Boeing board to face investors’ lawsuit over 737 MAX crashes

Boeing board to face investors’ lawsuit over 737 MAX crashes

Boeing’s directors must face an investors’ lawsuit accusing them of failing to properly oversee development of the 737 MAX line of planes that were involved in two fatal crashes.

  • byJef Feeley andJulie Johnsson

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‘We’re turning a corner’:Boeing stuns Wall Street with rebound from financial crisis

‘We’re turning a corner’:Boeing stuns Wall Street with rebound from financial crisis

Boeing records a profit for the first time in nearly two years and hints at a budding turnaround after one of the worst financial crises in its century-long history.

  • byJulie Johnsson
The airline making money keeping its planes grounded

The airline making money keeping its planes grounded

Airlines follow a pretty simple formula for success:Fill as many seats and fly as many hours as possible. One Indian budget carrier is going another way to drum up income -- not flying.

  • byAnurag Kotoky andRagini Saxena
Burning through $1.6 billion a month,Boeing has a long way to recovery

Burning through $1.6 billion a month,Boeing has a long way to recovery

The reeling planemaker is grappling with manufacturing flaws on its marquee 787 Dreamliner and new cost overruns on the next Air Force One jets as it struggles on its long,slow and uneven comeback.

  • byJulie Johnsson
Boeing on another bumpy ride to regain trust
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Boeing on another bumpy ride to regain trust

Boeing’s latest problem weighs even more heavily on the company as it continues to deal with the fallout from the 737 Max tragedies.

  • byAlan Tovey
Boeing directors misled about safety oversight after MAX crashes,investors say

Boeing directors misled about safety oversight after MAX crashes,investors say

A 120-page complaint quotes internal company emails and board records to show the planemaker’s board repeatedly moved in lockstep with management instead of challenging it on safety.

  • byDouglas MacMillan
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'Still work to do':Emirates boss slams Boeing over handling of MAX crisis

'Still work to do':Emirates boss slams Boeing over handling of MAX crisis

One of Boeing's biggest customers wants fundamental changes from the planemaker after its flawed 737 MAX jet and has urged it to recognise"culpability and accountability"from the very top.

  • byAlexander Cornwell
Virgin cuts,delays Boeing 737 MAX order as grounded jet returns to skies

Virgin cuts,delays Boeing 737 MAX order as grounded jet returns to skies

Virgin Australia has renegotiated its multibillion-dollar order of Boeing's grounded 737 MAX aircraft,with the carrier slicing its delivery in half.

  • byPatrick Hatch
American Airlines puts Boeing 737 Max back in the air

American Airlines puts Boeing 737 Max back in the air

American Airlines is taking its long-grounded Boeing 737 Max jets out of storage,updating key flight-control software,and flying the planes in preparation for the first flights with paying passengers later this month.

  • byDavid Koenig
European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January

European regulator to lift Boeing 737 MAX grounding in January

How long it takes for flights to resume in Europe depends on pilot training and the amount of time it takes airlines to upgrade software and carry out other actions mandated by the regulator.

  • byTim Hepher
US regulator clears Boeing 737 Max planes to fly again

US regulator clears Boeing 737 Max planes to fly again

After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes,the US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing's 737 Max for flight.

  • byDavid Koenig andTom Krisher