Fitch warns of potential credit impact of 737 Max crashes

Boeing, its suppliers and some weaker airline credits could come under credit ratings pressure this year if complex safety problems are identified with the 737 Max, Fitch Ratings warns. The agency says in a research note that there are several possible scenarios from the recent crashes of 737 Max 8s operated by Ethiopian Airlines and […]

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China prevents U.N. from blacklisting JeM’s Masood Azhar

China once again prevented a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) committee from blacklisting the head of Pakistan-based militant group

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737 Max grounding to have limited impact on US carriers

American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines are the three US carriers impacted by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground Boeing 737 Max aircraft following two fatal crashes since October. The three carriers, combined, operate 72 Max 8s and 9s, Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer shows. Southwest has the largest fleet with 34 737-8s, American has […]

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US orders Boeing 737 Max grounded

The US government has ordered Boeing’s 737 Max grounded, marking an about-face for the Federal Aviation Administration that, as recently as last night, declined such a move despite a building worldwide wave of 737 Max groundings. That wave reached the US border earlier on 13 March, when Canada – which had until then stood beside […]

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PICTURE: Lufthansa teases with Swiss and Austrian 787s

Lufthansa Group has indicated that its Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines divisions could end up operating some of the company’s newly-ordered Boeing 787-9s. The group is taking 20 of the type, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, but has yet to decide where they will be based. It has teased, however, with an […]

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PICTURE: Lufthansa teases with Swiss and Austrian 787s

Lufthansa Group has indicated that its Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines divisions could end up operating some of the company’s newly-ordered Boeing 787-9s. The group is taking 20 of the type, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, but has yet to decide where they will be based. It has teased, however, with an […]

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Canada grounds 737 Max due to crash ‘similarities’

The government of Canada has grounded the Boeing 737 Max after reviewing new data suggesting the flight profile of the recent crashed Ethiopian Airlines aircraft showed similarities to that of last year’s crashed Lion Air aircraft. Canadian transport minister Marc Garneau stresses the similarities are still unverified, but the move by Canada breaks with the […]

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