Ex-Boeing Quality Manager Warns of 737 Plane Being Back Air So Soon
Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Boeing's 737 planes are being given the green light to get back up into the sky -- but a guy who used to do quality assurance for them says ... it might be too soon, not safe enough. We talked to former Boeing quality manager John Barnett -- who…
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Southwest Drops Service to 4 Airports , Amid Boeing Problems.
On April 24, Boeing announced that it will keep production levels lower so that it can focus on the quality and safety of its planes.
The announcement comes after the company has experienced backlash over safety issues, .
such as the incident on Jan. 5 in which a door plug flew off of an Alaska Airlines plane. .
On April 25, Southwest Airlines said that
Boeing delivery delays have caused the company
to stop serving four airports, CNN reports. .
The recent news from Boeing
regarding further aircraft delivery
delays presents significant
challenges for both 2024 and 2025, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan, via statement.
We are reacting and replanning
quickly to mitigate the operational
and financial impacts. , Southwest CEO Bob Jordan, via statement.
Consequently, we have made the
difficult decision to close our
operations [at the four airports], Southwest CEO Bob Jordan, via statement.
The four airports that will be affected are
Bellingham International Airport,
Cozumel International Airport.
Syracuse Hancock International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Southwest also revealed that it
lost $218 million in Q1 2024.
However, revenue was at $6.3 billion,
an 11% increase from last year.
The revenue increase came from an
uptick in passenger traffic, CNN reports.
Southwest shares dipped 7% in
premarket trading on April 25
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Wednesday, 31 January 2024
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