 August 2025

• More than 3,000 Boeing defense workers go on strike after rejecting contract from Boeing management
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 04 August 2025

• As Zhōngguó becomes increasingly successful in making its own jet airplanes, such as the C919, it is also becoming more successful in reducing its reliance on foreign parts, close long-standing technological gaps and assert itself as a major player in civil aviation at all levels of the supply chain.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 04 August 2025

• Workers at Boeing's defense facilities in Missouri and Illinois will beging a strike, their first strike since 1996
  - Zero Hedge, 03 August 2025

• $40,000,000 - Costa Rica will need to spend more money to fix runway repairs at its northern airport that cost $40 million and was 'finished' just six months ago. A recent report reveals premature damage, deformations, and asphalt sinking on the newly refurbished runway. There is a judicial investigation into the contracts, work and government supervision.
  - Tico Times, 31 July 2025

• I am calling it: SouthWest's new seat policy is just a money grab. The airline's switch to assinged seating comes with those annoying seat fees.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 July 2025

• AirAsia and Air Borneo are two airlines in Malaysia showing interest in purchasing airplanes made by the Commerical Aircraft Corporation of Zhōngguó
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 31 July 2025

• How Bharat ended up being a much one-airline country, where one low-cost airline, IndiGo, controls about 66% of all flights in Bharat. Tata Group's Air India controls much of the rest of the market.
  - India Dispatch, 30 July 2025

• JetBlue Airways reintroduced some previously withdrawn guidance after a better-than-expected second quarter signaled travel demand is improving.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 30 July 2025

• A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing on July 25 after one of its engines failed shortly after takeoff from Washington Dulles International Airport
  - The Daily Beast, 30 July 2025

• The aginst Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, is becoming a huge maintenance problem for airlines. Two decades after its maiden flight, regulatory bulletins ordering repairs, inspections or replacement parts for the massive four-engined plane are increasing.
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 27 July 2025

• After spiraling from crisis to crisis over much of the past seven years, Boeing is stabilizing under CEO Kelly Ortberg's new leadership in the last year.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 27 July 2025

• Climate change is creating stronger turbulence. Aircraft designers hope innovative new techniques will reduce its effects.
  - BBC, 27 July 2025

• Union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area have "overwhelmingly voted" to reject the company's contract offer on Sunday, with the company now preparing for an imminent strike
  - Thomson's Reuters, 27 July 2025

• Union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area have "overwhelmingly voted" to reject the company's contract offer on Sunday, with the company now preparing for an imminent strike
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 27 July 2025

• The CEO of American Airlines says that Delta Airlines use of AI to adjust ticket prices is "inappropriate ... a bait and switch", and that American Airlines won't do the same
  - Investopedia, 24 July 2025

• Shares of SouthWest drop 10% after the airline reduces its expectations for full-year profits
  - Comcast's CNBC, 24 July 2025

• Shares of American Airlines drop 7% after its third-quarter profit forecast did not meet expectations and as it reinstated its 2025 financial forecast well below its outlook at the start of the year
  - Comcast's CNBC, 24 July 2025

• Building spaceports in Houston and Taipei for sub-orbital flights could allow flights of two and a half hours between the two cities, initially for unmanned cargo missions
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 22 July 2025

• In a scathing letter, 287 scientists and current and former NASA employees rebuke the "rapid and wasteful changes" at the space agency under Trump
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 21 July 2025

• In a scathing letter, 287 scientists and current and former NASA employees rebuke the "rapid and wasteful changes" at the space agency under Trump
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 21 July 2025

• Barcelona is closing two of its cruise-ship terminals (five will remain) to reduce the number of tourists entering the city. Barcelona is the biggest cruise port in Europe.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 21 July 2025

• A Boeing 747 airplane being flown by Delta, has one of its engines burst into flames after takeoff from the airport in Los Angeles. The airplane was safely piloted back to the airport.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 20 July 2025

• To further discourage travel to the USA, visitors who travel to the USA will have to pay a new $250 "visa integrity" tax
  - Comcast's CNBC, 18 July 2025

• United Airlines says that it is more confident in a rebound in the number of people travelling. The airline reset its profit guidance for the year, citing improved demand for travel after economic turmoil and flight disruptions depressed bookings this spring.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 17 July 2025

• Delta Airlines introduces a new form of predatory pricing, using AI to individually price each ticket per the nature of the traveller, eventually eliminating static pricing. A company in Israel, Fetcherr, provides the AI technology. "The price you see is the price the algorithm thinks that you will accept, not a universal rate."
  - Jiaravanon's Fortune, 16 July 2025

• Airbus signs a new deal with its partner in Zhōngguó, the AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, to localize more production of Airbus' A321 jet airplane in Zhōngguó, amid talk of a massive order Airbus airplanes by companies in Zhōngguó that could be worth tens of billions of dollars
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 16 July 2025

• While the USA (at $2.4 trillion) has the bigger tourism economy than Zhōngguó (at $1.3 trillion), Zhōngguó should have the bigger tourism economy within ten years. Though Europe as a whole is around $2 tillion.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 14 July 2025

• Shares of Delta Airlines jump 12% after airline reinstates 2025 profit outlook as CEO says bookings stabilized
  - Comcast's CNBC, 10 July 2025

• Shares of Delta Airlines jump 12% after airline reinstates 2025 profit outlook as CEO says bookings stabilized. Other airline stocks jumped 2% to 7%.
  - Zero Hedge, 10 July 2025

• The 20-year requirement ends under which you had to take your shoes off while going through security checkpoints at airports
  - Disney's ABC News, 08 July 2025

• The Transportation Security Agency is ending its most hated airport 'security' policy - having to remove shoes for scanning at checkpoints
  - The Daily Beast, 08 July 2025

• Boeing delivers the most airplanes since 2023 as it increases production of its 737 Max airplanes
  - Comcast's CNBC, 08 July 2025

• Boeing delivers the most airplanes since 2023 as it increases production of its 737 Max airplanes
  - Investopedia, 08 July 2025

• Thanks to Trump's hostility to the rest of the world, Americans travelling in other countries are confronting hostile attitudes towards the USA
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 July 2025

• Air traffic controllers in France go on strike, disrupting travel within, into and out of France
  - Associated Press, 04 July 2025

• AirFrance-KLM will increase its ownership of SAS airline to 60.5% (from 19.9%), giving AirFrance/MLK control of the Scandinavian airline
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 04 July 2025

• Aerospace engineers in Zhōngguó are making great innovations in aerospace technology
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 03 July 2025

• Simulations suggest that the crash of an Air India Boeing 787 airplane was due to dual engine failure
  - Bloomberg, 02 July 2025

• Bain Capital's successful restructuring of Virgin Australia, the second-largest airline in Australia
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 July 2025

• Airlines in Zhōngguó are considering order a very large number of airplanes from Airbus - over 100 to 200 new airplanes. Meanwhile, Boeing has not received a very large order from Zhōngguó sicne 2017. And Zhōngguó continues to develop its own airplane, the C919.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 01 July 2025

• Shares of Joby Aviation rise 14% after delivering their first flying taxi to the United Arab Emirates
  - Comcast's CNBC, 30 June 2025

• How political and military conflicts are reshaping air travel. Whether caused by a long war or brief skirmish, the closing of skies to air travel is having big effects on cost, convenience and safety.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 30 June 2025

• To rival Boeing and Airbus, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of Zhōngguó needs more top engineers to improve the quality of its C929 passenger airplane. Zhōngguó must secure international certification to win trust, build an aerospace ecosystem and balance localization with global integration.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post (locked), 29 June 2025

• Delta Airlines, based in Atlanta, said in a statement on Saturday morning that 90 flights were diverted to other airports in the Southeast on Friday evening as the storm swept through just before 8 p.m., dropping quarter-inch hail and microburst winds
  - Yahoo News, 28 June 2025

• Severe storms force the evacuation of the airport control tower at the Atlanta International Airport, causing significant flight delays and cancellations during a busy travel weekend
  - Yahoo News, 28 June 2025

• Boeing is making a positive turn, says an analyst at Rothschild, who is upgrading stock to buy
  - Murdoch's MarketWatch, 27 June 2025

• Durable-goods orders post biggest gain in 11 years, but it does not mean the economy is speeding up. Flurry of Boeing contracts mask weakness in business investment.
  - Murdoch's MarketWatch, 26 June 2025

• Wall Street is getting worried about United Airlines. Yes, it is mostly due to worries about the chaos at Newark airport.
  - Murdoch's MarketWatch, 26 June 2025

• A flurry of orders for Boeing's airplanes causes the biggest jump in USA Durable Goods Orders in 11 years
  - Zero Hedge, 26 June 2025

• Your next online purchase could be delivered by Delta. Delta Air Lines now offers door-to-door delivery service for brands such as Figs scrubs and Arezzo Shoes.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 June 2025

• A United Airlines flight using a Boeing 777 declares emergency 8 hours into flight, and sends out international distress code. The Boeing 777 was en route from San Francisco to Rome when it issued an emergency squawk code and took a sharp turn north, landing in Iceland because of a "mechanical issue".
  - People, 23 June 2025

• Zhōngguó Airlines, based in Taiwan, postpones the retirement of older planes due to delays in deliveries of Boeing's 787 airplane
  - Thomson's Reuters, 23 June 2025

• Airlines in the USA face heightened risks as global carriers bypass the Middle East after the USA attacks Iran
  - Comcast's CNBC, 22 June 2025

• As dense cities encircle the busiest airports in Bharat, dangers multiply
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 20 June 2025

• The National Transportation Safety Board issues an urgent warning over risk of Boeing 737 MAX engines leaking smoke into cabins and cockpits
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 19 June 2025

• Boeing keeps a low profile at the Paris Air Show as Airbus announces deals. The show is happening at a delicate time for Boeing, which is coming off its best month for sales in a year and a half and a deadly plane crash in Bharat involving one of its aircraft.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 19 June 2025

• Honda, the automotive, motorcycle, small-engine, and robotics company, advanced Nihon several steps closer to its outer space ambitions on Tuesday with the surprise successful test of its first reusable rocket ship -- and it didn't explode. The rocket ship rose 889 feet and then landed near where it was launched from. The goal is to create a rocket delivery system that allows companies in Nihon an outlet for launching satellites without relying on Rossiya, Zhōngguó, or American billionaire-run companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin.
  - Jalopnik, 19 June 2025

• Another Starship disaster: Elon Musk's woes continue with a huge explosion to another StarShip rocket.
  - Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2025

• A SpaceX Starship "suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded" during a routine test at the Starbase facility, according to local authorities, the fourth such explosion this year.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 19 June 2025

• A SpaceX Starship "suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded" during a routine test at the Starbase facility, according to local authorities, the fourth such explosion this year.
  - The Daily Beast, 19 June 2025

• A "struggling" Boeing receives a $10 million contract add-on (up to $318 million) from the Defense Department to turn retired F-16s into supersonic drones
  - Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2025

• Chase Sapphire leapfrogs Amex Platinum with a new $795 annual fee for its credit cards. The price jump is part of an ongoing shift for credit card companies and airlines toward premium rewards and high-end travelers.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 18 June 2025

• According to customer surveys, none of the 10 best airlines in the world are American. Qatar Airways is number one, followed by Singapore Airlines.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 17 June 2025

• The Galaxy Note 7 smartphone sold by Samsung can overheat and explode - so it is banned from airplanes: "Nobody should have the phone anymore". The FAA and Dept. of Transportation have issued an emergency order to ban all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone devices from air transportation in the USA.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 17 June 2025

• JetBlue to cut more flights, and other costs, with achieving a break-even by 2025 "unlikely" due to weaker travel demand
  - Comcast's CNBC, 17 June 2025

• Boeing has a new problem: its 787 Dreamliner airplane
  - The Week, 16 June 2025

• The Boeing 787 Dreamliner line of airplanes has a long history of safety concerns
  - Marc Benioff's Time, 14 June 2025

• Investigators recover the black boxes of the Boeing 787 airplane that crashed in Bharat, as the number of people killed rises to 265
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 June 2025

• Bharat orders inspections of Boeing 787s in the country, after the Air India crash that killed 270 people
  - Thomson's Reuters, 14 June 2025

• Bharat orders inspections of Boeing 787s in the country, after the Air India crash that killed 270 people
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 June 2025

• Bharat orders inspections of Boeing 787s in the country, after the Air India crash that killed 270 people
  - Comcast's CNBC, 14 June 2025

• Bharat is on a path to self-sufficiency in weapons production, but still lags behind Zhōngguó. Even as Bharat focuses on developing its own weapons production capabilities, experts say it needs to build up its arsenal to prepare for a "two-front war".
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 14 June 2025

• Shares of Archer Aviation drop about 15% on $850 million share sale following Trump air taxi pilot program
  - Comcast's CNBC, 14 June 2025

• Aerospace startup JetZero to start building futuristic planes in North Carolina. JetZero has received investments from United Airlines and Alaska Airlines to build more fuel-efficient, blended-wing planes.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 13 June 2025

• A video shows that electrical services were not working on a previous flight of the Boeing 787 that that crashed with, and killed, 242 passengers
  - Barclay's The Telegraph, 12 June 2025

• A Boeing 787 airplane owned by American Airlines, similar to the Air Bharat airplane that just crashed in Bharat, made four emergency landings in a month. Some of the incidents involving the American Airlines plane were linked to issues with its wing flaps - vital control surfaces now under scrutiny following the Indian crash, after phone footage appeared to show they were not properly deployed.
  - Barclay's The Telegraph, 12 June 2025

• The latest Boeing 787 deadly airplane crash brings fresh scrutiny to Boeing's safety record. The deadly crash happened just weeks after Boeing signed a corrupt deal with the USA government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly Boeing airplane crashes in 2018 and 2019.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 June 2025

• Probably all 242 passengers are killed when an Air Bharat plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, with the toll expected to climb, authorities said. It was the first crash for the Boeing Dreamliner, which began flying commercially in 2011.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 June 2025

• More than 200 people are killed when an Air Bharat plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, with the toll expected to climb, authorities said. It was the first crash for the Boeing Dreamliner, which began flying commercially in 2011.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 June 2025

• At least 30 people were killed when an Air Bharat plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, with the toll expected to climb, authorities said. It was the first crash for the Boeing Dreamliner, which began flying commercially in 2011.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 June 2025

• Shares of Boeing fall 8% after a Boeing Dreamliner airplane crashes in India, with 242 people onboard
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 June 2025

• Zhōngguó approves the mass production of the world's largest amphibious plane, the AG600
  - SCMP, 12 June 2025

• Jetstar Asia's exit signals turbulent times for low-cost airlines. The low-cost arm of Australian airline Qantas says it will shut down next month due to rising operating costs and competition.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 11 June 2025

• British aerospace group Rolls-Royce has received backing from the UK government to build the country's first small modular nuclear reactor
  - Comcast's CNBC, 10 June 2025

• United Airlines shuts down Elon Musk's Starlink's WiFi service on its planes after the antennaes caused problems by interfering with radio communications on some United Airlines regional jets
  - Futurism, 09 June 2025

• Newark passengers stranded as airport suffers more chaos over worrying lack of air traffic controllers
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 05 June 2025

• Supersonic travel in airplanes may soon return to the USA. But there is a big problem - will busines travelers be willing to pay a lot more money for tickets to fly on the fuel-guzzling expensive airplanes?
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 05 June 2025

• Zhōngguó has granted approval for the first 1,000-kilowatt helicopter engine to begin mass production in Zhōngguó, as the government doubles down on its aviation ambitions in defiance of USA efforts to restrict its access to key technologies
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 05 June 2025

• Security experts warn travellers not to use free public WiFi in airports (they are not encrypted - your information can be stolen), and not to use free USB power charging pluges (hackers can install software that invades your phones).
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 04 June 2025

• The city of Los Angeles passes a new law requiring a $30 minimum wage for people working at hotels and airports
  - Zero Hedge, 04 June 2025

• Shares of Airbus rise as it moves closer to selling hundreds of airplanes from Zhōngguó
  - Thomson's Reuters, 03 June 2025

• Shares of Boeing have increased 63% from their lows in April, benefitting from being used by Trump in his tax/tariff trade war with Zhōngguó
  - Investors Business Daily, 02 June 2025

• The CEO of an airline, Flyadeal, severely criticizes Airbus over its "inexcusable" delays in the delivery of airplanes
  - Thomson's Reuters, 02 June 2025

• Airlines and airplane makers oppose a crackdown on credit card fees charged by Visa and Mastercard, that could imperil their free flight offers. They argue that the proposed law could force them to stop offering rewards credit cards that give consumers frequent flyer miles for making transactions.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 02 June 2025

• It is summer vacation time. But tourists are saying "no" to visiting the USA. Overseas travelers are demonstrating their ire at Trump's attacks on their countries by taking their tourism dollars elsewhere, another way Trump is hurting businesses in the USA.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 June 2025

• Trump's flipflopping trade war with Zhōngguó will slow growth of airlines in Zhōngguó, and add to delays of imports of airplanes from Boeing. Millions of USA dollars could be added to cost of a plane imported from USA, with production of home-grown passenger jets to also be affected. Despite recent tariff cuts, remaining duties on imports from the USA could force buyers of Boeing jets in Zhōngguó to pay millions of USA dollars more than before and, along with worldwide delivery delays, contribute to a sharp slowdown in the growth of the aviation capacity of Zhōngguó.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 02 June 2025

• Meet Bharat's answer to get fighters that Pakistan obtained from Zhōngguó - the AMCA stealth fighter. The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft marks a leap towards military self-reliance, but the jet fighter plane faces a long runway before it is combat ready.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 01 June 2025

• Southwest sells soul to hedge funds. Starting in June, it will charge $35 for the first checked bag and $45 for the second. Previously, Southwest had a longstanding policy of allowing all passengers two free checked bags, but it finally caved in to pressure from a Florida-headquartered hedge fund that has been buying up the Southwest's stock and has demanded many changes at the airline to increase revenue and profitability.
  - SF Gate, 31 May 2025

• Trump has targeted for failure, an airplane that Zhōngguó wants to be a "power symbol". Zhōngguó has high hopes for its C919 single-aisle jet after years of delay, but the plane depends on engines, avionics and other gear from Western companies.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 31 May 2025

• A family of raccoons recently broke into an Airbus factory in Canada, adding an unusual headache to Airbus' more familiar troubles with parts shortages and supply chain snags
  - Thomson's Reuters, 30 May 2025

• The exodus of people from the FAA, due to Trump's government slashing, challenges the FAA's ability to keep travellers safe. Employee exits could complicate regulatory and air-traffic-control work, according to an internal presentation.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 30 May 2025

• Trump worsens the trade war: exports of jet engine parts, semiconductor technology to Zhōngguó are halted amid supply chain war
  - Zero Hedge, 29 May 2025

• Trump worsens the trade war: exports of jet engine parts, semiconductor technology to Zhōngguó are halted amid supply chain war
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 29 May 2025

• Will the USA remain a leader in AI technology (just as Boeing does in aviation) due to tight export controls, or will it lose its lead to Zhōngguó as it did with solar energy and other technologies that are less regulated for exports?
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 May 2025

• Boeing to resume airplane deliveries to Zhōngguó next month, and increase Max production, CEO says
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 May 2025

• Airlines in the USA are quietly charging higher fares for solo and business travelers. For example, buy a solo one-way ticket from Chicago to Peoria on United, the cost is $269 for one person. For two or more people, the cost is $181.
  - Traveler.com, 29 May 2025

• United Airlines plans to return to JFK airport - again - in a new partnership with JetBlue
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 May 2025

• United Airlines plans to return to JFK airport - again - in a new partnership with JetBlue
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 29 May 2025

• SpaceX's suffered its Starship system explode on Tuesday in a test flight - with its Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket exploding, the third consecutive setback for Elon Musk's rocket maker.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 28 May 2025

• SpaceX's suffered its Starship system explode on Tuesday in a test flight - with its Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket exploding, the third consecutive setback for Elon Musk's rocket maker.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 28 May 2025

• Joby Aviation shares jump 20% as electric air-taxi maker closes $250 million Toyota investment. The payment is part of a previously announced deal from the carmaker to invest $500 million in Joby to support certification and commercial production.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 28 May 2025

• Bharat approves a framework for building the most advanced stealth fighter jet in Bharat, the defense ministry said on Tuesday, amid a new arms race with Pakistan weeks after a military conflict between the two countries. Bharat will partner with a domestic firm for the stealth fighter program, and companies can bid independently or as a joint venture, the defense ministry said in a statement, adding that the bids would be open for both private and state-owned firms.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 27 May 2025

• Southwest Airlines will start charging many passengers for checked bags on Wednesday. Travelers with Southwest credit cards or who book in the highest classes of service can still check bags without paying a fee.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 26 May 2025

• Why travellers in Zhōngguó are switching from airplanes to trains. More passengers on the busy Beijing-Shanghai route are choosing high-speed rail, which offers flexibility, comfort and stable internet access.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 25 May 2025

• United Airlines has few viable alternatives to one of its largest hubs at the congested Newark Airport. Capacity is strained at the nearby La Guardia and JFK airports.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 23 May 2025

• $1,100,000,000 - The USA Department of Justice said Friday that it struck a deal with aircraft maker Boeing to avoid prosecution of the company over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max. As part of proposed deal, called a non-prosecution agreement, Boeing will pay more than $1.1 billion in fines, commitments to strengthen safety and compliance programs, and payments for the families of hundreds of people killed in the two crashes. Attorneys for the families of the victims stated it honestly and bluntly: the deal is "morally repugnant. It is a slap on the wrist. And it feels like a bribe." What did they expect? White male executives never pay for killing people. A judge still has to approve the deal.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 23 May 2025

• The FAA asks airlines to reduce their flights to the Newark airport. The regulator said the cutbacks were needed to help reduce delays stemming from staffing challenges, technology outages and construction.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 21 May 2025

• Short seller Culper Research has released a scathing report on Archer Aviation, alleging that the startup has "systematically misled, deceived, or outright lied" investors about nearly every significant milestone tied to developing and testing its eVTOL aircraft, Midnight. Despite the lack of results, it managed to pay to be the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. "Archer's misrepresentations have grown increasingly brazen as it attempts to conceal a far more deep-seated, and - in the Company's very own words - potentially catastrophic problem: Midnight's sham transition flight and underlying instability.
  - Zero Hedge, 20 May 2025

• Ryanair posts earnings decline as costs rise, fares fall. The drop in earnings was in line with analysts' expectations, as passengers paid 7% lower average fares while operating costs increased 9%.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 May 2025

• Españna's airport authority will start to limit access to Madrid's airport during some parts of the day as a preventive measure to stop more homeless people from sleeping in its airport terminals
  - Associated Press, 19 May 2025

• The operational breakdowns at airports in the USA are coming at the worst possible time. One problem is that the FAA both regulates itself and provides services, creating what reformers see as a fundamental conflict of interest. Priorities for air traffic control include replacing 25,000 analog radios with VoIP systems, upgrading primary radar configurations, and retiring "dozens of bespoke information-display systems still running on floppy disks and CDs", as well as hiring more air traffic controllers.
  - Quartz, 19 May 2025

• Boeing has reached a tentative nonprosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a fraud case stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people, people familiar with the matter said. The agreement would allow Boeing to avoid being branded a convicted felon and be a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes and had pressed prosecutors to put Boeing on trial for its crimes. A felony conviction also could have threatened Boeing's ability to secure lucrative government contracts with the likes of the U.S. Defense Department and NASA, although it could have sought waivers.
  - HuffPost, 16 May 2025

• Boeing has reached a tentative nonprosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a fraud case stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people, people familiar with the matter said. The agreement would allow Boeing to avoid being branded a convicted felon and be a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes and had pressed prosecutors to put Boeing on trial for its crimes. A felony conviction also could have threatened Boeing's ability to secure lucrative government contracts with the likes of the U.S. Defense Department and NASA, although it could have sought waivers.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 16 May 2025

• Delta Air Lines is eliminating with Basic Economy seating. The airline will fold the base fare into its new Delta Main category - previously called Main Cabin. Premium select, its premium economy service, and Delta One business class will keep their names.
  - USA Today, 16 May 2025

• Bharat revoked the security clearance of Celebi Airport Services Bharat, a unit of Turkey's Celebi, with immediate effect, citing national security concerns. Celebi Airport Services operates ground handling services at nine airports in Bharat including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Bharat acted because of Turkey's support for Pakistan.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 15 May 2025

• Qatar Airways offers to buy 160 to 200 widebody airplanes from Boeing
  - Zero Hedge, 14 May 2025

• Boeing rises to a 52-week high, after Zhōngguó ends its ban on imports of Boeing airplanes
  - Investor Business Daily, 14 May 2025

• Lebanon is loosening the grip of Hezbollah on the operations at main airport in Beirut. The Islamic militant group has used Lebanon's only commercial airport as a smuggling channel and a lever to assert its dominance in the country.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 May 2025

• The director of Civil Aviation in Costa Rica, along with the former minister of Public Works, and other government officials are arrested in connection with allegedly corruption in contracts to repair the Daniel Oduber airport in the north of Costa Rica
  - Q Costa Rica, 13 May 2025

• After Trump capitulates on taxes/tariffs with Zhōngguó, Zhōngguó cancels its ban on deliveries of Boeing airplanes
  - Zero Hedge, 13 May 2025

• Newark Airport had 3 controllers on duty Monday, when the goal is 14. The shortage forced the FAA to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours, the latest problem to plague the airport. As of March 2024, only 59 percent of available controller roles were filled at the Long Island facility, which at the time handled flights at Newark, LaGuardia Airport, Kennedy International Airport and other New York airports.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 13 May 2025

• The Boeing 747 that the government of Qatar is giving to Trump as a donation/bribe could be a security and upgrade disaster. Converting the airplane to be an Air Force One for the president could require vast sums of money, take years to complete and may introduce alarming capability shortcomings and security vulnerabilities into the president's aircraft, aviation experts said.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 13 May 2025

• Another major airport, in Austin, Texas, is hit with massive delays after system outages and equipment failures at Newark and Atlanta. The airport at Austin has little more than half of the air traffic controllers the government says it is supposed to have. Trump should have filed hundreds of air traffic controllers in February .
  - The Daily Mail, 12 May 2025

• Two airlines, United and American, are in a turf war at O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Both carriers claim airport as a hub -- and fight via snarky billboards, social-media sniping and a lawsuit.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 May 2025

• Delta Airliens and Korean Air agree to buy stakes in Canada's WestJet for $550 million. The investment comes at a shaky moment for travel between Canada and the USA, with people in Canada taking fewer trips to the USA.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 May 2025

• Vertical Aerospace, based in the UK, said that it is developing a long-range hybrid-electric variant of its air-taxi VX4, aiming to expand into commercial markets including defense and logistics
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 May 2025

• The FAA has issued a groundstop today for Newark Airport because of runway construction, staffing shortages, and equipment troubles
  - Zero Hedge, 09 May 2025

• British Airways owner IAG on Friday unveiled plans to buy an additional 53 long-haul aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, in addition to the 18 it bought in March
  - Zero Hedge, 09 May 2025

• British Airways owner IAG on Friday unveiled plans to buy 71 long-haul aircraft from Airbus and Boeing
  - Comcast's CNBC, 09 May 2025

• The United Kingdom will purchase $10 billion of Boeing airplanes, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said at the White House on Thursday during the announcement of a bilateral trade deal between the UK and the USA, though the details were unclear.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 08 May 2025

• A goodwill gesture before trade talks? Zhōngguó Airlines places order for 14 Boeing 777 jet airplanes.
  - Zero Hedge, 08 May 2025

• A 'darker' economic outlook at many companies is causing less travel by businesspeople, as companies more closely scrutinize travel expenses and seek more meetings via videoconferencing
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 08 May 2025

• Dangerous clear-air turbulence is worsening due to global heating caused by the burning of fossil fuels
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 07 May 2025

• The chaos of operations at Newark Airport adds to an alarming trend of air traffic chaos under Trump, in part due to Elon Musk forcing the firing of the head of the FAA.
  - Comcast's MSNBC, 06 May 2025

• The race to fix the air traffic control system of the USA. Recent technology failures and near misses exposed problems with an antiquated system. The Trump administration has pledged an overhaul.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 06 May 2025

• It is the end of cheap flying as Americans tire of budget airlines, in part due to declining consumer confidence thanks to Trump's economic policies.a
  - Bloomberg, 05 May 2025

• Trump's tax/tariff trade war is already hurting oil demand. Taxes/tariffs are already slashing container traffic between Zhōngguó and the USA, hitting shipping and aviation demand, with trucking and diesel next in line - all reducing demand for oil.
  - Zero Hedge, 03 May 2025

• Long a New York punchline, Newark Airport is getting even worse. A technology outage, construction and staffing shortages led to a week from hell for travelers at the airport hub in New Jersey.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 03 May 2025

• An air traffic controller warns that the Newark Airport is unsafe for travel: "Avoid Newark at all costs", due to staff shortages.
  - The Daily Beast, 03 May 2025

• United Airlines cancels newark flights over FAA staffing. Airport beset by equipment outages at air-traffic facilities and short-staffing of controllers.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 03 May 2025

• Airbnb says that international travelers are increasingly skipping visits to the US, an indication that Trump's tax/tariff trade war may be impacting consumer preferences
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 02 May 2025

• The USA Army will will seek "right to repair" clauses in all of its procurement contracts. For decades, defense contractors (such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman), have defrauded the government and taxpayers by overcharging for basic goods or intentionally building weapons with proprietary parts and then charging the Pentagon exorbitant fees for access to replacements.
  - 404 Media, 01 May 2025

• In a letter - a senior politician in the USA has warned Ryanair, based in Europe, against purchasing airplanes from Zhōngguó, which the CEO indicated is of interest if Ryanair could buy the airplanes at the "right price". Ryanair responded to the letter by saying it would consider cancelling planes it has on order from Boeing if USA taxes/tariffs materially affect the price and look at alternatives, including planemaker COMAC in Zhōngguó.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 30 April 2025

• Geoengineers want Boeing 777s to dump sulfur into the atmosphere to reduce global heating, which risks an acid rain catastrophe
  - Zero Hedge, 30 April 2025

• Zhōngguó calls Boeing a "victim" of Trump's tax/tariff trade war, as Boeing airplanes are forced to return to the USA since they can't be imported into Zhōngguó
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 April 2025

• American Airlines has ended partnership negotiations with JetBlue, and has sued the carrier to recover money owed to it following the unwinding of the Northeast Alliance
  - Thomson's Reuters, 28 April 2025

• Airlines collect $33 billion in baggage fees -- and they are looking to get more money from flyers. The fees to check your luggage can account for as much as 20% of a airline's revenue, according to one analysis.
  - Murdoch's MarketWatch, 28 April 2025

• Airbus will buy the USA and UK assets of Spirit Aerosystems as divisions of the airpline supplier are sold off to Boeing and Airbus. Airbus will take control of Spirit's facilities in Europe, plus a facility in North Carolina that makes a crucial part of the A350 fuselage.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 28 April 2025

• Airplane tickers are becoming less expensive as domestic travel demand weakens
  - Comcast's CNBC, 28 April 2025

• DHL will resume global shipments from businesses to American consumers worth more than $800 after a suspension earlier this month. DHL adjusted its customs processing systems to handle the higher volume of packages requiring formally processing (the threshold used to be $2500).
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 28 April 2025

• Airplane tickets are becoming less expensive as domestic travel demand weakens
  - Comcast's CNBC, 26 April 2025

• Airbus could gain from the business woes of Boeing. Airbus has pulled ahead of longtime leader Boeing in airplane production. The military buildup in Europe could well provide a further lift to Airbus. Shifting airplane buying patterns by Zhōngguó could help Airbus as well (though be future competition).
  - Barron's, 25 April 2025

• American Airlines withdraws its business forecasts for 2025, due to an unclear outlook on the economy of the USA, and weaker-than-expected leisure travel bookings in 2025
  - Comcast's CNBC, 24 April 2025

• American Airlines withdraws its business forecasts for 2025, due to an unclear outlook on the economy of the USA, and weaker-than-expected leisure travel bookings in 2025
  - Zero Hedge, 24 April 2025

• Southwest Airlines to reduce the number of its flights in the second half of 2025, citing "macroeconomic uncertainty" due to Trump's economic policies
  - Comcast's CNBC, 23 April 2025

• Alaska Airlines warns of slower demand as second-quarter profit outlook falls short
  - Comcast's CNBC, 23 April 2025

• Boeing to seek FAA approval this year to increase 737 Max production as losses narrow
  - Comcast's CNBC, 23 April 2025

• Shares of Boeing rise 5% on a good earnings report. There is still a lot of uncertainty ahead.
  - Barron's, 23 April 2025

• Boeing for a long time has had multiple problems of safety, labor-management issues, a big loss of orders during Covid, and other problems. Trump's taxes/tariffs will cause even more problems at Boeing, if not the USA. Tariffs on aircraft and airplane components could hurt production at all manner of aerospace factories as well as their suppliers. That could help push the economy over the edge.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 23 April 2025

• Brazil's Embraer ends Q1 2025 with a backlog of $26.4 billion
  - Thomson's Reuters, 22 April 2025

• Boeing to sell some of its navigation business in $10.55 billion deal. The agreement includes the sale of Jeppesen, ForeFlight, AerData and OzRunways assets to software investment firm Thoma Bravo.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 April 2025

• Trump's plans next month to cancel tax/tariff-free access for low-value parcel shipments from Zhōngguó and Hong Kong, coupled with a new 145% tariff rate on imports from Zhōngguó, could lead to a loss of more than $22 billion in revenue for the air cargo sector over three years and put thousands of online sellers with direct-to-consumer fulfillment models out of business, according to an e-commerce and logistics consulting firm.
  - Freightwaves, 21 April 2025

• Airbus is halting its project to build airplanes that use hydrogen as a fuel
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 21 April 2025

• United Airlines leans on wealthier travelers through choppy demand. The airline said it is leaning into its business catered toward wealthier consumers, including premium seating and travel to international destinations, as those spenders appear relatively unfazed by economic storm clouds.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 21 April 2025

• The C909 airplane built in Zhōngguó expands reach as VietJet Air becomes third operator in region to use the aircraft, which will be operated on lease from Chengdu Airlines
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 20 April 2025

• How the ban on importing airplanes from Boeing into Zhōngguó threatens to hurt the biggest airplane maker in Zhōngguó. Upstart manufacturer Comac is dependent on technology from the USA and has relatively few planes in the air.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 19 April 2025

• Will Trump give the leadership of outer space to Zhōngguó by stopping NASA's plans to travel to Mars?
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 19 April 2025

• Zhao Chunling, the woman leading Zhōngguó's challenge to Boeing and Airbus. She is the lead designer of widebody airplanes in Zhōngguó, especially the C929 airplane, at the Commerical Aircraft Corporation of Zhōngguó.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 19 April 2025

• Tourism is the next casualty in Trump's tax/tariff trade war. Trump's hostile policies toward the rest of the world pose a massive risk to the hospitality industry, which employs millions of Americans.
  - USA Today, 18 April 2025

• People in the USA who live in communities that have long played host to an influx of winter travellers from Canada during the winter months are laying bare the devastating economic impact of the boycott of the USA is having on their local economies, a boycott created Trump's hostile attitudes towards Canada. People from Canada are now seeking out sunshine in places like México -- a move that has dealt a serious economic blow to the American towns and communities they once traveled to.
  - Realtor.com, 17 April 2025

• United Airlines offered two sets of profit guidance depending on whether the USA enters a recession or not, as it reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street expectations
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 16 April 2025

• The government of Zhōngguó order airlines to suspend imports of airplanes from Boeing, as a partial retaliation against Trump's tax/tariff trade war that imposed taxes/tariffs of 145% on imports from Zhōngguó. Beijing has also asked that airline companies in Zhōngguó halt purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from companies in the USA.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 15 April 2025

• Boeing is hit from all sides in Trump's tax/tariff trade war. Zhōngguó tells domestic airlines not to place new orders for Boeing jets, adding new pressure to the struggling Boeing.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 15 April 2025

• The government of Zhōngguó order airlines to suspend imports of airplanes from Boeing, as a partial retaliation against Trump's tax/tariff trade war that imposed taxes/tariffs of 145% on imports from Zhōngguó. Beijing has also asked that airline companies in Zhōngguó halt purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from companies in the USA.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 15 April 2025

• Zhōngguó has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 15 April 2025

• Zhōngguó has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 15 April 2025

• The USA is unable to replace the supply of rare earth metals it imports from Zhōngguó, a threat to national security if Zhōngguó ends exports of its rare earth metals to the USA as a partial retaliation against Trump's tax/tariff trade war
  - Comcast's CNBC, 15 April 2025

• The USA is unable to replace the supply of rare earth metals it imports from Zhōngguó, a threat to national security if Zhōngguó ends exports of its rare earth metals to the USA as a partial retaliation against Trump's tax/tariff trade war
  - Zero Hedge, 15 April 2025

• American Airlines to offer free WiFi on most of its airplanes in 2026
  - Comcast's CNBC, 15 April 2025

• Boeing will have to spend $3.4 million to fix latches on bathroom doors on its airplanes
  - Business Insider, 14 April 2025

• The government of Zhōngguó halts exports of critical rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world's automobile, semiconductor and aerospace industries
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 14 April 2025

• Airlines are hoping that leisure travelers willing to treat themselves to pricier, roomier seats, but warn that domestic demand could be weaker in the near-term. With problems brewing, consumers might be able to find better deals if airlines offer discounts, even to popular international destinations.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 14 April 2025

• Boeing helped power the economy of Rossiya. Could it return? Moscow is hinting that the company would be welcomed back as part of a thaw under Trump. Industry skepticism runs deep.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 13 April 2025

• "As an environmental scientist, I am horrified." - should supersonic passenger travel be making a comeback 25 years after the Concorde ended its flights? The private jet sector is routinely under fire for its poor environmental record, burning far more fuel per passenger mile.
  - The Guardian, 12 April 2025

• An airline in Zhōngguó delays delivery of a jet airplane from Boeing, in a possible non-tax/tariff countermeasure to Trump's tax/tariff trade war with Zhōngguó
  - Zero Hedge, 11 April 2025

• Barings makes $200 million bet on air passenger demand. The investment manager, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is buying 12 older aircraft as demand for new vessels far outstrips supply.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 April 2025

• The CEO of Delta says that Trump's taxes/tariffs are hurting its sales of tickets, as Delta withdraws its 2025 forecast. CEO Ed Bastian called Trump's taxes/tariffs "the wrong approach".
  - Comcast's CNBC, 09 April 2025

• The CEO of Delta says that Trump's taxes/tariffs are hurting its sales of tickets, as Delta withdraws its 2025 forecast. CEO Ed Bastian called Trump's taxes/tariffs "the wrong approach".
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 09 April 2025

• Tourists from the USA are facing a scary backlash when travelling, as Trump is making the USA a global frenemy, while fewer foreigners are travelling to the USA.
  - Business Insider, 08 April 2025

• Boeing deliveries almost double (up 63%) in February from a year earlier, rising from 27 aircraft to 44 aircraft.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 08 April 2025

• Southwest is acting more like its legacy-airline competitors
  - Barron's, 05 April 2025

• Shares of airline companies decline as waning demand, and Trump's tax/tariff concerns, threaten summer travel. Some carriers have started cutting prices and available seating to mitigate falling demand. But many are holding off on making major cuts in hopes that uncertainty will subside ahead of the peak summer season.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 April 2025

• $13,000,000,000 - Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starship rocket was doomed from the beginning. Had Musk used the standard aerospace process of iterative design, it would have exposed hat making a fully reusable rocket with even a barely usable payload to space is impossible. Musk knows this: Falcon 9 was initially meant to be fully reusable until he discovered that the useful payload would be zero. That was his iterative design telling him Starship was impossible over a decade ago, as just making the rocket larger will not solve this! But Musk continued trying to build his rocket. Why? Well, through some transparent corruption and cronyism, he could secure multi-billion-dollar contracts from NASA to build this mythical rocket. But, by going for full-scale testing, he could not only hide the inherent flaws of Starship long enough for the cash to be handed over to him but also put NASA in a position of the sunk cost fallacy. NASA has given SpaceX so much money, and their plans rely so heavily on Starship that they can't walk away; they might as well keep shoving money at the beast. This is why Starship, in my opinion, is just one massive con, a fraudulent socialist subsidy wasting taxpayers dollars to make Mush richer. As of February 2025, Musk/SpaceX has received $13 billion from NASA.
  - Will Lockett, 11 March 2025

• Lao Airlines, the flagship airline of Laos, will be leasing the 90-seat C909 passenger airplane from Zhōngguó's Commercial Aircraft Corporation (Comac). This deal furthers Comac's goals to supply passenger jets to airlines in Asia.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 31 March 2025

• Flight chaos and lost profits: the real cost for airlines of the Heathrow shutdown. The impact on airlines that use Heathrow as a main hub will turn out to be severe. For these airlines, which operate on very slim margins, the associated costs can be so high that they may wipe out several month's worth of profits.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 30 March 2025

• The Comac C949: Zhōngguó unveils a quiet supersonic jet airplane with an ultra-long range. As global supersonic air travel looks set to begin its second act, Zhōngguó could be quietly leading the race for supersonic air travel.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 29 March 2025

• Because of Trump's trade war and political threats, people in Canada are cancelling their trips to the USA, which will widen the $50 billion travel deficit that the USA has with foreign countries. The cross-border travel trends and Trump's policies are worrying some in the travel industry in the USA, which draws in more than $1 trillion in direct spending a year. Airlines in Canada and the USA are reducing some routes and flights to the USA.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 March 2025

• A new design is revealed for a hydrogen-powered plane designed by Airbus
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 29 March 2025

• Why Southwest Airlines finally soured on jet fuel hedging. The company, an outlier in the airline industry for its commitment to hedging, says the program got too costly.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 28 March 2025

• A NASA audit of Boeing found "quality control issues" with Boeing's work attributed to "the lack of a sufficient number of trained and experienced aerospace workers at Boeing". The inspector general recommended that NASA work with Boeing to create a training program for Boeing's employees and give Boeing "financial penalties" for not meeting quality control standards.
  - Zero Hedge, 27 March 2025

• Atlantic Container Line, an ocean carrier which handles large industrial items including the wings for Airbus planes, says it will be forced to abandon the USA market if Trump follows through on threats to impose fines on shipping vessels built in Zhōngguó. Its exit from USA markets would throw the global supply chain out of balance, potentially fueling freight rates not seen since Covid. USTR held its second day of this week's hearings on the fines that would be levied under Section 301 of U.S. trade law on Wednesday, with over 300 trade groups and other interested parties warning the government across comments letters and in testimony that the U.S. is no position to win an economic war that places ocean carriers using vessels made in Zhōngguó in the middle. Soon, vessels made in Zhōngguó will represents 98% of the trade ships on the world's oceans.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 27 March 2025

• Boeing gets a lifeline in its deal to build the most expensive fighter jet, the most expensive flying sword, ever. The contract guarantees a profit for the mismanaged Boeing through the development phase, unlike its past defense deals.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 March 2025

• Shares of Intuitive Machines (LUNR) surged 20% on Monday after the space company posted a 79% jump in its fourth-quarter revenue on the back of higher contracts
  - Thomson's Reuters, 24 March 2025

• David Neeleman, the man who cannot stop launching new budget airlines. He has founded five airlines, including JetBlue, by repeatedly reinventing and disrupting the business.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 March 2025

• Once again, airline stocks are losing a lot of money for investors. Since the start of 1990, the S&P 500 Airlines Industry index has returned 1.4% a year, including reinvested dividends, lagging behind the SP500's 10.4% return.
  - Barron's, 22 March 2025

• Trump awards Boeing a much-needed contract to build F-47 fighter jets. The engineering and manufacturing development contract is worth more than $20 billion. Boeing's contract means it will make the jet fighter and receive orders worth hundreds of billions of dollars over the contract multi-decade lifetime.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 21 March 2025

• Scandal-ridden Trump awards scandal-ridden Boeing a much-needed contract to build F-47 fighter jets. The engineering and manufacturing development contract is worth more than $20 billion. Boeing's contract means it will make the jet fighter and receive orders worth hundreds of billions of dollars over the contract multi-decade lifetime.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 21 March 2025

• Travelers stranded after power outage closes Heathrow Airport in London
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 21 March 2025

• A huge fire shuts down the Heathrow Airport in London, with up to 100,000 people impacted, and with airplanes being turned away from landing at Heathrow
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 21 March 2025

• Travelers stranded after power outage closes Heathrow Airport in London
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 21 March 2025

• Heathrow Airport in London closes after major fire nearby, sparking global travel chaos. More than 1,300 flights were affected at Heathrow, and 4000 tons of cargo a day. This will affect thousands of more flights around the world that rely on Heathrow as a hub.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 21 March 2025

• "Hundreds of millions" of dollars in losses expected as disruption extends before the cancelled flights at Heathrow Airport
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 21 March 2025

• Hanwha Aerospace plunged 14% after disclosing a plan to raise 3.6 trillion won ($2.5 billion) in what would be South Korea's biggest share sale in more than three years.
  - Bloomberg, 20 March 2025

• Trump's taxes/tariffs could significantly hurt the finances and businesses of Boeing and others in the aerospace industry. Aerospace companies are big exporters but also very reliant on a global supply chain, making them vulnerable. The aerospace industry is expected to export about $125 billion this year, second only to oil and natural gas. In a letter to administration officials last week, groups representing airlines, plane repair stations, suppliers and manufacturers asked for an exception to the tariffs, arguing that it was needed to keep the industry competitive on the global market. Trump's taxes/tariffs could raise costs for the aerospace industry by about $5 billion annually.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 20 March 2025

• Asia's ability to supply sustainable aviation fuel will outpace regional demand this year and next as more production comes online, increasing exports and potentially lowering prices for the fuel, oil executives and analysts said. Unlike in Europe, where flights departing EU and UK airports must now use 2% SAF in their tanks, Asia's mandated demand remains low with compulsory use of the renewable fuel in some nations to start only later this decade.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 16 March 2025

• Elon Musk, apparently with the support of Trump, reportedly orders the Transportation Security Administration to stop feeding the bomb-sniffing dogs that protects people on airplanes
  - Futurism, 14 March 2025

• A Boeing 737-800 owned by American Airlines catches fire while at the gate at the Denver airport. All passengers were evacuated.
  - 9 News Colorado, 13 March 2025

• Dear beloved travelers, we gather today to mourn Southwest. For customers, and our columnist, it feels like the airline that championed free bags has lost its soul.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 13 March 2025

• Boeing, is among the top NASA contractors plagued by billions in cost overruns and delays
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 12 March 2025

• Airlines reduce their forecasts, raising an early alarm about consumer spending. The revised revenue projections suggest that flagging economic confidence has started to hurt travel, which can be an indicator for other industries.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 March 2025

• The price of a Boeing 787 plane could increase by $40 million in a worst case scenario due to Trump's taxes/tariffs, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 March 2025

• Luggage will no longer fly free on Southwest Airlines. Southwest will start charging passengers for checked luggage and sell basic economy tickets, as the maverick airline becomes more like its rivals.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 11 March 2025

• Shares of Delta plunged as much as 13% in after-hours trading, after it lowered its sales and earnings expectations for the first quarter, citing a "recent decline in consumer and corporate confidence due to increased macro uncertainty, leading to softness in domestic demand"
  - Zero Hedge, 10 March 2025

• The USA is struggling to hire air traffic controllers. A surprising age limit and grueling schedules could fuel the problem. The shortage of art traffic controllers is nearly the worst in 30 years. The US needs more than 3,000 new air traffic controllers to reach adequate staffing. Less than 10% of all applicants meet the FAA's rigorous hiring requirements.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 08 March 2025

• Boeing seeks a "Plan B" after a fire destroys an important supplier's factory. Loss of the Pennsylvania factory, which made fasteners for jets, threatens Boeing's plan to get production back on track.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 March 2025

• FAA briefly halts flights to several Florida airports after SpaceX rocket testing failure. The incident marks the second time this year that SpaceX experienced a mishap during a flight test of Starship resulting in debris raining down and commercial flights disrupted.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 07 March 2025

• FAA briefly halts flights to several Florida airports after SpaceX rocket testing failure. The incident marks the second time this year that SpaceX experienced a mishap during a flight test of Starship resulting in debris raining down and commercial flights disrupted.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 March 2025

• Are you splurging on food and drink before the departure of your flight? Your airport really hopes so. Airports are repositioning to cater to rising demand for dining, but they face lower fee income and big investment bills.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 March 2025

• The USA Navy will eliminate defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp from the competition to build its next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter. The Navy will move ahead with designs from Boeing and Northrop Grumman.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 04 March 2025

• ANA (All Nippon Airways) will order $14 billion of airplanes from Boeing, Airbus and Embraer
  - MSJ, 26 February 2025

• Elon Musk's Starlink network is reportedly set to upgrade the national airspace system of the USA. "The Verizon system is not working, and so is putting air travellers at serious risk."
  - Zero Hedge, 25 February 2025

• Trump's endorsement has pushed up air-taxi stocks, but development of all types of zero-emission aircraft is falling by the wayside
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 February 2025

• Frequent flyers have spent years staying loyal to airlines. Now airlines are giving them the 'middle finger', as airlines increasingly change their programs to make it harder to accrue status. "Airlines have raised [flight] redemption costs and made rewards less valuable. Higher spending requirements make status harder to achieve. Dynamic pricing means award flights cost more points than before."
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 22 February 2025

• Airbus could prioritize deliveries to non-USA customers if Trump taxes/tariffs impede trade, CEO says. "We have a large demand from the rest of the world, so [if] we face very significant difficulties to deliver to the USA, we can also adapt by bringing forward deliveries to other customers which are very eager to get planes." - the result of another Trump economic policy.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 20 February 2025

• Airbus sets higher plane delivery goal despite lingering supply-chain hurdles
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 February 2025

• Airbus argues that Trump's taxes/tariffs would be a "lose-lose" for the global airline industry
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 20 February 2025

• Former FAA employee Charles Spitzer-Stadtlander says he was working on an FAA defense program when he was fired on Friday. Spizer-Stadtlander says Americans should be scared in the wake of several hundred FAA firings.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 February 2025

• Trump views Boeing as a "lost cause", empowers Elon Musk with "drastic options" to ensure faster delivery of Air Force 1
  - Zero Hedge, 19 February 2025

• This new Airbus jet, the XLR, is bad news for Boeing. While Boeing is bogged down, its archrival is pulling ahead with a new model that is a symbol of their diverging fortunes.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 19 February 2025

• Southwest Airlines is preparing to fire 15% of its corporate employees, eliminating about the jobs of 1,750 people in an effort to cut costs and streamline the operations of the airline
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 18 February 2025

• Airbus is delaying the arrival of a freighter version of its A350 jet by up to a year and faces hurdles in increasing output of its wider A350 aircraft family in coming months as it wrestles with supply problems
  - Thomson's Reuters, 17 February 2025

• Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic conrol staff just weeks after fatal plane crash in Washington. The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance. The employees were fired "without cause nor based on performance or conduct".
  - Associated Press, 17 February 2025

• Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic conrol staff just weeks after fatal plane crash in Washington. The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance. The employees were fired "without cause nor based on performance or conduct". Staff cuts hit employees who support aviation safety and security operations as the agency is grappling with recent airplane crashes.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 17 February 2025

• The ePlane Company, a new company in Bharat making electric aircraft, has agreed to supply 788 air ambulances in a deal valued at more than $1 billion, at a time when Bharat is grappling with worsening traffic congestion in busy cities. Under the non-binding agreement, it will supply the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to ICATT, an air ambulance service provider, which plans to deploy them across all districts in Bharat.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 16 February 2025

• For decades, budget carriers successfully offered travelers no-frills, cheap flights. But that scrappy business model is now eroding as costs soar and passengers opt for more comfortable seats and spacious upgrades.
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 6 February 2025

• Boeing's push to boost 737 production starts with closing its 'shadow factory'. Boeing has vowed to finally shut production lines that fixed airplanes instead of building new ones.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 15 February 2025

• Boeing signalled that it needs more orders from Bharat before it considers setting up a final civil aircraft assembly line there, potentially frustrating the government's hopes of the Boeing assembling commercial jets in the country.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 10 February 2025

• Bombardier expects to dodge the brunt of any effects from possible taxes/tariffs imposed by Trump on Canada, yet the threat of a trade war provides enough uncertainty that the company pulled its guidance for the year
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 February 2025

• Boeing, the primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running program. On Friday, with less than an hour's notice, David Dutcher, Boeing's vice president and program manager for the SLS rocket, scheduled an all-hands meeting for the approximately 800 employees working on the program. Critics of the large and expensive rocket -- a single launch costs in excess of $2 billion, exclusive of any payloads or the cost of ground systems -- say NASA should cut its losses.
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 07 February 2025

• Shares of Embraer jump 105, the highest in 20 years, after it signed ts largest-ever deal with Flexjet, the second-largest operator of commercial private jets, to supply 182 aircraft with an option for 30 additional units
  - Zero Hedge, 05 February 2025

• An American Airlines jet crashed in Washington, D.C., but the company's stock did not crash. Airlines do not typically face long-term financial impacts from plane crashes, analysts say.
  - Salon, 04 February 2025

• The USA desperately needs more air traffic controllers. So why is it so tough to hire them? Stressful working conditions are a big problem.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 04 February 2025

• Boeing took more than a half-billion dollars in charges on its CST-100 Starliner program in 2024, bringing its cumulative losses on the commercial crew vehicle to just over $2 billion
  - Space News, 03 February 2025

• Spirit AeroSystems Holdings today announced that, at the special meeting of its shareholders held earlier today, its shareholders voted to approve the proposed acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems by The Boeing Company. The transaction, announced last summer, is expected to close in mid-2025, subject to closing conditions including the receipt of regulatory approvals.
  - PR Newswire, 31 January 2025

• Mere days after Trump gutted the FAA and one of the worst aviation disasters in over 20 years occurred in U.S. airspace, chaos could be looming at another airport on the West Coast. A Northern California airport will lose its air traffic controllers after workers and airport officials could not come to an agreement over pay. News outlets in San Francisco report that the tower at San Carlos Airport, a small airport in the flightpath of San Francisco International Airport, will be understaffed starting February 1. The reason is a dispute over a new contract that was negotiated with the FAA. This new contract did not include a cost of living increase for the workers. Because of that, the workers declined the contract.
  - Jalopnik, 31 January 2025

• Air traffic controllers, of which there are not enough - causing safety concerns -- were emailed by the Trump administration urging them to quit their jobs and take mass "buyouts" just 24 hours after an Army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines jet as it came into land at Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people. Just one air traffic controller was doing the work of two controllers at the time, early reports have suggested. The air traffic controller union are very concerned about the consequences of losing "experienced aviation safety personnel during a universally recognized air traffic controller staffing shortage".
  - The Daily Beast, 31 January 2025

• Don't blame DEI for the crash at the Reagan National Airport. Blame Ronald Reagan. Experts say that the air traffic control problems of the USA are still suffering from the mass firing of 12,000 air traffic controllers back in 1981, ordered by Reagan.
  - The Daily Beast, 31 January 2025

• Congress has repeatedly and selfishly voted to increase the number of daily flights at Reagan National Airport, adding departures that made life more convenient for lawmakers despite warnings that increased air traffic around Washington would raise the risk of delays and accidents. On Tuesday, an American Airlines regional jet with 64 people on board collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near the airport. Authorities have said that none of those on either aircraft are believed to have survived.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 31 January 2025

• Congress has repeatedly and selfishly voted to increase the number of daily flights at Reagan National Airport, adding departures that made life more convenient for lawmakers despite warnings that increased air traffic around Washington would raise the risk of delays and accidents. On Tuesday, an American Airlines regional jet with 64 people on board collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near the airport. Authorities have said that none of those on either aircraft are believed to have survived.
  - Axel Springer's Politico, 1 January 2025

• Congress has repeatedly and selfishly voted to increase the number of daily flights at Reagan National Airport, adding departures that made life more convenient for lawmakers despite warnings that increased air traffic around Washington would raise the risk of delays and accidents. On Tuesday, an American Airlines regional jet with 64 people on board collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near the airport. Authorities have said that none of those on either aircraft are believed to have survived.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 January 2025

• Frontier Airlines offers to buy Spirit Airlines, again. Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year, says it has rejected the new Frontier overture but would be open to a higher offer.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 30 January 2025

• Frontier Airlines says bankruptcy will not fix Spirit Airlines. Frontier's solution: merge. The discount carrier said a merger would be a better path out of bankruptcy for Spirit, which has rebuffed the latest proposal.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 30 January 2025

• Boom, the American company building what promises to be the fastest airplane in the world, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 28 January 2025

• Boeing lost nearly a billion dollars a month in 2024, as it grappled with a safety crisis, quality control issues and a damaging strike. As well as suffering from well-publicised problems at its commercial aircraft unit, Boeing also struggled with issues affecting a number of defense programs.
  - BBC, 28 January 2025

• Durable goods orders in the USA tumbled in December as Boeing bloodbath continues. Non-defense aircraft and parts orders plunged 45.7% month-to-month.
  - Zero Hedge, 28 January 2025

• Shares of JetBlue plummet 20% after the airline's financial outlook disappointed investors. The company is in the middle of a cost-cutting program that includes culling unprofitable flying.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 28 January 2025

• Ryanair, the budget airline, expects to fly fewer passengers than hoped in fiscal 2026, cutting its passenger growth target yet again, due to Boeing plane delivery delays.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 28 January 2025

• Bharat and Zhōngguó agree to resume direct air travel between their countries, after nearly five years
  - Thomson's Reuters, 27 January 2025

• Airlines are charging higher fares and are confident that you will pay more. Pricing power is shifting toward airlines and other companies that provide services consumers crave.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 27 January 2025

• The CEO of United Airlines says that lower-cost airlines such as Southwest are in trouble because of their business models. For example, when airlines fly into one of the three major airports in New York, they pay $8 per passenger in expenses. It is hard then to be profitable when you are charging an average of $67 for a ticket.
  - SF Gate, 24 January 2025

• Boeing warns of a $4 billion loss to close a difficult year. The machinist strike and Pentagon projects have sapped the case flow of Boeing.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 January 2025

• Shares of American Airlines drop as much as 13% pre-market, and open down 8%, after its first-quarter earnings outlook on Thursday fell short of predictions of analysts
  - Comcast's CNBC, 23 January 2025

• Shares of American Airlines drop as much as 13% pre-market, and open down 8%, after its first-quarter earnings outlook on Thursday fell short of predictions of analysts
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 January 2025

• Shares of EasyJet decline about 2% after it flagged weakening revenue trends in its fiscal second quarter, despite an improved first-quarter performance
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 January 2025

• Azul-Gol ariline merger could be a "necessary evil" in the bumpy air travel market in Brazil. The merger will likely win regulatory approval as a government push for a financially healthy sector outweighs concern about restricted competition.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 22 January 2025

• These frequent fliers are done with loyalty programs. Forgoing access to airport lounges and early boarding can be worth it for travelers who are tired of chasing points and want to save money on flights.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 January 2025

• The C919 airline to benefit as Zhōngguó increased funding to research for "large aircraft". Capital grant funding will be doled out to worthy applicants as Zhōngguó rallies the country's engineering brainpower to boost indigenous tech for home-grown planes.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 15 January 2025

• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket launch failed just hours after shrugging off speculation he might be intimidated by Elon Musk having the incoming Trump's ear on all things off-world.
  - The Daily Beast, 13 January 2025

• Why airlines are optimistic about business in 2025
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 13 January 2025

• The aviation sector in Zhōngguó returned to profitabliity in 2024, the industry's first positive return after four years of Covid-related pandemic-induced losses.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 10 January 2025

• Airbus comes slightly below its plane delivery target amid supply-chain bottlenecks. The European plane maker delivered fewer aircraft than expected last year as persisting supply-chain hurdles weighed on production.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 10 January 2025

• Deutsche Lufthansa plans to hire 10,000 employees in 2025. Deutsche Lufthansa said more than half of the hiring is to take place in Deutschland.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 January 2025

• Can Boeing be fixed? Aerospace leaders offer a repair manual - restore trust and forget about the stock price
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 08 January 2025

• Rhyxeon, an electric plane maker in Zhōngguó, zooms in on markets in Africa and Asia. Their four-seat RX4E model is being targeted at countries with poor road infrastructure where it could have a wide range of uses.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 06 January 2025

• Jeju Air's problems mount after crash that killed 179 people. South Korea's leading low-cost carrier, heavy with debt and its stock price near record lows, is now facing intense public and government scrutiny.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 06 January 2025

• $2,000,000 - JetBlue is fined $2 million by the Department of Transportation for "chronically delayed flights"
  - Comcast's CNBC, 03 January 2025

• $10,000,000,000+ - Another troubled plane that Boeing is responsible for, the military's Osprey V-22 tiltrotor helicopter/plane. That the Osprey is so problem-plagued 43 years after Bell and Boeing began joint development of it begs several questions. The first is, with well over $10 billion expended on research, development, and testing, and the first test flight taking place way back in 1989, why does the Osprey continue to be so beset with issues, incidents, groundings, and crashes? And the second is, why taxpayers paid tens of billions to acquire V-22s that are unreliable, unsafe, and have arguably delivered less capability than the helicopters and airplanes they are supposedly replacing?
  - Zero Hedge, 02 January 2025

• I will not feel good about flying until the airlines stop lying about their environmental impact and do something. The industry is responsible for about 4 percent of human-made climate change, an enormous amount, given that only about 10 percent of the global population flies regularly. As an expert on jet engines, I do not see a credible path for the aviation industry to make flying sustainable in the near term. The is why in places such as Europe, more use of trains should be encouraged.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 02 January 2025

• The grim lesson of Intel for Boeing: sometimes 'Mr. Fix-It' is too late. Similar to Pat Gelsinger, Boeing's Kelly Ortberg is a technically minded leader tasked with rescuing a storied American manufacturer damaged by financial analysts.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 January 2025

• Shares of Boeing drop 4% pre-market, after a Boeing 737-800 plane crashed a few days ago in South Korea, due to a bird-strike or a landing-gear malfunction. A second Boeing 737-800 this morning returned to the airport after taking off, due to a landing-gear problem.
  - Zero Hedge, 30 December 2024

• The C919 airplane manufactured in Zhōngguó prepares for a busy 2025 as its manufacturer, Comac, makes expansion plans. With an extensive backlog of orders, Comac, the premier airplane manufacturer in Zhōngguó, is boosting its production capacity to increase production in the new year.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 30 December 2024

• Most complaints against Boeing and the FAA go nowhere, frustrating whistleblowers. More than 90% of safety complaints from 2020 through 2023 ended with no violation found by the FAA, while whistleblowers reported them at great personal and professional risk.
  - Seattle Times, 29 December 2024

• 170 people are killed when a Boeing 737-800 airplane operated by Jeju Air crashes while landing at the Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea. The Boeing 737-800, is a popular airplane with about 4400 being used by airlines, and is a pre-cursor to the Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, two of which crashed five years ago, also killing hundreds of people.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 29 December 2024

• Airplane flights are grounded as potholes plague the runways at the Liberia airport in Costa Rica
  - Tico Times, 28 December 2024

• "It is still in a shambles." - can Boeing come back from a crisis? According to a whistleblower who still works at Boeing, he drive to build planes as quickly as possible in order to maximise revenues remains. The accountants, he insists, are "100%" controling the operation.
  - BBC, 27 December 2024

• Flying was already the worst. Then rude people in America stopped using headphones. Some travelers are confronting people who think it is OK to have phone conversations on speaker, but it does not always end well.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 27 December 2024

• $55,000,000+ - AAR to pay over $55 million to resolve probes over foreign corruption schemes. The aviation services company allegedly participated in schemes to pay bribes to government officials in Nepal and South Africa.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 December 2024

• As the C919 airplane manufactured in Zhōngguó gains more commercial success, local governments scramble to profit from the success. Regions are racing to sign deals with suppliers for the new aircraft, with hundreds of planes set to be built over the next few years.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 22 December 2024

• Zhōngguó Airlines, based in Taiwan, splits a $11.9 billion aircraft deal between Boeing and Airbus
  - Thomson's Reuters, 19 December 2024

• Full productoin of jet airplanes at Boeing resumes in Seattle area after strike turmoil
  - Zero Hedge, 18 December 2024

• Full productoin of jet airplanes at Boeing resumes in Seattle area after strike turmoil
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 18 December 2024

• Can the "wave of replacement jet demand" revive Boeing and its stock price?
  - Zero Hedge, 13 December 2024

• Korean Air acquires controlling stake in rival Asiana, concludes takeover. Korean Air said it had completed the payment of a total of 1.5 trillion won for a 63.88% stake in Asiana.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 13 December 2024

• The turnaround plans for JetBlue: first-class seats and fewer routes. JetBlue is returning to its leisure-travel origins after plans to buy now-bankrupt Spirit were thwarted.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 December 2024

• Elon Musk wants to "stop" federal spending on the incredibly wasteful trillion dollar corruption of the F-35 fighter jet airplane being developed by Lockheed Martin. Could that happen?
  - For Worth Star-Telegram, 10 December 2024

• Boeing is reportedly restarting production of the 737 Max airplane amid a turbulent year for the company
  - Zero Hedge, 10 December 2024

• Delta Air Lines used to give away most of its premium seats. Now, the airline is banking on swanky seats and luxury lounges in the fight for high-end travelers willing to pay for those perks.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 December 2024

• Don't buy shares of Microstrategy. Investors effectively are paying nearly $240,000 for each of the company's 402,100 bitcoins, well above the market price.
  - Barron's, 07 December 2024

• Airbus to move ahead with 2,000 job cuts at struggling defense and space business. The cuts amount to around 5% of the people in the division, fewer than the up to 2,500 positions Airbus had initially sought to eliminate two months ago.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 06 December 2024

• JetBlue reports more post-election travel than expected. JetBlue Airways raised its revenue guidance for the year after bookings in November and December were higher than anticipated immediately following the U.S. presidential election.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 December 2024

• The difficulty of getting into an Uber vehicle at airports has become an obstacle course. The gridlock caused by Uber vehicles (which Uber doesn't care about, or want to pay for to resolve) requires Uber pickups at faraway sites, some requiring shuttles.
  - Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, 04 December 2024

• Another company caves under pressure from racists : Southwest Airlines dropped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements on Monday, according to a constitutional rights legal firm that sued Southwest Airlines.
  - Zero Hedge, 04 December 2024

• Deutschland is run by a "government of idiots", according to the CEO of RyanAir. The Irish airline is cutting flights from Deutschland over high prices and "dysfunctional" solutions.
  - Zero Hedge, 03 December 2024

• The CEO of Boeing is forcing executives to give up private jets and fly commercial to save money
  - Business Insider, 30 November 2024

• Airlines are padding flight times. It is not your imagination. Flying in America has become slower even as official statistics have shown improvement.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 30 November 2024

• Frequent fliers are rethinking loyalty programs and setting themselves free. Some travelers, frustrated with changing airline rewards programs, have stopped chasing status and adopted different strategies when booking flights and using credit cards.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 30 November 2024

• How Southwest Airlines lost its success. For decades, the company made money even as other airlines stumbled and went bankrupt. But the carrier has struggled to adapt to changes in air travel.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 27 November 2024

• Airlines have extorted billions of dollars in so-called "junk fees" by charging customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a Senate subcommittee report published on Tuesday. The report said some airlines have even paid workers cash incentives to identify customers trying to avoid fees for carry-on bags. From 2018 to 2023, five US airlines made more than $12 billion on seat selection fees alone, an "unbundled" cost that used to be included as part of an airline ticket.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 November 2024

• Airlines have extorted billions of dollars in so-called "junk fees" by charging customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a Senate subcommittee report published on Tuesday. The report said some airlines have even paid workers cash incentives to identify customers trying to avoid fees for carry-on bags. From 2018 to 2023, five US airlines made more than $12 billion on seat selection fees alone, an "unbundled" cost that used to be included as part of an airline ticket.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 26 November 2024

• Why are planes so jammed, with 84% of seats filled? Airlines want it that way so they can charge more. Airlines are signaling prices will probably go higher as some of the lower-fare airlines struggled with ongoing losses and sharply reduced their capacity.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 26 November 2024

• Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte's airport, one of the busiest in the USA, went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel, to demand higher wages.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 November 2024

• The Air Force awards Boeing a contract worth $2.4 billion to build 15 more KC-46a Pegasus refueling tankers
  - Defense News, 25 November 2024

• The biggest winners in the airline industry are betting that consumers will pay to fly in style. United and Delta dominate industry profits by promoting premium travel options like carved up cabins and luxe lounges.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 November 2024

• $186,000,000 - Spain has fined five budget airlines a total $186 million for "abusive practices" including charging for hand luggage. The fines were issued because the airlines were found to have provided misleading information and were not transparent with prices. Ryanair was fined 108 million euros, and EasyJet was fined 29 million euros.
  - BBC, 22 November 2024

• FAA plans to review 737 MAX engine issue after bird strike incidents. The FAA said it is addressing an issue with the CFM LEAP-1B engine and is collaborating with Boeing, CFM and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 21 November 2024

• As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling economic signs. Some contractors are struggling financially, and others have bowed out of commercial programs entirely. Inside the space agency, too, there appears to be some pushback against these private space initiatives, with agency officials seeking more control. Some key commercial space leaders have left or been edged out of the agency, leaving questions about who will champion these programs.
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 21 November 2024

• Kenyan President William Ruto said on Thursday he had ordered the cancellation of a procurement process expected to hand control of the country's main airport to India's Adani Group following the indictment of the company's founder in the USA. Ruto said he had also directed the cancellation of a 30-year, $736-million public-private partnership deal the energy ministry had signed with a unit of the Adani Group last month to construct power transmission lines.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 21 November 2024

• The low-altitude vehicle economy is all the buzz in Zhōngguó, so where are the tangible results? National-level plans are in the works and will likely offer guidance to local governments eager to capitalise on the low-altitude sector, from drones to eVTOL aircraft.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 17 November 2024

• Boeing has delivered firing notices to more than 400 people in its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists' union.
  - Associated Press, 16 November 2024

• Airbus launches the A321XLR, the world's longest-range, single-aisle plane for travel over oceans. The plane has a range of 4,700 nautical miles (5,400 miles) and seats for 182 people. Airbus also says it burns 30% less fuel per seat than previous-generation aircraft.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 16 November 2024

• The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of Zhōngguó may need to find more foreign suppliers to accelerate production of its C919 narrowbody passenger planes as it aims to fill hundreds of orders amid upheavals in the global supply chain, as to satisfy the different configuration needs among buyers. Officials hope to eventually source hi-tech plane components domestically to drive industrial self-sufficiency, but for now overseas producers are essential.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 16 November 2024

• Airline stocks could see their best gains in years, thanks to the bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines. The airline industry has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of consolidation over the past couple of decades. Fewer players in the industry will mean the existing airlines have more power to push prices higher and build market share on lucrative routes.
  - Barron's, 16 November 2024

• Food prices at airports, already high, are set to rise as much as 7.5% in the New York area. The three big airports that serve New York City have proposed allowing concession prices to rise and adding a surcharge to cover higher wages and improved worker benefits.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 15 November 2024

• Southwest Airlines is managing overstaffing issues at 20 airports by offering voluntary separation to ground operations, cargo, and provisioning employee. Part of the problem is delay of delivery of airplanes from the troubled Boeing.
  - Zero Hedge, 13 November 2024

• Shares of Spirit Airlines plunge 60% as the company reportedly prepares for a bankruptcy filing
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 13 November 2024

• Shares of Rocket Lab surge 40% after company reports strong revenue growth, and the first deal for its Neutron rocket
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 13 November 2024

• Boeing has agreed to pay Spirit AeroSystems up to $350 million in advance to keep producing products for it as the fuselage supplier works through a liquidity crunch.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 13 November 2024

• The Commercial Aircraft Corporation (Comac) of Zhōngguó had a good day at Zhōngguó's air show, as flag carrier Air China signed a preliminary agreement to buy Comac's yet-unseen widebody jet, the C929, and a slew of orders came in for the narrowbody models already flying commercial routes
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 12 November 2024

• IAG, the owner of British Airways, launches buyback as strong demand lifts earnings. IAG reported third-quarter earnings ahead of expectations and launched its first share buyback since the Covid-19 pandemic.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 November 2024

• An engine on a 19-year-old Boeing 737-800, flown by Quantas Airways, suffered an engine failure after takeoff on Friday and circled for a short period of time before returning safely to Sydney Airport. Passengers heard a loud bang from one of the two engines on the airplane.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 08 November 2024

• Planemaker Embraer, based in Brazil, raised its projected adjusted earnings before interest and taxes margin for 2024 to between 9% and 10%, from the previous 6.5% to 7.5% range. In its updated guidance, the world's third-largest planemaker behind Airbus and Boeing also bumped up its free cash flow guidance for this year to $300 million or higher, from the floor of $220 million that was previously expected.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 08 November 2024

• Shares of TansDigm, a supplier to aerospace companies, were down 4.5% after the company forecast its annual profit and revenue below analysts' expectations and highlighted risks around the pace of commercial jetliner production as the industry battles persistent supply shortages.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 08 November 2024

• Shares of Air France-KLM decline 4% after costs weigh on earnings. Air France-KLM reported a lower net profit for the key summer quarter after costs rose more than expected, sending shares tumbling.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 08 November 2024

• Shares of Clear Secure crashed 18%, after the known for its biometric kiosks in airport security lines saw shares crash on Thursday morning in premarket trading after it reported a slowdown in new users
  - Zero Hedge, 07 November 2024

• Israel signs a $5.2 billion deal to acquire 25 F-15 fighter jets from Boeing in the USA, to use to attack Arab forces in the Middle East
  - Thomson's Reuters, 07 November 2024

• Airplane parts supplier, Spirit Aero, an important supplier to Boeing, raises doubts over ability to continue as going concern
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 05 November 2024

• The strike at Boeing is over. Its business and financial problems are not over. The aerospace manufacturer and its new chief executive face a daunting to-do list, including improving quality and increasing production of its commercial planes.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 November 2024

• A paralyzing strike ends at Boeing after workers ratify a new "life-changing" contract
  - Zero Hedge, 05 November 2024

• Workers at Boeing approves a new contract, ending a costly strike. About 33,000 workers at the aerospace manufacturer had been on strike for nearly two months, having rejected two earlier contract offers.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 November 2024

• Union workers at Boeing vote to end strike. Machinists are set to return to work after ratifying a contract with a 38% pay raise.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 November 2024

• Ryanair to carry fewer passengers next year due to delayed plane deliveries from Boeing. The budget airline reported a fall in net profit that missed forecasts, and said it expected to carry fewer passengers in fiscal 2026 than forecast due to delays in plane deliveries from Boeing.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 November 2024

• Boeing makes another offer to end machinists strike. The company is offering a 38% wage increase over four years in its latest proposal. That is up from its original offer of 25%, which was overwhelmingly rejected by a union local representing machinists.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 01 November 2024

• California signed an agreement with major airlines to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuels, aiming to reach 200 million gallons by 2035 or about 40% of the state's air travel demand
  - The Hill, 31 October 2024

• Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the inspector general of the Pentagon.
  - Associated Press, 31 October 2024

• Airbus wins order for 60 A321 jets from startup airline Riyadh Air in Saudi Arabia
  - Bloomberg, 29 October 2024

• An Airbus A330 flown by Delta Airlines aborts takeoff after smoke billows from engine
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 29 October 2024

• Shares of JetBlue fall 4.5% pre-market, after the airline forecast a bigger-than-expected fall in 2024 revenue amid a moderation in domestic travel demand ahead of the upcoming elections in the USA
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 October 2024

• Email from Boeing to Ethiopian Airlines sheds light on a tragic crash. Newly revealed correspondence indicates that a Boeing senior official counseled that the company could answer a pilot's safety question, but it did not. The pilot was asking for advice: if we see a series of warnings on the new 737 Max, he posed, what do we do? The question was asked a few weeks after a Boeing airplane crashed in Indonesia. Months later after the question, a Boeing airplane flown by Ethiopian Airlines crashed. The most important question asked Boeing what to prioritize in the event of multiple emergencies involving MCAS. Such emergencies could overwhelm pilots with caution lights, loud sounds and seemingly conflicting warnings. When the reply was sent back to the pilot the next day, Boeing did not answer that question, the email indicates, other than "Read the manual".
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 29 October 2024

• Boeing raises desperately needed money by selling 90 million new shares of common stock and $5 billion in depository sahres. Underwriters will be able to buy an additional 13,500,000 shares of common stock.
  - Zero Hedge, 28 October 2024

• Space Transportation (Lingkong Tianxing Technology), which is headquartered in Beijing, has conducted a test flight of a prototype commercial transport plane that can travel at Mach 4 - or twice the speed of a Concorde.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 28 October 2024

• Are the business problems at Boeing beyond fixable? The new CEO must persuade investors to support an equity raise in an industry where the returns could take years to materialize. He needs to fix quality control and manufacturing issues at Boeing, and placate its increasingly frustrated customers, who have had to rejig their schedules and cut flights owing to delays in plane deliveries. And first, he has to resolve a strike by machinists, with 33,000 people on strike and 17,000 people expecting to be fired under a cost-cutting initiative.
  - Jiaravanon's Fortune, 26 October 2024

• The rapid descent of Southwest Airlines: how the company plunged from customer cult-favorite to activist investor target. Since the pandemic, Southwest has lagged competitors in financial performance, and its share price is down 50% compared to 2021.
  - Jiaravanon's Fortune, 26 October 2024

• Why it is getting harder and more expensive to fly to Zhōngguó. European carriers are enduring higher costs because they have to avoid the airspace of Rossiya , while a sluggish economy and geopolitical tensions are hurting business travel to Zhōngguó.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 26 October 2024

• Norwegian Air Shuttle tempered its fleet growth expectations for next year due to a strike at Boeing, in the latest sign of how issues at Boeing are disrupting the expansion plans of airlines.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 October 2024

• The new CEO of Boeing, Kelly Ortberg, is considering the sale of its NASA division Before Ortberg joined, Boeing held discussions with Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, about taking over some of the NASA programs, people familiar with those discussions said.
  - Zero Hedge, 25 October 2024

• The new CEO of Boeing, Kelly Ortberg, is considering the sale of its NASA division Before Ortberg joined, Boeing held discussions with Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, about taking over some of the NASA programs, people familiar with those discussions said.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 25 October 2024

• Workers at Boeing want their defined-benefit pension plan restarted (it was frozen 10 eyars ago). It will not happen - such pension plans are too expensive.
  - Barron's, 24 October 2024

• Why workers at Boeing rejected a new contract: retirement benefits. A large majority of more than 33,000 striking union members voted against a contract that included big raises but not the restoration of a frozen defined-benefits pension plan.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 24 October 2024

• Shares of Boeing fall 4% after striking workers at Boeing voted 64% against new labor deal and will extend their six-week strike
  - Thomson's Reuters, 24 October 2024

• Workers at Boeing resoundingly reject new contract and extend strike. The vote, hours after Boeing reported a $6.1 billion loss, will extend a nearly six-week-long strike at factories where the company makes its best-selling commercial plane.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 24 October 2024

• Until recently, Boeing seemed insulated from any default risk but the continuing machinist union strike comes at a huge cost of about $1 billion in cash a month, and markets are worried.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 October 2024

• Striking workers at Boeing voted 64% against new labor deal and will extend their six-week strike
  - Zero Hedge, 24 October 2024

• Striking workers at Boeing voted 64% against new labor deal and will extend their six-week strike
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 October 2024

• Striking workers at Boeing voted 64% against new labor deal and will extend their six-week strike
  - Comcast's CNBC, 24 October 2024

• $50,000,000 - American Airlines is fined $50 million for not providing wheelchairs to disabled passengers over a five-year period. American said it has made significant investments to improve the handling of wheelchairs. The airline will be credited $25 million, or half of its civil penalty, for those investments and compensation paid to affected passengers, according to a consent order.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 23 October 2024

• Boeing reports a third quarter loss of $6.17 billion, with a big union vote on a pay raise looming. It said operating cash flow was negative $1.34 billion. The company reported revenue of about $17.8 billion, down about 1% from the same period last year.
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 23 October 2024

• A communications satellite, the IS-33e, built by Boeing exploded into pieces while orbiting in space -- resulting in a "total loss" of the satellite used to serve customers across Europe, Africa and parts of the Asia-Pacific region.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 23 October 2024

• Shares of Spirit Airlines soar 33% after the budget carrier revealed it had struck an 11th-hour deal to extend a key deadline to late-December to refinance $1.1 billion in debt
  - Barron's, 21 October 2024

• Boeing explores asset sales in potential shrinking of corporate footprint. Boeing has already considered selling its rocket-launching joint venture, United Launch Alliance, with Lockheed Martin to Sierra Space for $2-$3 billion. Also, Boeing's space division is in crisis following the malfunctioning of the Starliner spacecraft.
  - Zero Hedge, 20 October 2024

• Boeing CEO's is shrinking the jet maker to stop its crisis from spiraling. A strike by its machinists union could end soon, but the company remains in a perilous financial position.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 October 2024

• Management crises at Boeing and Intel are a national emergency. The two companies once set the standard for world class engineering and manufacturing. Their troubles weaken the USA.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 October 2024

• Airlines are resuming the use of their Airbus A380 airplanes, after limiting their use due the Covid pandemic era due to high costs. Here is a list of everywhere the world's largest passenger jet is set to fly this winter.
  - Business Insider, 19 October 2024

• A union representing striking machinists at Boeing said Saturday that members will vote Wednesday on a new contract deal that includes a 35% pay hike over four years that could end a more than month-old strike
  - Thomson's Reuters, 19 October 2024

• The FAA is opening a new three-month review of Boeing's compliance with safety regulations. However, the inspector general of the Transportation Department, FAA's parent agency, said last week that weaknesses in FAA oversight are limiting its ability to find and fix problems at Boeing.
  - Associated Press, 18 October 2024

• Airbus to shed 2,500 jobs in embattled defense and space division. The cuts come as the company battles with delays, increased costs and competition from the likes of SpaceX.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 17 October 2024

• $4,000,000 - Lufthansa fined record $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers because of the clothing they were wearing
  - Comcast's CNBC, 15 October 2024

• Boeing, desperate for liquidity, files shelf registration to sell up to $25 billion in stock
  - Zero Hedge, 15 October 2024

• Boeing to sell at least $10 billion in shares to plug cash drain. The jet maker moves to raise much needed cash and secures a new credit line amid paralyzing machinist strike.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 15 October 2024

• From 2010 to 2019, Boeing spent an estimated $68 billion on executive-enriching and rich-people-enriching share repurchases and dividends, instead of improving quality and manufacturing at the company. Now, in 2024, ironically claiming it has no money, it is firing 17,000 people.
  - Common Dreams, 12 October 2024

• A federal judge questions the Justice Department on the guilty plea it offered to Boeing. After objections from the families of the victims of the two 737 MAX plane crashes, a federal judge will rule whether to accept a plea agreement reached by the Justice Department and Boeing. The proposed agreement would have Boeing plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the federal government by deceiving regulators, which is a felony. But in tough questioning, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor pressed officials from the Justice Department, asking why he should accept a deal that would prevent him from imposing penalties beyond those already negotiated.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 October 2024

• Boeing to fire about 10% of its people, about 17,000 people, as the pummeled planemaker struggles with a cash-crunch amid a drawn-out strike and ongoing quality control (to put it nicely) issues. The company has notified customers that the first deliveries of the 777X are now expected in 2026, citing the ongoing work stoppage and flight test pause.
  - Zero Hedge, 11 October 2024

• Boeing to fire 10% of its people amid a strike, and delay production of the new 777X airplane. The plane maker plans to book $5 billion in charges on troubled programs and warns of a deeper quarterly loss amid machinists strike.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 11 October 2024

• Boeing has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, claiming union bosses have been bargaining in bad faith on behalf of the 33,000 striking union members.
  - Zero Hedge, 11 October 2024

• Months before the crash of a Boeing airplane operated by Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing ignored safety questions by the airline. Ethiopian Airlines appeared to foresee the deadly confusion its pilots would face if flawed software in the Boeing 737 Max failed. Boeing chose not to provide the guidance that the carrier was seeking.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 10 October 2024

• Boeing and its workers dig in for a long fight, despite the cost of a strike. Nearly a month into a union walkout, the aerospace giant withdrew its latest contract offer, and the two sides exchanged blame over the breakdown.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 10 October 2024

• Boeing rejects a contract offer with its union as the SP500 warns about potential negative credit rating due to a prolonged strike
  - Zero Hedge, 09 October 2024

• Mentor or rival? Zhōngguó takes notes from Brazilian airplane giant Embraer as the Comac C919 soars ahead. Embraer's technology and sales prowess are much sought after, analysts said, with Comac aiming to increase the pace it can produce the C919, as well as future models, while also cramming normally decades worth of certification and overseas marketing into about 10 years.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 07 October 2024

• Shares of Spirit Airlines plummeted 40% pre-market on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the ultra-low-cost carrier was in talks with its bondholders about a potential bankruptcy filing.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 04 October 2024

• Spirit Airlines explores bankruptcy filing. The budget carrier has been discussing a possible restructuring agreement to be implemented in chapter 11.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 04 October 2024

• KLM targets savings, explores asset sales to counter high costs. The Dutch airline said it plans to cut costs, push back some investments and consider asset sales as part of a plan to counter rising expenses and lift profitability.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 04 October 2024

• The C919 is Zhōngguó's attempt to compete with the Airbus A320. A CNN reporter flew on one - and it was a nice experience. "Saving a few bumps along the way, it was a decidedly uneventful journey. Most people -- including frequent fliers like me -- likely did not feel much difference flying this C919 compared to previous flights on the ubiquitous A320 or B737. As far as my passenger expectation goes, this C919 flight has earned a solid B in terms of safety and comfort."
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 04 October 2024

• A Boeing 737 jet airplane with nearly 200 people onboard was evacuated in Italy early Thursday after flames were seen shooting from an engine
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 03 October 2024

• Southwest Airlines Director Rakesh Gangwal, who was picked by the company to join its board amid growing pressure from an activist investor, bought more than $100 million in stock and said on Wednesday more top level leadership changes would be "counterproductive". Southwest put Gangwal on the board in July as activist investor Elliott Investment Management increased pressure on the carrier, demanding leadership and strategy changes to improve financial performance.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 02 October 2024

• Dilution fears: Boeing considers selling $10 billion in new shares of stock as strikes strain liquidity
  - Zero Hedge, 01 October 2024

• 33,000 Boeing workers lose health care coverage
  - Freight Waves, 01 October 2024

• The striking union at Boeing asks the CEO to "truly engage" after workers' health coverage is reduced
  - Thomson's Reuters, 01 October 2024

• The workers union at Boeing says that negotiations with management have been suspended, amid a stalemate over pensions and salaries. "The company remains adamant that it will not unfreeze the defined benefit plan. The company also would not engage substantively about other issues that the membership has made clear remain top priorities, like higher pay, quicker wage progression, and more PTO."
  - Zero Hedge, 29 September 2024

• Shares of SouthWest Airlines rise over 10%, after it announced a three-year plan on Thursday to revitalize its operation and customer offerings as it defends against an activist investor calling for new leadership and a strategy overhaul.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 27 September 2024

• Transportation safety officials in the USA urge Boeing and the FAA to address the 737 rudder system. The National Transportation Safety Board issued urgent recommendations for about 350 Boeing 737 jets globally.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 27 September 2024

• Oil-rich millionaires in Dubai are 'fueling' a boom in sales of private jets
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 26 September 2024

• Regional airlines in the USA are not doing well financially. They Need a recession. Despite some green shoots, most regional contractors will probably keep struggling until mainline airlines have an incentive to use smaller planes again.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 25 September 2024

• Moody's downgrades the credit rating of Alaska Air to junk status on plans by Alaska Air to sell more bonds to refinance debt
  - Bloomberg, 24 September 2024

• Unions at Boeing reject the company's "best and final offer" to end the strike
  - Zero Hedge, 24 September 2024

• The General Accountability Office reports that the FAA's air traffic control systems are critically outdated
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 24 September 2024

• Electronic warfare worries airlines, pilots and air-safety officials. Hundreds of daily flights around the world are running into GPS spoofing, a hazard that poses new risks for pilots and passengers.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 September 2024

• Ted Colbert, the head of the space and defense business at Boeing, is leaving the company after years of losses from fixed-price contracts and a high-profile debacle with its space capsule that left two astronauts in space. The division has laboured under fixed-price contracts for several large programs, which represent just 15 per cent of revenues but have racked up nearly $14bn in charges over the past decade.
  - Zero Hedge, 22 September 2024

• $116,000,000 - A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter that crashed and sank in a New York City river, leaving passengers trapped in their safety harnesses.
  - Associated Press, 20 September 2024

• Investigators in Hong Kong state that an engine defect in an Airbus A350 airplane flown by Cathay Pacific could cause "extensive" damage
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 September 2024

• The strike at Boeing by 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists union, which reaches its seventh day today, has already cost the company and workers $572 million
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 September 2024

• Junk fees charged by hotels and airlines are easier to detect -- and you will keep paying. It is becoming more normal for travelers to know upfront all costs associated with overnight stays at hotels, and with airplane tickets.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 18 September 2024

• Alaska Air and Hawaiian Airlines secured clearance from the Transportation Department to proceed with their merger, conditioned on the airlines maintaining service on crucial routes, preserving the value of frequent-flier miles and other customer-service guarantees.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 18 September 2024

• Boeing to furlough tens of thousands of executives in the USA after 30,000 workers go on strike
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 18 September 2024

• Axiom Space is facing significant financial headwinds as the company attempts to deliver on two key commercial programs for NASA -- the development of a private space station in low-Earth orbit and spacesuits that could one day be worn by astronauts on the Moon. The company has been struggling to raise money to keep its doors open and has had difficulties meeting its payroll dating back to at least early 2023. In addition, the Houston-based company has fallen behind on payments to key suppliers, including Thales Alenia Space for its space station and SpaceX for crewed launches.
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 17 September 2024

• The workers' strike at Boeing could cause financial chaos across its network of 10,000+ suppliers around the world, as with Boeing having "significant spending reductions" imminent, which could trigger layoffs and disruptions across its supplier network.
  - Zero Hedge, 16 September 2024

• The strike could cost Boeing more than $1 billion. But that could be the least of its problems. Boeing has a long way back to profitability, no matter how long the strike lasts. Forunately, it can double its employees' salaries and not be affected much. Most of its costs are for parts from suppliers.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 16 September 2024

• Boeing strike: bosses bruised, blindsided and on brink of crisis
  - Thomson's Reuters, 16 September 2024

• Boeing freezes hiring in sweeping cost cuts as it grapples with factory worker strike
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 September 2024

• The strike by machinists at Boeing adds cash crunch to the new CEO's rescue mission. Ratings firms are warning that a prolonged work stoppage could sink Boeing's debt into junk status.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 16 September 2024

• Ending the employee strike at Boeing will not be easy. The vehemence of workers over wages and other issues caught the company and union leaders off guard.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 15 September 2024

• Stranded in the failures of airline IT systems due to CrowdStrike: a failure of airline customer service - "no hotel, no food, no assistance". Airlines pledged assistance, refunds and reimbursements to passengers whose travel had been disrupted by this summer's software outage. Instead, passengers told us, they were on their own, as the airlines grossly undercompensated passengers on cancelled flights.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 14 September 2024

• United Airlines plans to outfit its entire fleet with SpaceX satellite internet service as airlines see satellites providing faster, more consistent connections for in-flight WiFi.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 September 2024

• Moody's threatens bonds issued by Boeing with a downgrade to 'junk' status, as a strike halts 737 production
  - Zero Hedge, 13 September 2024

• Workers at Boeing walk off the job in first strike since 2008. Thousands of workers who build commercial planes in the Seattle and Portland, Ore., areas rejected a tentative contract recommended by union leaders. The last Boeing strike, in 2008, lasted 50 days; the contract that ended the dispute has been extended twice. If the current strike lasts about as long, it will cost Boeing at least $3 billion.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 13 September 2024

• Workers at Boeing walk off the job in first strike since 2008. Thousands of workers who build commercial planes in the Seattle and Portland, Ore., areas rejected a tentative contract recommended by union leaders. The last Boeing strike, in 2008, lasted 50 days; the contract that ended the dispute has been extended twice. If the current strike lasts about as long, it will cost Boeing at least $3 billion.
  - Zero Hedge, 13 September 2024

• American Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with immediate raises topping 20%
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 September 2024

• Engine problems are the latest chapter in the troubled history of the Airbus A220, a jet that has the potential to revolutionize regional and short-haul travel
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 11 September 2024

• A strike by people working at Boeing is looking more likely. The union president expects workers to reject contract offer.
  - Associated Press, 10 September 2024

• Shares of Boeing rise 4% on "historic contract offer" with its union, potentially averting a crippling strike
  - Zero Hedge, 09 September 2024

• Boeing reaches deal with biggest union in effort to avoid strike. The jet maker agreed to increase wages by 25% for its largest union in a four-year pact aimed at preventing a crippling strike.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 September 2024

• Frequent flyer programs have become a crucial part of the airline industry's profitability. And that is due to the billions of dollars banks and credit card issuers pay to buy bulk miles from airlines to reward and entice cardholders to make purchases with their cards. Last year, Delta Air Lines received $6.8 billion in revenue from American Express on its co-branded Delta Amex card. American Airlines reported revenue of $5.2 billion from co-branded cards and other partnerships. United reported a mere $3.2 billion on its other operating line that came primarily on payments to its frequent flyer program. And when considering the adjusted incomes of 2023 for Delta ($4 billion) American ($1.9 billion) and United ($3.3 billion), it is easy to understand why the major carriers rely so heavily on frequent flyer programs. Airlines don't mind - with profit margins less than 10%, the 50% profit margins on miles sold are hugely important.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 08 September 2024

• Troubles with the Starliner spacecraft are the latest setback for the troubled space business of Boeing. The capsule, which returned without astronauts, and other space programs at Boeing have suffered many delays and cost overruns.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 08 September 2024

• 4 big airlines face an inquiry over frequent flier programs. The USA Department of Transportation ordered American, Delta, Southwest and United to share more information about their rewards practices to ensure they are fair to consumers and rivals.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 06 September 2024

• Shares of JetBlue rise 7% after the airline increased its capacity and revenue guidance after a lift in July bookings and a better outlook for fuel prices
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 06 September 2024

• The C919 airplane manufactured in Zhōngguó is performing well (at one airline, about 3700 flights and 500,000 passengers), but profitability remains elusive. China Eastern Airlines, Air China and China Southern Airlines have all taken delivery of the home-grown C919 narrowbody passenger jet. "Some of the C919's metrics show it is becoming closer to Boeing and Airbus jets and it has potential to turn a profit ... but we need more and quicker deployment as the current scale is too small to make an impact."
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 05 September 2024

• Good news for deal-seekers this fall: travel demand has softened. The post-pandemic rush seems finally to be easing, which has airfares lower and hotels offering more inducements to book.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 04 September 2024

• Europe orders airlines to check their A350 airplanes after an engine fire on a Cathay airplane in flight
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 04 September 2024

• Cathay Pacific finds 15 planes need engine repairs. The airline based in Hong Kong has canceled dozens of flights to inspect Airbus A350 planes since it found a problem with a Rolls-Royce engine in one of them.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 04 September 2024

• Two airlines, Ryanair and Wizz Air, reported a jump in passenger numbers in August, bringing both airlines to new records as demand for low-cost summer travel continues.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 04 September 2024

• Boeing is facing a new challenge in the form of a potential strike by 32,000 workers that could begin this month if the company and union are unable to reach an agreement. Boeing's contract with the International Association of Machinists is set to expire on September 12, and the union's members, who build planes at Boeing facilities in the state of Washington, have threatened to go on strike if their demands are not met.
  - Fox News, 03 September 2024

• Cathay Pacific inspects entire Airbus A350 fleet after finding engine problems
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 02 September 2024

• As Boeing's flails because of incompetent management, does the C919 jet airplane manufactured in Zhōngguó have a 'window of opportunity' in the global market?
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 01 September 2024

• Zhōngguó places former chairman of top aircraft maker AVIC under investigation for corruption. Tan Ruisong, 62, AVIC chairman from 2018 to 2023, is accused of "severe violations" of the law and party discipline. AVIC is a conglomerate with over 100 subsidiaries and 450,000 employees worldwide - more than Airbus and Boeing combined.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 31 August 2024

• Budget airlines want to go premium. That is easier said than done. Floundering low-cost carriers are trying to appeal to higher spenders -- but pivoting away from a no-frills brand comes with perils.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 August 2024

• $200,000,000 - Military contractor RTX will pay a $200 million fine to settle allegations it violated export laws by exchanging data and products with prohibited countries including Zhōngguó.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 30 August 2024

• The top airlines in Zhōngguó post financial losses amid slow international travel
  - Thomson's Reuters, 30 August 2024

• Boeing executives fought NASA in heated arguments about stranded astronauts flying home in the leaky Starliner spacecraft: "wildly irresponsible" on the part of Boeing embarassed that a competitor will have to rescue the astronauts
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 30 August 2024

• Boeing's no good, never ending decline might take NASA down with it
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 30 August 2024

• In the quest for electric planes, hybrid may be the answer. Batteries alone cannot get planes far enough for most flights. But airplane manufacturers are hoping a hybrid plane could be the best way to go.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 29 August 2024

• NASA's fixed price contract with Bechtel National, to build a mobile launch tower, is another financial disaster for NASA
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 27 August 2024

• The C919 airplane made in Zhōngguó 'spreads its wings' with a delivery milestone to 3 carriers. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of Zhōngguó (Comac) is poised to make a first delivery of the Chinese alternative to the bestselling narrowbody jets by Airbus and Boeing to Air China and China Southern Airlines on Wednesday, on top of having continued to fill orders from China Eastern Airlines.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 27 August 2024

• Boeing faces hard questions about its troubled Starliner spacecraft and its future in space. Space technology is a relatively small piece of Boeing's business activities, while being a billion dollar money drain.
  - NPR, 27 August 2024

• Airlines based in the USA and Europe where eager to return to Zhōngguó after years of Covid restrictions. But now, several Western airlines are slashing flights they brought back just a year ago, with aviation industry analysts citing lukewarm demand due to the slumping economy of Zhōngguó. The airlines are seeking more profitable opportunities elsewhere. And domestic travellers in Zhōngguó prefer national airlines with crews that speak their language.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 25 August 2024

• A spacecraft owned by SpaceX will rescue astronauts stranded on the Space Station, after their spacecraft, a Starliner owned by the troubled Boeing, has to return to Earth without the astronauts due to malfunctions
  - Zero Hedge, 24 August 2024

• A new whistleblower at Boeing releases documents that reveal confusion and chaos at factory that built two doomed 737 MAX airplanes
  - Zero Hedge, 23 August 2024

• Boeing grounds 777-9 test planes in latest setback. Boeing said it had discovered problems with a key part of the 777-9, a large plane designed for long flights that had already been delayed by years.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 21 August 2024

• American Airlines stuns the industry by halting all flights to Israel until April 2025. This is a longer cancelation than any other airline, including in all of Europe, so far as a result of the Gaza war and related fears of regional escalation and spillover.
  - Zero Hedge, 18 August 2024

• Boeing faces a difficult challenge in catching up to Airbus. As Boeing works to address quality control issues, its new chief starts at a disadvantage in competing with the other big maker of passenger planes.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 17 August 2024

• Airlines in Brazil, already struggling with high interest rates and volatile fuel costs, are being hit with more losses as currency woes and climate challenges test the operational resilience of the sector. Azul SA and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, two of the largest carriers in Brazil, reported setbacks in the second quarter as a weakening Brazilian real and the closing of a key airport following torrential rains in the south of Brazil dragged their earnings, quarterly reports showed this week.
  - Bloomberg, 16 August 2024

• Boeing and Lockheed Martin in talks to sell rocket-launch firm ULA to Sierra Space for between $2 billion and $3 billion
  - Thomson's Reuters, 16 August 2024

• Wizz Air, based in Hungary, launches a $550 "all you can fly" annual subscription pass, which allows passengers to book flights to any of the carrier's international destinations -- including Athens, Greece, Madrid and Paris -- up to three days before departure. It comes as Wizz Air has seen its profits deteriorate and customer satisfaction wane amid wider pressure on the sector following the post-pandemic travel boom. Earlier this month, the Hungarian airline reported a 44% drop in its first-quarter operating profit. Meantime, a customer satisfaction rating of 44% put it at the bottom of a February ranking of short-haul European carriers.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 14 August 2024

• Boeing is in crisis, while Airbus is struggling to power ahead. Airbus, the biggest jet maker in the world, has had a frustrating change in fortunes, having been confident it could capitalize this year on a postpandemic surge in demand.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 August 2024

• The Inspector General of NASA issues a report criticizing the lack of quality control at Boeing. The report recommends financial penalties for Boeing's "noncompliance with quality control standards".
  - Zero Hedge, 12 August 2024

• Shares of JetBlue Airways drop about 20% after it announced plans to raise about $3.15 billion in capital through separate debt offerings, the majority backed by its loyalty program, TrueBlue, as it tries to improve its liquidity
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 August 2024

• Kelly Ortberg, the new CEO of Boeing, is already making an overdue change his first day on the job. He will work in Seattle, instead of Boeing's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia (not known for building airplanes, but chasing government handouts)
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 09 August 2024

• Delta to CrowdStrike: do not blame us for your technology failures. Delta says the cybersecurity company is shirking blame for the July outage, which led the carrier to cancel about 7,000 flights.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 August 2024

• A new report finds rockets built by Boeing are built with an unqualified work force. Yet NASA declines to penalize Boeing for the deficiencies. "Boeing's quality control issues are largely caused by its workforce having insufficient aerospace production experience. The lack of a trained and qualified workforce increases the risk that the contractor will continue to manufacture parts and components that do not adhere to NASA requirements and industry standards."
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 08 August 2024

• Spirit is one of three budget airlines in the USA that are making fundamental changes to their business models as they struggle to boost revenue. Those reinventions have longtime fans worried, especially those on a budget, asking: "What about us?" Is the nickel-and-dime approach to air travel on its way to extinction?
  - Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, 07 August 2024

• Shares of Airbus drop 14% on earnings miss, as the company warns of slowing demand in the USA
  - Comcast's CNBC, 06 August 2024

• Workers paint a picture of chaos and dysfunction at Boeing. Workers on the Boeing 737 Max that lost a door plug on a January flight told federal safety investigators that they felt pressure to do their jobs too fast to avoid mistakes, according to testimony released Tuesday at the start of a two-day investigative hearing. One worker told investigators that the workload at the Boeing factory was too great to avoid mistakes from being made.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 06 August 2024

• Microsoft blamed Delta Air Lines on Tuesday for its dayslong struggle to recover from a global cyber outage caused by CrowdStrike updating Microsoft Windows software, that led Delta to cancel more than 6,000 flights. Microsoft said its employees repeatedly offered to help Delta following the outage, but Delta turned them down.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 06 August 2024

• Spirit AeroSystems said on Monday its quarterly losses more than doubled as 737 fuselage shipments to its biggest customer Boeing fell and losses mounted on its Airbus A220 program.
  - Reuters 05 August 2024

• Crowdstrike to Delta Airlines: stop blaming us. The cybersecurity company says it isn't [totally] to blame for the airline's multi-day IT systems failure, calling it a "misleading narrative".
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 August 2024

• JetBlue has a turnaround plan. What it does not have is a turnaround.
  - Barron's, 03 August 2024

• Boeing's Starliner: what went wrong at Boeing? "Boeing has seen better days as an aerospace company capable of creating flight-ready hardware."
  - The Week, 02 August 2024

• $5,800,000,000 - It is appears that Boeing's spacecraft, the Starliner, may have completely failed, stranding two astronauts in space. If the program is cancelled, then Boeing wasted $5.8 billion of taxpayers' dollars to building little more than malfunctioning space junk.
  - Futurism, 02 August 2024

• The crash of a Osprey miltary jet airplane, made by Boeing and Textron, was caused by a gearbox failure. The USA Air Force says the jet has resumed flying, with some restrictions, after the November accident killed eight near Nihon.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 August 2024

• Boeing loses another $125 million due to problems with its Starliner spacecraft
  - Engadget, 01 August 2024

• United, Delta, Lufthansa, British Airways and other airliens cancel flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, on war fears
  - Zero Hedge, 01 August 2024

• The first engineer hired by Boeing came from Zhōngguó. Not it hires mostly from Bharat. The embattled US aerospace giant is turning to Bharat to fill engineering roles as the US seeks to reduce dependence on Zhōngguó.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 01 August 2024

• Lufthansa reported lower second-quarter earnings and repeated its warning that challenges to its flagship airline would continue to weigh on its results going forward
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 01 August 2024

• A new report exposes the US airlines most guilty of overbooking their flights -- a criminal bizarre industry quirk that leaves hundreds of thousands of paying passengers grounded each year. "Many airlines in America engage in the practice of overselling flights to maximize profits. They assume that not all booked passengers will show up, so they sell more tickets than there are seats available."
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 31 July 2024

• CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 31 July 2024

• The CEO of Delta prepares legal battle against CrowdStrike after IT outage sparked $500 million loss. Shares of CrowdStrike have plunged 40% in recent weeks and have retraced 50% of the move from about $100 handle in early 2023 to nearly $400 at the start of July.
  - Zero Hedge, 31 July 2024

• The CEO of Delta says that the CrowdStrike technology outage cost it $500 million. The airline faced deeper disruption and took days longer than rivals to get back on track after the outage knocked key systems offline.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 July 2024

• Boeing named a new CEO Wednesday after reporting a core operating loss of $1.4 billion in the second quarter -- more than triple the loss from a year ago -- as increased scrutiny of the safety and quality of its planes kept the troubled company from making enough aircraft to return to profitability
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 31 July 2024

• Boeing appoints Kelly Ortberg as new CEO after another catastrophic quarter
  - Zero Hedge, 31 July 2024

• Airbus logs sharp profit drop after supply-chain setbacks. Airbus also confirmed it would deliver fewer planes than initially forecast this year.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 July 2024

• Air New Zealand is first major airline to scrap 2030 emissions target. Firm says it is now re-adjusting to a realistic end date and blames difficulties in procuring new planes and sustainable jet fuel.
  - The Guardian, 30 July 2024

• Jet engines need constant repairs. Their manufacturers are raking in cash. Many in the aviation industry are railing against misaligned incentives in the engine-making business, which makes profit through repair-shop visits and spare parts.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 30 July 2024

• FedEx plans to significantly slash daily flights and the number of cities in the USA served by air during the daytime when its air cargo contract with the U.S. Postal Service expires on Sept. 29, resulting in significant pay cuts for pilots, senior managers informed crews this week. The parcel logistics giant will reduce daytime domestic flying time by 60% and the number of city destinations by 55%, which will add about 500 pilots to the existing surplus.
  - Freightwaves, 26 July 2024

• 51 days later, two astronauts relying on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft still stranded on the International Space Station
  - Zero Hedge, 26 July 2024

• Boeing, money printing and the military-industrial complex. Boeing's corrupt, incompetently managed commercial jet airplane ('ploughshares') division struggles financially, but its military machine machines thrive, all fueled by endless amount of taxpayers' dollars used to turn ploughshares into swords
  - Schiff Gold, 26 July 2024

• SouthWest Airlines is eliminating its trademark, 50-year tradition of offering open seating, where passengers choose seats once they have boarded the plane
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 26 July 2024

• American Airlines slashed its profit forecast for the year after a backfired sales strategy and an industry-wide glut of flights. American's profit fell 46% during the second quarter even though revenues rose.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 July 2024

• Profits at Southwest Airlines fall 46% as airline takes "urgent" steps to increase revenue
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 July 2024

• $243,600,000 - The Justice Department said Boeing had agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay a fine of $243.6 million after the planemaker breached a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Cheap price to pay for being able to kill people.
  - New York Post, 24 July 2024

• Airbus in talks with Rolls-Royce on narrow-body engine, Airbus executive says. Airbus is in talks with Rolls-Royce about using the engine maker's new turbine to power its future line-up of narrow-body aircraft, in what would be a major breakthrough for the British engineering company.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 July 2024

• USA is investigating the flight cancellations by Delta and its faltering response to global tech outage
  - Associated Press, 23 July 2024

• Boeing received orders for up to 70 airplanes at the Farnborough International Airshow, marking a much-needed show of confidence in the embattled plane maker
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 July 2024

• Shares of Ryanair decline 17% as the budget airline reports 46% decline in quarterly profit, and predicts lower fares
  - Comcast's CNBC, 22 July 2024

• Delta cancels hundreds of more flights in a struggle to recover from the outage with Microsoft Windows caused by Crowdstrike
  - Comcast's CNBC, 22 July 2024

• A relatable problem for Boeing: finding parking spots for its airplanes. About 200 fully or mostly finished jets are idled while they await interiors, engines and other attention.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 July 2024

• Airbus has supply-chain problems. In the long run, they are just a blip. The woes of Boeing have allowed the European jet-plane maker to build a substantial backlog. But do not confuse the woes of Airbus to that of Boeing.
  - Barron's, 20 July 2024

• Flights grounded and passengers warned of delays due to the global IT crashes caused by CrowdStrike. Several airlines halted flights on Friday, while others warned of delays and services being unavailable as the impact of an unprecedented IT outage was felt globally.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 19 July 2024

• Can Boeing return to its 'glory days', instead of an endless series of bad public mishaps with its airplanes? ndustry watchers and insiders say a string of decisions stretching back decades led to the problems at the longtime touchstone of American manufacturing quality and innovation. The latest management plans nclude better oversight, improved safety and manufacturing procedures, more robust worker training, and buying back a key supplier.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 18 July 2024

• Astronautsl are stuck on the ISS after more problems with Boeing's Starliner due to helium leaks
  - Real Clear Science, 17 July 2024

• How Boeing criminally defrauded the USA and got off with only a 'slap on the wrist'
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 13 July 2024

• Deutsche Lufthansa cut its guidance for the year, warning it will be increasingly challenging for its flagship airline to break even as it contends with negative market trends and aircraft-delivery delays.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 13 July 2024

• Investment opportunities in the stocks of airlines? Probably not, even with full airplanes this summer.
  - Barron's, 13 July 2024

• Hotter temperatures are a problem for Delta and other airlines, making it more expensive to fly airplanes
  - Barron's, 12 July 2024

• Airbus has launched a program of cost cuts and a freeze on overall headcount to shore up performance at its core planemaking business in 2024 and beyond, weeks after being forced to cut targets for jet production, industry sources said
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 July 2024

• Amid oppressive heat, broiling airplane cabins add to the woes of travellers. The USA Department of Transportation is still studying whether to set minimum standards for cabin temperatures. Airlines often encourage pilots to save money on fuel and maintenance by keeping the auxiliary power unit and other engines off (which power air conditioning systems( while the plane is at the gate or on the runway. Using too much fuel for air-conditioning on the ground could force a plane to have to refuel, causing delays. Even when they are working properly, the external air-conditioning units may not be strong enough to cool the cabin when 150 people are boarding.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 July 2024

• Sagging profit signals from Delta Airlines signals trouble for airlines this summer. Airports are attracting record traffic, but higher costs and discounted fares are expected to weigh on carriers.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 July 2024

• The possibility of hydrogen-powered flight means greater opportunities for fossil-free travel, and the technological advances to make this happen are moving fast. New studies from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, show that almost all air travel within a 750-mile radius (1200 km) could be made with hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2045, and with a novel heat exchanger currently in development, this range could be even further.
  - Chalmers University of Technology, 11 July 2024

• Shares of Delta Air Lines were down 8% in pre-market trading on Thursday after Delta reported record revenue during its June quarter, but discounted airfares pressured earnings, which fell below analyst expectations
  - Apollo Global's Yahoo Finance, 11 July 2024

• Delta says that the Olympics will cost it $100 million as travellers avoid Paris during the Olympics. Delta has the most service of any U.S. airline to Paris and holds a joint venture with Air France.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 11 July 2024

• VIDEO: a Boeing airplane flown by American Airlines flying from Tampa to Phoenix aborted its takeoff after smoke billowed from the tires. No injuries were reported.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 10 July 2024

• Boeing said it sold just 14 new jets in the past month, with most of those coming as freighter sales. And one of those was to replace the plane that saw a door plug blow out mid-flight just over six months ago.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 09 July 2024

• A Boeing 757 flown by United Airlines loses a wheel after take-off from the Los Angeles airport
  - Zero Hedge, 08 July 2024

• Shares of Boeing erase a gain of 3.5%, after the FAA orders inspection of 2,600 737 jet airplanes about a problem involving oxygen masks
  - Zero Hedge, 08 July 2024

• $487,000,000 - Boeing agrees to plead guilty in 737 MAX criminal case. Boeing faces conviction and an additional fine of a measily $487 million for misleading air-safety regulators before two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.
  - Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, 08 July 2024

• Boeing agrees to plead guilty in 737 MAX criminal case. Boeing faces conviction and an additional fine of a measily $487 million for misleading air-safety regulators before two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 08 July 2024

• A former Boeing quality-control manager alleges that for years workers at its 787 Dreamliner factory in Everett, Washington, routinely took parts that were deemed unsuitable to fly out of an internal scrap yard and put them back on factory assembly lines. In his first network TV interview, Merle Meyers, a 30-year veteran of Boeing, described to CNN what he says was an elaborate off-the-books practice that Boeing managers at the Everett factory used to meet production deadlines, including taking damaged and improper parts from the scrapyard, storehouses and loading docks at Boeing.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 03 July 2024

• Airbus wins $24 billion jet order from Cebu Air. Asian budget airline operator Cebu Air signed a preliminary deal to buy up to 152 Airbus jets in what it said was the largest aircraft order in the history of the Philippines.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 03 July 2024

• The purchase of Spirit Aerosystems by Boeing, a supplier it spun off in 2005, exemplifies a realization dawning on corporate America: outsourcing is not as beneficial as once assumed.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 03 July 2024

• The longtime rocket launching company for the Pentagon is racing to catch SpaceX. Delays at United Launch Alliance, the rocket provider owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, have drawn scrutiny from the military.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 July 2024

• The US Department of Justice will charge Boeing with criminal fraud, Bloomberg reported, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, just as the company finalizes its acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems for $4.7 billion. Yet contrary to speculation that the DOJ would seek a pound of flesh from the Chicago-based planemake, the department will only pursue a proverbial slap on the write as it informs Boeing it will have to pay an additional criminal fine of only $243.6 million on top of the $243.6 million already paid with a 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement, bringing the total amount of fine close to $500 million, or roughly the price of five of the giant paperweights better known as 737 MAX airplanes. The company will also have to hire a corporate monitor for three years, they said. Pure corruption. "The deal will not acknowledge, in any way, that Boeing's crime killed 346 people."
  - Zero Hedge, 30 June 2024

• The US Department of Justice will charge Boeing with criminal fraud, Bloomberg reported, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, just as the company finalizes its acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems for $4.7 billion. Yet contrary to speculation that the DOJ would seek a pound of flesh from the Chicago-based planemake, the department will only pursue a proverbial slap on the write as it informs Boeing it will have to pay an additional criminal fine of only $243.6 million on top of the $243.6 million already paid with a 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement, bringing the total amount of fine close to $500 million, or roughly the price of five of the giant paperweights better known as 737 MAX airplanes. The company will also have to hire a corporate monitor for three years, they said. Pure corruption. "The deal will not acknowledge, in any way, that Boeing's crime killed 346 people."
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 30 June 2024

• The US Department of Justice will charge Boeing with criminal fraud, Bloomberg reported, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, just as the company finalizes its acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems for $4.7 billion. Yet contrary to speculation that the DOJ would seek a pound of flesh from the Chicago-based planemake, the department will only pursue a proverbial slap on the write as it informs Boeing it will have to pay an additional criminal fine of only $243.6 million on top of the $243.6 million already paid with a 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement, bringing the total amount of fine close to $500 million, or roughly the price of five of the giant paperweights better known as 737 MAX airplanes. The company will also have to hire a corporate monitor for three years, they said. Pure corruption. "The deal will not acknowledge, in any way, that Boeing's crime killed 346 people."
  - Comcast's CNBC, 30 June 2024

• The airport authority in Philadelphia is adding a 3% tax to every purchase at stores inside the airport. According to the report the tax/surchage is "to offset the employee wages and benefits" that must be paid to airport workers, but none of the money actually goes to employees. It can't allow vendors to charge more than 15% than something sold outside the airport, so it lies by calling the price increase a 'tax/surchage'.
  - Zero Hedge, 30 June 2024

• American Airlines sounds the alarm about a growing problem. While the problem became abundantly clear during the rush of post-pandemic travel, the dearth of trained pilots dates back to long before those days. In 2023, North American airlines were at least 12,000 pilots short. But while announced to great fanfare, many of the pilot academies and recruiting programs launched by airlines have failed to pan out in the way they had anticipated.
  - The Street, 30 June 2024

• 2024 has not been the best year for airlines that serve smaller or faraway countries. Air Malta, Armenia's FlyArna and the LIAT airline serving Antigua and Barbuda have all either formally filed for bankruptcy protection or simply closed up shop and ceased operations since the start of January. Vanuatu, a South Pacific nation of 326,000 people, was left without an airline after its flagship carrier, Air Vanuatu, declared bankruptcy after struggling to find the capital to fund the "extended maintenance requirements" required for its four planes.
  - The Street, 28 June 2024

• The USA sanctions Boeing after it "blatantly violated" conditions of an investigation in the door plug blowout of a 737 Max 9 airplane. The NTSB said Boeing "blatantly violated" investigative regulations, and speculating about possible causes of the January 5 door plug blowout.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 27 June 2024

• Boeing blames missing paperwork for Alaska Air incident, prompting rebuke from the National Transportation Safety Board for claiming this publicly while an investigation is still ongoing.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 27 June 2024

• Shares of Southwest plunge 10% in pre-market trading, after revenue guidance slashed as troubles mount
  - Zero Hedge, 26 June 2024

• Employees at Boeing are demanding a 40 percent increase in salaries for 32,000 people, as the biggest union at Boeing seeks to exploit the many crises facing Boeing. The union is also seeking a guarantee that a new narrow-body plane will be built in Seattle, forestalling any bid to cut costs by shifting production elsewhere.
  - Barclay's The Telegraph, 26 June 2024

• Boeing is said to offer stock to buy Spirit AeroSystems, preserving cash amid struggles. Boeing's offer is to buy Spirit with $4 billion of Boeing's (troubled) stock.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 26 June 2024

• Boeing is just too big to jail, even if it should be jailed
  - Thomson's Reuters, 25 June 2024

• How Delta Air Lines made itself the luxury airline of the USA, and what United Airlines wants to do about it
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 June 2024

• Shares of Airbus drop 11% after Airbus delivers a "stunning" and "rather damaging" warning on profits. The company detailed how severe supply chain snarls would necessitate a downward revision of its earnings forecast and a reduction in aircraft delivery targets for the year.
  - Zero Hedge, 25 June 2024

• A Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Korean Air, bound for Taiwan after departing from Incheon International Airport, had to turn back and make an emergency landing after detecting a fault with the aircraft's pressurisation system.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 24 June 2024

• A Boeing 787 flown by Virgin Airlines had a windscreen crack at 40,000 feet, forcing terrified crew to reroute a flight bound for San Francisco, three hours into the flight having to return to London.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 22 June 2024

• Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck at International Space Station as engineers on Earth race against time to fix multiple problems
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 22 June 2024

• Boeing is expected to evade criminal charges for violating settlement. The Justice Department will require the aircraft manufacturer to install an independent federal monitor to oversee safety and quality issues. Too many people - executives, defense contractors, major shareholders -- will lose billions of dollars if Boeing is held accountable for its crimes that led to the deaths of hundreds of people. Can't let that happen.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 22 June 2024

• Malaysia Airlines confirmed to local media outlet Malay Mail that a Boeing 737-800 was forced to make an emergency landing in Bharat shortly after takeoff due to an engine malfunction.
  - Zero Hedge, 20 June 2024

• Meet the Southwest superfans who do not want the airline to change. As the carrier weighs seat assignments and extra-legroom seats, some loyalists worry it will become just another airline.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 June 2024

• Boeing committed the "deadliest corporate crime in the history of the USA" and should be fined $24 billion it could be ordered to pay in a criminal trial, argue families of people killed in two big crashes of Boeing airplanes. "Because time is of the essence to avoid any statute of limitations from running (out), the Department should begin these prosecutions promptly.", wrote the families in a letter to the DoJ.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 19 June 2024

• Boeing delays the return of its Starliner spacecraft to earth amid thruster issues
  - Zero Hedge, 19 June 2024

• Boeing sent two astronauts into space. Now it needs to get them home. Helium leaks and thruster problems have prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the return of the astronaut's on the Starliner vehicle built by Boeing.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 19 June 2024

• The CEO of Boeing admits that the company has retaliated against whisteblowers, "I know [the crime] happens [but want to protect my $32 million salary]"
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 18 June 2024

• The CEO of Boeing admits that the culture at the company "is far from perfect" under his management.
  - Zero Hedge, 18 June 2024

• The CEO of Boeing admits that the culture at the company "is far from perfect" under his management.
  - BBC, 18 June 2024

• Boeing hid questionable airplane parts from regulators that may have been installed in 737 Max planes, new whistleblower alleges. A current Boeing employee claims that the company tried to shield broken or out-of-specification 737 Max plane parts from regulators and lost track of them. Boeing tried to hide the nonconforming parts from Federal Aviation Administration regulators by moving them out of sight and falsifying records.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 18 June 2024

• Inside the DoJ's wrenching decision on whether to criminally prosecute Boeing. After the Alaska Air panel blowout, the Justice Department must again decide whether to prosecute the aerospace giant.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 18 June 2024

• After one year of commercial flights for its home-grown C919, Zhōngguó has established a new research fund to fuel the development of new planes and the domestic production of parts to keep them running.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 17 June 2024

• A Southwest plane plunged within 400 feet of ocean near Hawaii. In April, the Boeing 737 Max 8 jet briefly dropped at an abnormally high rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute.
  - Bloomberg, 14 June 2024

• Counterfeit titanium found in some airplanes made by Boeing and Airbus
  - Zero Hedge, 14 June 2024

• Boeing tells suppliers it is slowing production of 737 airplanes by 3 months
  - Comcast's CNBC, 14 June 2024

• The administrator of the FAA says that the agency's oversight of Boeing was "too hands-off"
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 14 June 2024

• A Boeing 737 Max 8 jet experienced a rare but potentially serious problem recently known as a Dutch roll (uncontrolled side-to-side yawing) before landing safely. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the incident during a Southwest Airlines flight last month.
  - NPR, 13 June 2024

• Elliott Management may force Southwest to abandon 'bags fly free' policy
  - Zero Hedge, 12 June 2024

• FAA to maintain increased in-person oversight of Boeing for 'foreseeable future'
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 June 2024

• A big decision for the next CEO of Boeing: is it time for a new plane? Some analysts say building a new plane soon would help the company regain ground it has lost to Airbus. But doing so would be difficult and expensive.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 June 2024

• Boeing sales tumble as the company gets no orders for the 737 Max for the second straight month
  - Associated Press, 12 June 2024

• Airlines keep trying to cut out the middleman. Here is why the attempts fail. The move by American Airlines to reverse its direct-distribution strategy shows how some travel agents are here to stay.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 11 June 2024

• Elliott takes big stake in Southwest Airlines. The activist has built a stake of nearly $2 billion in Southwest Airlines and plans to push for changes aimed at helping to fix the s underperformance.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 10 June 2024

• Boeing 777 engine shoots fireballs out of its engine shortly after takeoff from the airport in Toronto. The plane safely returned to the airport, after the 'burb'
  - Zero Hedge, 07 June 2024

• Airline industry leaves Covid turbulence behind. Having left behind most Covid-related turbulences, the global airline industry emerged from the storm in 2023, returning to profitability after three years of deep losses.
  - Zero Hedge, 06 June 2024

• Not going well: the thrusters of Boeing's Starliner failed on a docking approach to the International Space Station
  - Zero Hedge, 06 June 2024

• Airbus showcases a 'Wingman' jet-like stealth drone concept at giant aerospace show in Berlin. The drone would be an "unmanned escort for manned fighter jets".
  - Comcast's CNBC, 06 June 2024

• Two more Boeing whistleblowers go public over airplane safety: "Like a ticking time bomb". One man alleges he was often forced to be "insubordinate" because of how many times he called out the problems he saw. "Missing safety devices on hardware or untightened hardware means that you are not going to be able to control the airplane if those fail."
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 05 June 2024

• United Airlines reduces its plans to hire people in 2024 due to delays of deliveries of new planes from Boeing
  - Thomson's Reuters, 04 June 2024

• $81,000,000 - A federal court jury in Seattle on Thursday ruled against Boeing in a lawsuit brought by failed electric airplane startup Zunum and awarded $81 million in damages. Zunum alleged that Boeing, while ostensibly investing seed money to get the startup off the ground, stole Zunum's technology and actively undermined its attempts to build a business.
  - Seattle Times, 03 June 2024

• The union for American Airlines wanrs: "all flight attendants need to prepare for strike"
  - Zero Hedge, 03 June 2024

• Managers at Boeing's largest factory "pressure mechanics" to keep quiet about safety and quality assurance concerns, according to one employee.
  - Business Insiders, 02 June 2024

• Boeing enters 'new territory' with a Federal investigation and possible criminal charges. Aviation experts and lawyers say Boeing could see massive fines or another settlement agreement, and individuals such as CEO Dave Calhoun could face charges.
  - Zero Hedge, 02 June 2024

• The safety crisis/scandal at Boeing has been brewing for more than a decade, according to the CEO of Emirates Airline, Sir Tim Clark. He attributes the crisis/scandal to ruthless cost-cutting to make the executives and shareholders richer.
  - Barclay's The Telegraph, 02 June 2024

• The government of Zhōngguó will impose export controls on aviation equipment and technology. Authorities will impose export controls on technology, software and equipment used in aviation, the latest move by Zhōngguó to enhance national security.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 May 2024

• Boeing will be allowed to sets its own quality targets under pact with FAA. The air-safety regulator says it will monitor Boeing's performance based on quality metrics set by the company.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 31 May 2024

• The FAA will not clear Boeing to increase 737 Max production for several months, agency head says. Boeing has produced an average of 21 Max planes a month over the last three months, according to an estimate from Jefferies, well below the target rate of around 38 per month that it disclosed in mid-2023.
  - Zero Hedge, 30 May 2024

• Shares of American Airlines tumble 13% after its sales strategy fails. American Airlines will slash its capacity growth in the second half of the year and consider a host of other changes to its operations.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 29 May 2024

• A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II crashed near Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ), New Mexico, on Tuesday afternoon, more waste in the $2 trillion defense boondoggle
  - Zero Hedge, 28 May 2024

• An engine on an Airbus A320 caught fire on a United Airlines flight at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on May 27, causing the pilots to abort takeoff
  - Zero Hedge, 27 May 2024

• Shares rise of Azul (up 10%) and Azul (up over 15%) as the two airlines in Brazil announce a codesharing agreement, connecting their networks and frequent flyer programs in a move that reignited speculation about a potential merger
  - Thomson's Reuters, 24 May 2024

• Boeing says cash flow is worse than it thought. The plane maker expects to burn through billions more in the current quarter and be cash-flow negative for the full year, its finance chief said.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 May 2024

• Shares of Boeing drop over 5% after the CFO says that deliveries in Q2 will be wimilar to Q1 amid regulatory limbo in Zhōngguó
  - Zero Hedge, 23 May 2024

• 300 Boeing planes used by United and American Airlines have a potential flaw with their fuel tanks that could cause jet airplanes to explode mid-air
  - Daily Mail, 23 May 2024

• Ryanair to buyback shares after earnings rise. The low-cost carrier will buy back $761 million worth of shares after its core earnings for the fiscal year rose 34%, and said it expected passenger numbers to increase depending on how well Boeing handles its delivery delays.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 May 2024

• The national airline of Saudi Arabia has placed an order for 105 Airbus airplanes in the largest deal ever in the aviation history of the country -- and another win for the European rival of the troubled Boeing. The cost of the airplanes is $19 billion.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 20 May 2024

• The Biden Administration is reportedly considering using the discretion they have to increase flights by airline companies based in Zhōngguó in and out of the USA. This situation gives air carriers from Zhōngguó, and other foreign carriers, a big competitive advantage because they are continuing to fly over the air space of Rossiya. There are estimates that U.S. carriers have been hit with $2 billion in annual lost revenues from flights because they cannot fly over the airspace of Rossiya.
  - Zero Hedge, 19 May 2024

• Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will fire hundreds of people. The parts maker said it would fire 400-450 people in response to a slowdown in production at Boeing.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 17 May 2024

• Another week, another mid-air mishap for a Boeing plane. This time, a 747-400 carrying 468 passengers from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia had to make an emergency landing immediately after takeoff when one of the plane's four engines erupted in a fireball.
  - Zero Hedge, 16 May 2024

• Cathay Pacific is paying its top executives 20% more than before the Covid pandemic, despite flight blunders and ongoing financial woes. The company has come under fire by the government and the community for its "chaotic management" over the cancellations of 786 flights between last December and February -- more than 4% of its total operations. Despite the hefty profit last year, Lam declined to offer passengers perks, such as discounts, on tickets amid growing calls for the company to give back to the community. The government provided a multibillion-dollar bailout to help the company survive the pandemic in 2020.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 15 May 2024

• Boeing violated criminal settlement after 737 MAX crashes, the Justice Department states. The government could seek to extend a probationary period for Boeing, or prosecute it for earlier misconduct.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 15 May 2024

• FAA still short about 3,000 air traffic controllers, new federal numbers show
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 14 May 2024

• Airlines fight back against fee-disclosure rules required by the Biden Administration to protect consumers. The Transportation Department says its rule, requiring added disclosure of baggage and flight-change fees, helps consumers avoid overpaying for surprise charges.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 May 2024

• Zhōngguó begins work on new C939 widebody jet airplane, going bigger and bolder after the success of its C919. It plans to further compete with Boeing and Airbus.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 13 May 2024

• Aircraft delivery delays from Boeing are "extremely annoying" and cost Lufthansa lots of money
  - Thomson's Reuters, 12 May 2024

• A Boeing 737 airplane operated by United Airlines makes an emergency return to an airport in Nihon after a wing flap "irregularity"
  - Zero Hedge, 10 May 2024

• Boeing locks out firefighters in contract dispute, and President Biden weighs in. The aircraft manufacturer and a union representing 125 firefighters are at odds over pay at the company's plants in the Seattle area.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 10 May 2024

• A Boeing 737, operated by Senegalese carrier Transair, crashed after a failed takeoff attempt, sending the plane skidding off the runway at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal
  - Zero Hedge, 09 May 2024

• Why airplanes made by Embraer in Brazil are loved by passengers and are conquering short-hual flying. Now Embraer wants to challenge the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737 Max.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 09 May 2024

• "Is consumer travel spending easing?" - Bank of America identifies new trend as travel companies miss earnings
  - Zero Hedge, 08 May 2024

• A Boeing 787 cargo plane owned by Federal Express suffers a landing gear malfunction at an airport in Turkey
  - Zero Hedge, 08 May 2024

• Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed. FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage".
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 07 May 2024

• FAA opens new probe into Boeing over potentially falsified records, 787 inspections
  - Zero Hedge, 06 May 2024

• FAA opens new probe into Boeing over potentially falsified records, 787 inspections
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 06 May 2024

• How did Boeing lose so badly to SpaceX? The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all.
  - Condé Nast's Ars Technica, 06 May 2024

• Spirit Aerosystems, a main supplier to Boeing, sues to block a safety probe by the State of Texas
  - Zero Hedge, 06 May 2024

• Boeing confronts 10 more whistleblowers after the first two whistleblowers die under 'mysterious circumstances'
  - New York Post, 06 May 2024

• $79,000,000 - Qantas Airways has agreed to pay 120 million Australian dollars ($79 million) to settle a lawsuit over the sale of thousands of tickets on already canceled flights, in an attempt to end a reputational crisis that has engulfed the airline.
  - Zero Hedge, 06 May 2024

• The latest trouble for Boeing is a jet part caught up in sanctions on Rossiya. Boeing cannot deliver enough 787 Dreamliners after sanctions disrupted production of heat exchangers.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 04 May 2024

• Why megacorporations should not overestimate their monopoly power. Embraer's potential venture into 737-sized commercial planes highlights how even companies in a global duopoly must innovate to survive. It is a useful lesson for investors in most industries.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 03 May 2024

• An unruly passenger must pay United Airlines $20,638 for disrupting flight
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 02 May 2024

• The new C919 airplane from China East Airlines passes "deep-level" post-flight safety tests, and ramps up rivalry with emabattled Boeing. A crew of more than 60 checked a China Eastern Airlines C919 during four days of tests in Shanghai.
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 02 May 2024

• Embraer, based in Brazil, plans a new 737-sized airplane to compete with Boeing. Embraer has been sounding out potential partners and financial backers on plans for a new narrow-body aircraft.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 May 2024

• A Boeing 767 loses emergency slide after departing from New York City
  - Zero Hedge, 27 April 2024

• Southwest to exit four airports, facing financial weakness and problems with Boeing airplanes. The profit margins of Southwest have lagged behind some rivals; it plans to limit hiring and re-evaluate cabins as deliveries of airplanes from Boeing fall short
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 April 2024

• Airbus sticks to plane-delivery goal, ramps up A350 production. Airbus posted higher revenue and profit for the first quarter, backed its goal to deliver more planes this year than in 2023 and decided to increase production of its A350 wide-body jets, extending its lead over beleaguered rival Boeing.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 26 April 2024

• A former Boeing manager says workers mishandled parts to meet deadlines. Merle Meyers, who left Boeing last year after a 30-year career, said he was speaking publicly about his experience because he "fiercely" loved the company.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 25 April 2024

• Boeing loses $355 million in the latest quarter
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 25 April 2024

• Boeing burns through $4 billion of cash and scales back 737 MAX production. The aircraft maker has cut production to fix quality problems after door-panel blowout.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 25 April 2024

• Southwest cuts growth plans, warning effect of Boeing airplane delays will last into 2025
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 April 2024

• Automatic refunds and no more hidden fees: the Transportation Department sets new rules for airlines in the USA. The Transportation Department issued new requirements on refunds when flights are canceled or delayed and on revealing 'junk' fees before booking.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 25 April 2024

• Shares of Boeing drop 7% after Moody's downgrades Boeing's credit rating to one notch above 'junk' (from Baa3 to Baa2)
  - Zero Hedge, 24 April 2024

• Shares of Boeing rise 3%, after beating apocalyptically-low estimates despite biggest cash burn in 4 years
  - Zero Hedge, 24 April 2024

• Another near-mid-air disaster involving a Boeing 737-8EH (operated by FlySafair) was narrowly averted. The incident occurred last weekend in South Africa as the narrow-body airliner traveling from Johannesburg to Cape Town lost a wheel and was forced to make an emergency landing.
  - Zero Hedge, 24 April 2024

• Shares of JetBlue decline 15% after airline lowers 2024 revenue outlook
  - Comcast's CNBC, 23 April 2024

• Delta Air lines to give employees another 5% raise, and raise starting wages to $19/hour
  - Comcast's CNBC, 22 April 2024

• Construction beings on the new high-speed passenger rail line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, which hopefully will reduce the number of people travelling by air, or clogging the weekend highways of Los Angeles. The private venture is receiving a $3 billion subsidy from the federal government.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 22 April 2024

• Billions in 'dirty' money flies under the radar at the busiest airports in world. The Heathrow-to-Dubai flights have two big money-laundering features: one airport does not scan outbound luggage for cash and the other welcomes sacks of it.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 April 2024

• The FAA issued a directive to ensure minimum rest periods for air traffic controllers as a study said more changes are needed to avoid safety risks.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 April 2024

• Shares of United Airlines jump 13% on strong earnings forecasrt
  - Comcast's CNBC, 17 April 2024

• The Department of Transportation and 18 state attorney generals (16 being Democrats) announce a new partnership to investigate complaints by travellers against airline companies.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 17 April 2024

• United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter after the Boeing 737 Max 9 was grounded following the door plug incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 April 2024

• United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter after the Boeing 737 Max 9 was grounded following the door plug incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 April 2024

• Airbus beats Boeing for deliveries of airplanes in 2024
  - Zero Hedge, 15 April 2024

• Boeing's doom-loop of endless crises sends its shares tumbling to longest losing-streak in five years
  - Zero Hedge, 12 April 2024

• Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, is one of four executives who got an extra half-million dollars worth of personal private jet travel paid for by Boeing that had previously been improperly recorded as business travel, which is a tax evasion crime.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 12 April 2024

• Shares of Hexcel plunge 14%, the most in four years, after the company appointed a CEO who recently resigned as the head of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (formerly part of Boeing), a rival supplier under scrutiny for manufacturing quality issues.
  - Bloomberg, 10 April 2024

• A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Air Canada made an emergency landing in Idaho this week after experiencing an in-flight emergency. Officials later discovered that it was due to a faulty cargo hold indicator.
  - Murdoch's Fox News, 10 April 2024

• Shares of Boeing decline 2% after the New York Times reveals a whistle-blower's report on design flaws in the fuselage of the 787 Dreamliner - that sections of the 787 Dreamliner fuselage are improperly fastened together
  - Zero Hedge, 09 April 2024

• Shares of Boeing decline 2% after the New York Times reveals a whistle-blower's report on design flaws in the fuselage of the 787 Dreamliner - that sections of the 787 Dreamliner fuselage are improperly fastened together
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 09 April 2024

• Quaterly airplane deliveries from Boeing drop to 83 amid the safety crisis
  - Comcast's CNBC, 09 April 2024

• Boeing is on track to stabilize its finances, but new leadership, a potential acquisition, labor negotiations and tougher regulatory oversight over its quality controls and production could add uncertainty to its efforts.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 April 2024

• Retailers and manufacturers are flying more goods around the shipping crisis in the Red Sea, helping boost international airfreight operators after a long period of sagging cargo volumes
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 09 April 2024

• Spirit Airlines will defer Airbus orders, furlough 260 pilots in race to increase its liquidity by $340 million
  - Comcast's CNBC, 08 April 2024

• Boeing "put wall street first, safety second" by relying too much on outsourcing - "crush the workers", creating "yearslong decline of safety standards"
  - Seattle Times, 07 April 2024

• The loss of an engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 on Sunday that fell off during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap was the result of a maintenance issue.
  - Thomson's Reuters, 10 April 2024

• A Boeing 737-800 airplane being flown by Southwest Airlines returned to Denver Sunday morning after the engine cover fell off and struck the wing flap during takeoff. A few days earlier, another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 had an engine catch on fire. Fortuneately, no passengers were killed in either incident.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 07 April 2024

• Pilots in France go on strike against a proposal of the government to ban strikes
  - Zero Hedge, 06 April 2024

• $160,000,000 - Boeing paid Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation in the first quarter for the grounding of the 737 Max 9.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 04 April 2024

• The disarray inside a factory for Boeing 737 airplanes before the door plug blowout. Factory logs indicate missed procedures, confusion and delays during the production of the jet that later burst open in flight.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 03 April 2024

• Manufacturing problems at Boeing are causing financial problems for its customers. Airlines are receiving fewer new airplanes, forcing them to furlough some pilots, reduce the number of routes, and not be able to expand.
  - Jeff Bezos' Washington Post, 02 April 2024

• A United Airlines flight from Denver to London diverted to Chicago after a crack was discovered in the windshield of a Boeing 787
  - Business Insider, 02 April 2024

• Boeing and the dark age of manufacturing in the USA. Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its engineering soul?
  - The Atlantic, 01 April 2024

• Improving airports and ending delays won't make flying better. It is the airplane, people, [that suck]. Instead of those dinky little earbuds, how about a virtual reality set so I can imagine m anywhere else but in a crowded tin box in the sky with lousy seats?
  - USA Today, 01 April 2024

• "Shortcuts everywhere": how Boeing favored speed and profits over quality and safety. Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 31 March 2024

• Airbus has issues. Can it keep its lead over Boeing? The plane maker must ramp up production. Its order backlog hit an industry record.
  - Barron's, 30 March 2024

• Last night, United Flight 990, a Boeing 777-200 traveling from San Francisco to Paris, was diverted to Denver International Airport when the pilots reported engine issues. A Bloomberg report said FAA authorities are considering "drastic measures" to curb United's growth following a series of safety incidents.
  - Zero Hedge, 29 March 2024

• The Attorney General of Texas announces an investigation into operations of Spirit Aerosystems, a supplier of equipment to Boeing, as well. He will also investigate Spirit's efforts to open up more jobs to women and minorities.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 29 March 2024

• A suicide mission. Boeing harassed and fired all of the guys who remember how to build a plane, while tyhe CEO earned over a $100 million while its planes kjiled hundreds of people
  - The American Prospect, 28 March 2024

• David Harris, the first Black American pilot in the USA, dies after completing 89 years. He was hired by American Airlines in 1964 (previously being an Air Force bomber pilot). Before Mr. Harris was hired, airline executives had discriminated for years against Black pilots out of fear that white passengers would not want to board the planes they flew, and that it would be too difficult to find them accommodations in areas with lots of hotels.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 27 March 2024

• Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will quit his job at the end of 2024 in part of a broad management shake-up for the embattled aerospace giant. Larry Kellner, chairman of the board, is also quitting. And Stan Deal, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is quitting the company effective immediately.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 March 2024

• Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will quit his job at the end of 2024 in part of a broad management shake-up for the embattled aerospace giant. Larry Kellner, chairman of the board, is also quitting. And Stan Deal, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is quitting the company effective immediately.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 25 March 2024

• The FAA is considering unprecedented "drastic measures" for United Airlines after flurry of safety incidents. US aviation authorities are considering drastic measures to curb growth at United Airlines, including preventing the carrier from adding new routes, following a series of safety incidents.
  - Zero Hedge, 24 March 2024

• The FAA is considering unprecedented "drastic measures" for United Airlines after flurry of safety incidents. US aviation authorities are considering drastic measures to curb growth at United Airlines, including preventing the carrier from adding new routes, following a series of safety incidents.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 24 March 2024

• The FAA is transferring control over air traffic control in Newark to air traffic controllers in Philadelphia to "address staffing issues"
  - Zero Hedge, 23 March 2024

• Airline CEOs seek meeting with the directors of Boeing to address production problems. Several major carriers are making the unusual request as frustrations mount following the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX blowout.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 22 March 2024

• Boeing has been prioritizing production over safety, the chief of the FAA states. The report also found a "lack of awareness of safety-related metrics at all levels of the organization".
  - Zero Hedge, 20 March 2024

• FAA wants inspections of Boeing 737 Max planes for wiring flaw that could lead to "loss of control"
  - NBC News, 20 March 2024

• Rossiya seized 400 foreign-owned jets. Then an epic insurance fight began. Insurers and owners are in a battle over who pays for planes stranded at the start of the Ukraine war.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 20 March 2024

• "Less flights and more full aircraft": airlines stung by delays in delivering new Boeing airplanes ahead of busy summer travel season
  - Zero Hedge, 18 March 2024

• Boeing criminal inquiry expands with subpoenas and grand jury. The Justice Department, which is investigating the blowout of a panel on an Alaska Airlines flight, is using a recently convened grand jury in Seattle.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 18 March 2024

• A United Airlines flight, a Boeing 737 with 139 passengers, loses an external panel while mid-air. Fortunately, the plane from San Francisco safely landed in Oregon.
  - Zero Hedge, 15 March 2024

• The Boeing whistleblower who supposedly killed himself reportedly told a close family friend not to believe it if it was announced he had committed suicide
  - Modernity, 15 March 2024

• Cathay Pacific posts first annual profit since pandemic. Cathay Pacific Airways posted its first annual profit since 2019, fueled by a rebound in travel demand as Zhōngguó fully reopened its borders.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 14 March 2024

• Boeing did not retain security camera footage showing work on Max jet door that blew out, NTSB says. Boeing also will not identify employees who worked on the fuselage of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which made an emergency landing after the incident.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 13 March 2024

• Boeing has serious problems. The solution has baffled everyone. Regulators, airlines, fliers and even Boeing's own workers are practically in revolt after a series of mid-flight disasters and a steady erosion of the company's quality standards.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 13 March 2024

• A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Sydney just two hours into its nearly 14-hour journey to San Francisco, in United's fifth flight incident in seven days. The Boeing 777-300 aircraft, carrying 183 passengers and crew, was redirected due to a "maintenance issue".
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 12 March 2024

• Airbus widens aircraft delivery lead over Boeing as Max crisis deepens. Boeing handed over 27 planes in February, while Airbus handed over 49. So far this year, Boeing has handed over 54 planes, while Airbus has widened its lead over its main rival, delivering 79 planes in the first two months of 2024.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 March 2024

• Shares of Boeing plummet 14% pre-market, after Southwest Airlines forecasts financial problems due to problems at Boeing. Last week, United Airlines said it would have to pause pilot hiring because of a delay in Boeing aircraft deliveries.
  - Zero Hedge, 12 March 2024

• An FAA audit finds dozens of problems with the production of Boeing 737 Max airplanes
  - Zero Hedge, 12 March 2024

• An FAA audit finds dozens of problems with the production of Boeing 737 Max airplanes
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 March 2024

• The Federal Aviation Administration found dozens of issues throughout Boeing's 737 MAX jet production process, including mechanics at one of its key suppliers using a hotel key card and dish soap as makeshift tools to test compliance, according to a report.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 12 March 2024

• Southwest Airlines cuts capacity, and rethinks 2024 financial forecast, citing Boeing problems
  - Comcast's CNBC, 12 March 2024

• Airlines are cutting flight schedules as Boeing delivers fewer jets. Southwest and Alaska Air say delays in receiving jets may upend flying plans; United and Southwest will slow their hiring of pilots.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 March 2024

• The latest twist in what can only be described as an onslaught of horrific news surrounding Boeing - or perhaps the sequel to the Hudsucker Proxy where a mysterious cabal is trying to spark a stock panic so they can buy the company for pennies on the dollar - came this afternoon when we learned that a key whistleblower employee, John Barnett, a former quality control manager who raised concerns about the firm's production standards, was found dead after an apparent suicide. With all the complaints against Boeing, it will be hard for it to maintain a P/E of 61.
  - Zero Hedge, 11 March 2024

• The latest twist in what can only be described as an onslaught of horrific news surrounding Boeing - or perhaps the sequel to the Hudsucker Proxy where a mysterious cabal is trying to spark a stock panic so they can buy the company for pennies on the dollar - came this afternoon when we learned that a key whistleblower employee, John Barnett, a former quality control manager who raised concerns about the firm's production standards, was found dead after an apparent suicide. With all the complaints against Boeing, it will be hard for it to maintain a P/E of 61.
  - Zero Hedge, 11 March 2024

• As some of Alaska Airlines' 737 MAX aircraft take flight again on Friday, online travel booking website Kayak has seen an uptick in users who are filtering out the airplane when searching for flights. Kayak first rolled out its aircraft filter in March 2019, but the company said it saw 15 times the typical use of the tool between Saturday, Jan. 6 and the following Thursday, specifically for 737 MAX planes immediately following the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines incident, in which a door plug fell off of a 737 MAX 9 aircraft a few minutes after takeoff. Kayak recently added a capability to its filter for users to specify 737 Max 8 and 737 Max 9 models, which are still in flight, and moved the filter higher on their website's landing page to make the tool more prominent for travelers.
  - Zero Hedge, 11 March 2024

• 50 people injured after Boeing 777 hit with mid-flight "technical event". The people were on a KLM flight from Amsterdam to São Paulo.
  - Zero Hedge, 11 March 2024

• Shares of Boeing drop 1% pre-market after reports on Saturday that the Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation against Boeing
  - Zero Hedge, 11 March 2024

• Following the LATAM Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner mid-air incident on Sunday, flight tracking website RadarBox reports a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777-306ER from Amsterdam to São Paulo has declared an emergency via Squawk code 7700 and is "currently diverting".
  - Zero Hedge, 11 March 2024

• The Justice Department has begun a criminal investigation into Boeing after a panel on one of Boeing's planes blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. Boeing also told a Senate panel that it cannot find a record of the work done on the Alaska plane.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 10 March 2024

• A United Airlines flight, a Boeing 737, skids off the airport runway in Houston after landing, fortunately with no injuries
  - Murdoch's Fox News, 08 March 2024

• A tire falls off a Boeing 777, crushing cars in a San Francisco parking lot
  - Zero Hedge, 08 March 2024

• An Alaska Airlines flight, another Boeing airplane, arrives in Portland, Oregon (from Los Cabos, Mexico) with a cargo door partially open, the cargo hold carrying the pets of passengers. Fortunately, none of the pets (or passengers!!!) were injured.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 08 March 2024

• Boeing response in Alaska Airlines 737 MAX probe is criticized by the NTSB. The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing has not provided names and documents related to the midair blowout of a door plug earlier this year.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 07 March 2024

• Boeing response in Alaska Airlines 737 MAX probe is criticized by the NTSB. The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing has not provided names and documents related to the midair blowout of a door plug earlier this year.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 March 2024

• Flames arupt from the engine of a Boeing 737-900 as its takes off from the Houston airport. The plane safely returned to the airport a few minutes after takeoff.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 06 March 2024

• Factory orders in the USA plunge most since Covid lockdowns in January. In the last 21 months, US factory orders have been downwardly revised 16 times, with factory orders crashing 3.6% in one month in January. But we can thank the good old Military Industrial Complex for orders not being more of a shitshow as Defense spending jumped 24% MoM.
  - Zero Hedge, 05 March 2024

• American Airlines orders 260 planes from Airbus, Boeing and Embraer
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 March 2024

• Airbus pulls further ahead of Boeing with 50 delivery orders in February
  - Zero Hedge, 04 March 2024

• Shares of Spirit Airlines plummet 15% (whileshares of JetBlue rise 6.3%), after JetBlue formal terminates its attempt to acquire Spirit, as bankruptcy looms for Spirit
  - Zero Hedge, 04 March 2024

• How the C919 airplane industry reflects the goal of Zhōngguó to evade restrictions imposed by the USA, by strengthening supply chains. With the Boeing-Airbus duopoly in its sights, the maker of Zhōngguó's home-grown narrowbody plane is touting its advancements in Southeast Asia, but what challenges must be overcome?
  - Alibaba's South China Morning Post, 04 March 2024

• We must grow our aerospace workforce. "The aircraft mechanic shortage has reached a critical point."
  - Zero Hedge, 02 March 2024

• Ryanair said it would make schedule cuts for the summer season after confirming it expected Boeing to deliver only 40 of the 57 aircraft it had ordered, resulting in a roughly 5 million reduction in passenger numbers in 2025.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 02 March 2024

• FAA orders fixes related to anti-ice systems on Boeing 737 MAX and 787 jets
  - Seattle Times, 01 March 2024

• Two wrongs make a flight? Troubled Boeing in talks to buy troubled supplier Spirit Aero. Just because Boeing doesn't have other things to worry about>
  - Zero Hedge, 01 March 2024

• Shares of Spirit Aerosystems surge 13% on report that Boeing could buy it back
  - Comcast's CNBC, 01 March 2024

• Boeing faces a review by the Justice Department over the Max 9 incident in flight. The department is looking into whether the blowout of a door panel in January violated a 2021 settlement after two fatal plane crashes.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 01 March 2024

• The FAA gives Boeing 90 days to come up with quality control plan after 737 Max accident. Boeing already didn't have one?
  - Zero Hedge, 28 February 2024

• The FAA gives Boeing 90 days to come up with quality control plan after 737 Max accident. Boeing already didn't have one?
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 28 February 2024

• The safety culture at Boeing remains flawed, despite improvements made after two fatal crashes of Boeing airplanes. There is a "disconnect" between senior management and other employees at Boeing. The company has at times been "inadequate and confusing" in the way it has administered its safety culture.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 27 February 2024

• The safety culture at Boeing remains flawed, despite improvements made after two fatal crashes of Boeing airplanes. There is a "disconnect" between senior management and other employees at Boeing. The company has at times been "inadequate and confusing" in the way it has administered its safety culture.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 27 February 2024

• The Airbus A340 airplane was built to rule long-haul travel. Now it is vanishing from the skies. The A340 was introduced 30 years ago with Lufthansa and Air France, but only 380 have been produced since, the last in 2012. By comparison, Airbus has already made 565 of its successor, the A350, since its introduction in 2015. But its main characteristic -- four engines -- soon became a drag as fuel costs started rising and twin-engine jets began offering the same performance with lower operating costs.
  - Warner Brothers CNN, 22 February 2024

• Airbus pulls further ahead of Boeing in their global plane rivalry. The European aerospace giant said it would deliver 800 planes this year, including its A320neo, which competes with Boeing's troubled 737 Max. Airbus also announced progress on a new, more fuel-efficient aircraft.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 16 February 2024

• Airbus extends lead over Boeing amid multiple new problems at Boeing. Analysts are questioning whether the end is near for the duopoly that has dominated the airplane-manufacturing industry for decades.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 16 February 2024

• The carry-on baggage bubble is about to pop. Travelers are rightly infuriated by the situation: a crisis of carry-ons that someone must be responsible for, and for which someone must pay.
  - The Atlantic, 14 February 2024

• Shares of JetBlue rise 14% in pre-market trading, after activist investor Carl Icahn acquired 9.91% of the low-cost carrier
  - Zero Hedge, 13 February 2024

• Alaska Airlines's Boeing 737 may have left the Boeing factory missing bolts. A photo indicates that bolts in a fuselage panel were removed at a Boeing factory and not replaced, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 07 February 2024

• Alaska Airlines's Boeing 737 may have left the Boeing factory missing bolts. A photo indicates that bolts in a fuselage panel were removed at a Boeing factory and not replaced, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 07 February 2024

• The top US aviation regulator says oversight of Boeing "is not delivering safe aircraft"
  - Associated Press, 06 February 2024

• Midair fires and malfunctions surge on planes in Rossiya, as sanctions hurt operations. A surge in aviation-safety incidents shows how Western sanctions are hindering the ability of Rossiya to source spare parts and conduct proper maintenance.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 February 2024

• Facing another crisis at Boeing, the FAA takes a harder line. The latest crisis involving a 737 Max jet is once again prompting scrutiny of the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of Boeing.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 February 2024

• Boeing finds new problem with 737 MAX fuselages. Boeing says it will have to fix misdrilled holes on about 50 new 737 jets, likely delaying deliveries to airlines.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 05 February 2024

• Boeing finds new problem with 737 MAX fuselages. Boeing says it will have to fix misdrilled holes on about 50 new 737 jets, likely delaying deliveries to airlines.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 February 2024

• Boeing discovers "mis-drilled" holes on 50 undelivered 737 Max jet airplanes
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 05 February 2024

• Troubles are not going away at Boeing, which keeps on creating new problems with its airplanes. TransDigm and FTAI Aviation could benefit, since they focus on fixing airplanes.
  - Murdoch's Barron's, 03 February 2024

• Boeing says that it cannot set its financial goals for 2024, due to the many problems it has with its 737 MAX airplane
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 01 February 2024

• Boeing has been sued by shareholders who said the company prioritized profit over safety and misled them about its commitment to making safe aircraft, prior to the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaskan Airlines 737 MAX 9.
  - Murdoch's New York Post, 31 January 2024

• Boeing faces tricky balance between safety and financial performance. The company is under pressure to show regulators and customers that it takes safety seriously and to reassure investors about its financial outlook.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 31 January 2024

• Ex-senior manager at Boeing warns the flying public to avoid 737 Max 9 jet airplanes: "I would absolutely not fly a Max airplane"
  - MNYP,, 31 January 2024

• The reputation of Boeing for safety has been destroyed. Boeing was once known for safety and engineering. But critics say an emphasis on profits changed that, when it was infected by the financial managers of McDonnell Douglas (they merged in 1997) who displaced Boeing's engineering managers. While Airbus focused on building planes, Boeing focused on lobbying for defense contracts.
  - Newhouse CNN, 31 January 2024

• Boeing withdraws its request for a 737 Max 7 safety waiver amid mounting pressure from Washington. "Boeing should never have sought this exemption to put another new aircraft with a known safety defect into service in the first place.", as commented by Senator Tammy Duckworth, chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, who called on the FAA to reject Boeing's waiver for the yet-to-be-certified Max 7.
  - Zero Hedge, 30 January 2024

• A flight of United Airlines is diverted because its Boeing 737-800 airplane had a cracked windshield, in another flight near-disaster
  - MNYP,, 30 January 2024

• Report suggests that a Boeing 737 Max left the factory without door plug bolts, which caused the jet, flown by Alaska Airlines, to have a door blown off in flight
  - Zero Hedge, 29 January 2024

• Boeing made a change to its corporate culture decades ago. now Boeing is paying the price. Boeing has a corporate culture that once prized engineering and safety, replaced by one that seemed to be more focused on delivering profits over perfection.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 28 January 2024

• Shares of Spirit Airlines are down 12% today. They had dropped 60% last week when their acquisition by JetBlue was blocked, but then receovered on a short squeeze, but today it plummeted again after JetBlue submitted an 8K filing that said it DEFINITELY is not acquiriing Spirit.
  - Zero Hedge, 26 January 2024

• Airlines hoping for more Boeing jet airplanes could be waiting awhile. The Federal Aviation Administration's decision to limit Boeing's production of 737 Max planes could hurt airlines that are struggling to buy enough new aircraft.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 26 January 2024

• Shares of Northrop Grumman decline 4% after the defense contractor reported a $1.2 billion charge in the fourth quarter on its B-21 Raider program, a sign costs have skyrocketed since it won the contract in 2015
  - Zero Hedge, 25 January 2024

• $150,000,000 - Alaska Airlines said Thursday that the weekslong grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 9 will cost the carrier $150 million.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 January 2024

• Southwest Airlines takes Boeing Max 7 out of 2024 plans because of certification delays
  - Comcast's CNBC, 25 January 2024

• Boeing faces criticisms from the chief executives of airlines. Boeing's customers are going public with their frustrations, hoping their tough comments will force the company to improve quality control and engineering.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 24 January 2024

• Shares of Boeing drop 8% after the FAA halts Boeing producing more Boeing 737 Max airplanes. The FAA also approved "a thorough inspection and maintenance process that must be performed on each of the grounded 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft. Upon successful completion, the aircraft will be eligible to return to service."
  - Zero Hedge, 24 January 2024

• Shares of Boeing drop 8% after the FAA halts Boeing producing more Boeing 737 Max airplanes. The FAA also approved "a thorough inspection and maintenance process that must be performed on each of the grounded 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft. Upon successful completion, the aircraft will be eligible to return to service."
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 24 January 2024

• An anonymous self-described Boeing insider told the Seattle Times that Boeing's 737 production system is described as a "rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen". Specifically, the whistleblower said that the fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was removed for repair then reinstalled improperly by Boeing mechanics on the Renton final assembly line.
  - Zero Hedge, 24 January 2024

• Alaska Airlines found loose bolts on 'many' Boeing 737 Max 9s -- and a Boeing 757 lost a wheel as it attempted to take off at the airport in Atlanta
  - Zero Hedge, 24 January 2024

• The CEO of United announces plans to find an alternative to Boeing's next jet after the 737 Max chaos
  - Zero Hedge, 23 January 2024

• Boeing woes reach a new low as two airlines consider abandoning 737 plans. United Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both reconsidering future plans for more Boeing 737 MAX jets.
  - Politico, 23 January 2024

• Alaska Airlines CEO says company found loose bolts on "many" Boeing Max 9s
  - Newhouse CNN, 23 January 2024

• Scott Kirby, the CEO of United, cast doubt on buying Boeing 737 Max airplanes, after recent problems with Boeing airplanes. Kirby said the Max 9 grounding after a door plug blew on an Alaska Airlines flight is the "straw that broke the camel's back".
  - Comcast's CNBC, 23 January 2024

• VistaJet, a privately-owned company managing private jets, had a big expansion during the Covid pandemic. But the huge debts it incurred are not only a threat to the company, but to Bombardier, a private jet builder in Canada.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 January 2024

• VistaJet, a privately-owned company managing private jets, had a big expansion during the Covid pandemic. But the huge debts it incurred are not only a threat to the company, but to Bombardier, a private jet builder in Canada.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 23 January 2024

• Airbus A330 flight cancelled after passenger spots 4 missing fasteners on wing
  - Zero Hedge, 22 January 2024

• FAA urges airlines to inspect another Boeing 737 model for mid-air door blowout risks
  - Zero Hedge, 22 January 2024

• A Boeing 747 cargo airplane is forced to do an emergency landing in Miami after flames shoot out of a hole in one of the engines
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 19 January 2024

• A terrifying shows flames shooting out of one of four engines on an Atlas Air ... Boeing 747
  - Zero Hedge, 19 January 2024

• With quality control essential, Airbus gains in its rivalry with Boeing, by being seen as run by "competent people". Airbus now has about 66% of the market share for jet airplanes, and in 2023 was the world's biggest plane maker for the the fifth straight year.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 18 January 2024

• Analyst warns of a potential bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines
  - Zero Hedge, 17 January 2024

• Boeing sued by Alaska Air Passengers over 737 Max 9 door blowout. The lawsuit seeks class-action status and unspecified damages from Boeing.
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 January 2024

• Shares of Spirit Airlines drop 60% (then recover a bit to down 50%), after the Justice Department blocks the merger of Spirit with JetBlue
  - Comcast's CNBC, 16 January 2024

• The many problems at Boeing get worse as a crucial buyer hesitates on deliveries of airplanes. More safety checks are being planned on the undelivered planes to Zhōngguó following the Alaska Airlines door blowout.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 16 January 2024

• Amidst sexist/racist questions surrounding whether 'diversity and inclusion' drives are jeopardizing airline safety, Southwest Airlines deleted a post on X celebrating an "all female flight crew".
  - Zero Hedge, 14 January 2024

• Airbus obtains record high number of orders for jet airplanes, as Boeing is plagued with a reputation crisis over its Max woes
  - Zero Hedge, 13 January 2024

• Federal scientists at the FDA and NIH have recommend easing restrictions on marijuana. In newly disclosed documents, federal researchers find that cannabis may have medical uses and is less likely to cause harm than drugs like heroin. The scientists have recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration make marijuana a Schedule III drug, alongside the likes of ketamine and testosterone, which are available by prescription.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 13 January 2024

• Why airline stocks are worth buying: passenger demand is growing
  - Murdoch's Barron's, 13 January 2024

• Shares of Delta Air Lines (and related airline companies) dropped 8.5% after Delta trimmed its full-year adjusted EPS forecast for 2024, which was below the "more than $7" per share target discussed previously by the company
  - Zero Hedge, 12 January 2024

• The FAA is investigating whether Boeing 737 Max 9 conformed to approved design. Regulators are examining whether Boeing complied with safety rules on a plane that lost a fuselage panel while in flight last week.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 12 January 2024

• Airbus shatters record for jet orders as demand soars. Airlines are throwing down billions of dollars to buy new planes to upgrade and expand their fleets as they emerge from the doldrums of the Covid pandemic.
  - Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (locked), 12 January 2024

• How Boeing's purchase of McDonnell Douglas in 1997 ruined the quality and engineering culture of Boeing by allowing MD's emphasis on on cost cutting and financial innovations to improve bottom lines to dominate quality and engineering
  - Daily Reckoning, 10 January 2024

• $100,000,000 - A Nevada judge has approved a $100 million cash settlement to the parents of a British tourist who was among five killed when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Grand Canyon in 2018. Under the settlement approved in Las Vegas on Friday, the family of Jonathan Udall, 31, will receive $24.6 million from the operator of the helicopter, Papillon Airways Inc., and $75.4 million from its French manufacturer, Airbus Helicopters SAS.
  - Associated Press, 09 January 2024

• Bitcoin and Big-Tech burst higher amid bloodbath in Boeing and black gold (oil)
  - Zero Hedge, 08 January 2024

• United Airlines finds loose bolts on several Boeing 737 Max 9s after grounding
  - Comcast's CNBC, 08 January 2024

• Shares of Boeing plunge 9%, and shares of Spirit AeroSystems (a key supplier to Boeing) plunged 20%, in premarket trading in New York after an emergency door separated from an Alaska Airlines 737-9 Max jet over Portland on Friday evening, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency to ground the jets for inspections.
  - Zero Hedge, 08 January 2024

• Boeing's high-paid management again under scrutiny after latest 737 Max problem. A sudden hole appearing in the side of an Alaska Airlines plane midflight follows years of problems with Boeing's latest aircraft.
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 08 January 2024

• Boeing's Max 9 jets remain grounded as airlines await inspection instructions
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 08 January 2024

• The Federal Aviation Administration announced a temporary grounding for Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets. These jets will need to be inspected before returning to service. This comes after a mid-cabin exit door flew off mid-flight of an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 on Friday evening.
  - Zero Hedge, 06 January 2024

• The European Union issues an "emergency airworthiness directive" after the FAA grounds Boeing 737-9 Max airplanes
  - Zero Hedge, 06 January 2024

• FAA orders all airlines to ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes after a midair emergency involving Alaska Airlines
  - Ochs-Sulzberger's New York Times, 06 January 2024

• One day after Boeing asks the FAA to exempt the 737 MAX 7 airplane from safety rules, so Boeing more quickly sell the planes, Alaska Airlines grounds all Boeing 737-9 MAX airplanes after a window/pnael sub-structure is blown off in flight that forced an emergency landing. Last month, Boeing asked all airlines to inspect all of their 737 Max jets for a potential loose bolt in the rudder system after an airline discovered a potential problem with a key part on two aircraft.
  - Newhouse CNN, 06 January 2024

• Little noticed, the Federal Aviation Administration in December published a Boeing request for an exemption from key safety standards on the 737 MAX 7 -- the still-uncertified smallest member of the newest jet family of Boeing. Since August, earlier models of the MAX currently flying passengers in the U.S. have had to limit use of the jet's engine anti-ice system after Boeing discovered a defect in the system with potentially catastrophic consequences.
  - Seattle Times, 05 January 2024