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Summary List PlacementThe Boeing 737 Max will fly paying passengers in the US for the first time in 21 months next week as American Airlines is set to fly the first scheduled flight from Miami to New York on December 29.  American is arguably the most eager US airline to get the ill-fated jet back in the air, beating out rivals United Airlines, Alaska...

Summary List PlacementAfter a 20-month grounding by the Federal Aviation Administration in the US, the Boeing 737 Max is finally cleared to return to the skies and once again fly passengers. Four US airlines currently fly variants of the 737 Max or plan to take delivery of their first models in 2021 including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and Alaska Airlines. The first...

Airbus is planning on delivering its highest-ever number of planes in 2020, while its biggest rival Boeing continues to falter in the aftermath of two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max planes. Airbus also announced its plans to increase its production of A320neo planes, which is the main competitor to the Max. But the benefits Boeing's problems bring Airbus are limited by the fact...

Southwest Airlines reported fourth quarter and full 2019 earnings following a tumultuous year without its flagship plane, the Boeing 737 Max. The airline is the biggest customer of the 737 Max, and was supposed to have 75 by the end of 2019. Although profits and capacity fell, and headwinds look poised to continue well into 2020, there were still a few bright points, including...

Boeing announced on Monday that David Calhoun would become the aerospace company's CEO and president effective January 13 after the firing of former CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Calhoun had been the chairman of Boeing's board of directors, on which he had served since 2009, and was a senior managing director at Blackstone, leading that firm's private-equity-portfolio-operations division. Before working at Blackstone, Calhoun was the CEO...

Boeing has announced that it will temporarily halt production of the 737 Max plane. The plane has been grounded by the FAA for almost a year following two major crashes. Boeing announced that it would not be making any layoffs as a result of this decision and that employees would instead be redirected to other tasks. However, there is now an increasing backlog of...

Boeing announced on Monday that it will temporarily suspend production of the 737 Max, as the plane remains grounded into 2020. The company said the 12,000 employees at its Renton, WA factory, where the Max is built, would not face layoffs or furloughs "at this time," and would be reassigned to other tasks. However, almost 600 suppliers manufacture components for the plane. Those companies,...

FAA head Steve Dickson is testifying before a House transportation committee hearing about the Boeing 737 Max on Wednesday. A former Boeing employee turned whistleblower, Edward Pierson, is also scheduled to appear at Wednesday's hearing, along with others. We'll be updating this story throughout the hearing — refresh this page for updates. Sign up for Business Insider's transportation newsletter, Shifting Gears, to get more...

Boeing's chief engineer overseeing commercial airplanes including the 737 Max is retiring, according to the Seattle Times. John Hamilton has been heading up Boeing's response to the two fatal 737 Max crashes. Boeing said that he initially planned to retire last year. Hamilton testified alongside CEO Dennis Muilenburg in front of two Congressional panels last month. Sign up for Business Insider's transportation newsletter, Shifting Gears,...

The FAA plans to keep full control of certifying individual new Boeing 737 Max planes as they roll off the production line, the regulator said Tuesday. Normally, once the plane type is certified by the regulator, the plane maker is responsible for ensuring that individual units conform to regulatory requirements. Airlines also typically conduct inspections when taking delivery of new planes. Boeing's plan to...

A near-crash during a flight-simulator session in June led to a complete redesign of the Boeing 737 Max's flight computer architecture, according to a new Bloomberg report. That redesign is in addition to the software fix to an automated system that caused two fatal crashes. It has led to extensive delays getting the plane back into commercial service. The flight computer in the 737...

Lion Air flight 610 crashed in Indonesia one year ago today, the first of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes. Both crashes have been attributed to a faulty automated flight-control system, MCAS, although the plane type continued to fly for about five months after the Lion Air crash. Here's how the disaster unfolded, and what it's meant for Boeing, the FAA, and air travel...