The Boeing Company has reached a $2.5 Billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to draw a line under an ongoing criminal investigation, admitting company employees deceived aviation regulators about safety issues surrounding the Boeing 737 MAX which contributed to two deadly plane crashes. The settlement includes a nearly $244 million fine in addition to […]
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American Airlines CEO Doug Parker & Executive Team Are Taking A Ride On The Boeing 737 MAX
In an effort to reassure employees and the public, this week American Airlines CEO Doug Parker took a ride on the Boeing 737 MAX together with his wife and other AA Executives. The flight took off from Americans maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma following the re-certification of the 737 MAX by the FAA following almost […]
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Read MoreAmerican Airlines Will Send Their Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft Back Into Regular Service During Q1/2021
American Airlines has announced that they will push their Boeing 737 Max back into service as the aircraft has regained it’s FAA certification and the aircraft will enter regular passenger schedules after January 4th. Until January the carrier will perform additional flights within the U.S. which AA employees can access while their roughly 2,600 Boeing […]
The Boeing 737 MAX Doesn’t Scare Me
After a long grounding, it appears that Boeing’s beleaguered yet crucial narrow-body aircraft is ready to fly. And, I’m here to tell you that the Boeing 737 MAX doesn’t scare me. Nor should it scare you. Following tragic back-to-back crashes that killed 346, airline regulatory bodies around the world moved quickly to ground the Boeing 737 […]
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Read MoreBoeing 737 Max In the Final Stages Of Receiving New EASA Airworthiness Certification
There were some good news for The Boeing Company this week as Europe’s responsible aviation safety agency EASA is in the final stages of declaring the B737 Max airworthy again. If things progress as expected we could see the 737 MAX see in regular operation again before the end of the year in both Europe […]
Boeing and FAA complete certification flights for 737 Max
On Monday, June 29th, a Boeing 737 MAX 7 took off from Boeing field in Seattle for the first test flight for the recertification.
On Wednesday the three-day certification flights were completed ahead of a possible recertification in the coming ……
Boeing Raises Whopping $25 Billion Through Bond Offering, Won’t Pursue Government Bailout
The Boeing Company finally had a great week for once and managed to collect a massive $25 Billion though a bond offering in order to back the company up financially for the next few year amid an expectedly slow market for new aircraft. The issues surrounding the 737 Max as well as the Coronavirus crisis […]
Boeing 737 Crashes In Iran
A Ukraine International Airlines jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board, an incident that comes in the middle of military clashes between the U.S. and Iran. Boeing 737 Crashes In Iran The Boeing 737-800 was operated by Ukraine International Airlines. They took off from Imam Khomeini […]
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Read MoreBoeing fires CEO Dennis Muilenburg
Boeing has fired chief executive officer Dennis Muilenburg following a year of scandals and industrial setbacks caused by two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jet. This change in management comes in the middle of Boeing attempts to get approvals for its grounded best-selling jet. Boeing fires CEO Dennis Muilenburg Dennis Muilenburg started as an […]
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Read MoreBoeing suspends production of 737 MAX
Boeing has announced that the production of the 737 MAX aircraft will be temporarily suspended from January. This is the most drastic step we have seen Boeing take yet. Global Grounding of 737 MAX Aircraft The 737 MAX aircraft were involved in two fatal crashes. Both crashes happened in a span of five months. The […]
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Read MoreSouthwest Being Forced to Slow Hawaii Ambitions
Southwest has had a pretty smooth service rollout here in Hawaii. However, it looks like their ambitious schedule can’t be sustained. In fact, Southwest is being forced to slow Hawaii ambitions due to factors out of their control. Original Plans Under its original plan, Southwest hoped to launch flights from San Diego and Sacramento soon […]
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Read MoreAir Canada Grounds Boeing 737 MAX Through July 1, 2019 & Air Transat To The Rescue
Air Canada today issued further information on its operations now that the airline has grounded 24 737 MAX aircraft and was scheduled to receive several more this spring. The airline has temporarily suspended several routes, uses larger aircraft on others and also has wet leased capacity from its Canadian rival Air Transat. Here’s the announcement […]
Southwest Airlines Announces They’ll Start Flying To Hawaii
Southwest Airlines has finally told us the worst kept secret. They’ll begin flying to Hawaii. We’re a bit thin on details so far, but here’s what we know.
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What’s New At Disneyland, Airline Ticket Payment Plans And More Cheap Flights To Europe
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment, while I add my analysis to others. This is your shortcut to find out what’s going on in the travel world without having to read dozens of travel blogs to get all the best info.
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Read MoreHere’s A First Look At The Boeing 737 MAX 8
Taking the delivery flight of the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 to head to Europe and join Norwegian Air’s fleet was a pretty exciting day for an aviation geek like me.
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Read MoreTweet Of The Day: AVGeek Style
Today’s Tweet of the Day focuses on some AVGeek stuff.
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Airlines Are Taking Away Legroom. How Far Will This Go?
If you’re taller than me, you’re probably not going to like the latest changes the airlines are planning. Air travel is about to get a bit less comfortable for all of us. Given all the negative changes over the last few years, that almost doesn’t see…
Read MoreAmerican Airlines Customers, Hold Onto Your Legs Because Economy Seat Pitch Is Getting Even Tighter!
In addition to eliminating the inflight entertainment system from it’s new Boeing 737 Max aircraft, American Airlines announced that they will also cut the Economy Class seat pitch down to 29 inches. The smallest seat pitch of 29 inches would affect 3 rows of the Economy cabin while the rest of the rows would be[…]
American Airlines Eliminates Seatback Inflight Entertainment Screens On Their New Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft
American Airlines has undertaken yet another step to downgrade the inflight experience of their customers as they ordered their new Boeing 737 MAX without inflight entertainment screens in the seat. Instead the carrier will provide streaming entertainment for which passengers have to bring their own equipment and will have to to pay for the internet[…]
Fiji Airways Orders Boeing 737 Max 8
Hawaiian Airlines is the airline that gets the most attention of the Pacific Island based airlines. The airline has been growing (and retracting and growing again) for the past few years. And, it’s currently in the process of reinventing itself with a new business class cabin and more. But I think another Pacific Island based airline […]
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