Keithambrose Posted January 11 Posted January 11 1 hour ago, thaiophilus said: I'd be very surprised (and it would be headline news) if I turned up to Gatwick to board EK016 and it turned out to be any Boeing aircraft 🙂. Indeed, good point, and with the current airline and related apps, you can find out which plane is serving almost every flight. A very last minute change is a possibility, but pretty rare. Quote
reader Posted January 22 Posted January 22 NOTE -- "ER" stands for Extended Range. From the BBC Second model to be inspected after 737 Max 9 blowout Checks are to be carried out on a second Boeing aircraft model following the blowout of an unused door on one of its planes earlier this month. The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded more than 170 of the 737 Max 9 fleet after a cabin panel broke away thousands of feet above the ground. On Sunday, the agency said airlines should also inspect older 737-900ER models, which use the same door design. The FAA described the move as an "added layer of safety". It said there had been no reported issues with the 737-900ER, but that it uses the same style of panel to "plug" an unused door as the plane involved in the terrifying 5 January incident. Quote
Members unicorn Posted January 23 Members Posted January 23 Yikes. More very bad news for Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines, most of whose fleet consists of various 737's. The US's other main airlines, American, Delta, and United, have a far more diversified fleet. reader 1 Quote
reader Posted January 23 Posted January 23 From CNBC United CEO casts doubt on 737 Max 10 United Airlines is weighing plans without the Boeing 737 Max 10 after a series of delays and most recently, the grounding of a smaller variant of the plane, the carrier’s CEO said Tuesday. The Max 10 is the largest model of the plane and hasn’t yet been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. United CEO Scott Kirby said the plane is already “best case” about five years delayed and expressed frustration at Boeing for the most recent problem in which a door plug blew out during an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 flight on Jan. 5, prompting the FAA to ground those planes. United has 79 of the 737 Max 9 aircraft in its fleet, more than any other carrier, and the ongoing grounding will drive a first-quarter loss, the airline said Monday while reporting its fourth-quarter earnings. “I think the Max 9 grounding is probably the straw that broke the camel’s back for us,” Kirby said in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “We’re going to at least build a plan that doesn’t have the Max 10 in it.” Last week, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC he was confident moving forward with his airline’s order of Boeing Max 10s. Quote
