April
Bonza cuts flights amid trouble registering aircraft
The budget airline, backed by Miami’s 777 Partners, is cutting some routes to the tourism hub, where one of its Boeing 737 MAX-8 planes remains grounded.
- Ayesha de Kretser
What every manager can learn from Boeing’s strife
The flight path is depressingly familiar as a succession of its leaders, in thrall to Jack Welch’s GE management teachings, dismantled a once-great plane maker.
- Peter Robison
First Max, now Dreamliner. Boeing hit with new safety claims
An engineer whistle-blower says sections of the plane’s body are being assembled in a way that could weaken the aircraft. Boeing says there is no safety issue.
- Mark Walker and James Glanz
- Opinion
- Aviation
What’s worse than old planes? Not having any at all
Qantas and Virgin Australia face long waits for new jets – a crucial part of their strategy to bring down costs and keep customers happy.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Aviation
Boeing heard all the warnings, it just wasn’t listening
The aircraft manufacturer deliberately moved its headquarters to be away from day-to-day business. It was a disaster.
- Sarah Green Carmichael
March
Boeing’s CEO and chairman to step down amid safety crisis
Boeing will part ways with its CEO, chairman and head of commercial airplanes as it tries to weather a long-running crisis over its 737 Max jets.
- Updated
- Siddharth Philip
- Analysis
- Aviation
Boeing’s final chance to ‘clean house’ and end crisis
Stephanie Pope, Dave Gitlin and Patrick Shanahan are among possible contenders to take over as CEO as the aircraft maker struggles to restore confidence.
- Claire Bushey, Sylvia Pfeifer and Philip Georgiadis
‘We have to save company from itself’: union seeks Boeing board seat
A union representing 32,000 workers at factories in the US state of Washington has begun contract negotiations with Boeing.
- Claire Bushey
February
Planes are getting smaller. Will that send fares soaring?
The first A380 arrived in Sydney some 16 years ago. But the era of massive jets was short-lived. And that could crunch supply and create airport bottlenecks.
- Ayesha de Kretser
January
Virgin Australia confident Boeing woes won’t hit Max deliveries
United has removed the MAX-10 from its internal planning, but the local carrier says its much smaller order will be delivered on time.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Boeing’s legacy vanished into thin air. Saving it will take years
The aircraft maker’s name and its troubled 737 Max model are linked to some of the worst aircraft safety and design failures in recent aviation history.
- Julie Johnsson, Anthony Palazzo, Siddharth Vikram Philip and Ryan Beene
US launches investigation of Boeing over 737 Max accident
“This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again,” the US Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
- Richard Clough and Ryan Beene
Boeing CEO admits error, says midair blowout ‘can never happen again’
CEO Dave Calhoun’s remarks were Boeing’s first public acknowledgment of errors since a so-called door plug snapped off the fuselage of a nearly full 737 Max 9.
- David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher
- Analysis
- Aviation
Boeing’s woes a headache for ASX-bound Virgin
The carrier made a lot of sense to investors when it decided to streamline its fleet and rely on the US manufacturer. But its eggs are now firmly in one basket.
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Aviation
Boeing needs to fix itself before it can fix its planes
The giant US plane maker has put shareholders and lobbying too far ahead of engineering. But safety is not a negotiable.
- Peggy Hollinger
- Explainer
- Aviation
What went wrong with Boeing’s 737 Max jets?
Whatever the outcome of the investigation, Boeing will have a massive battle to restore passenger confidence in the Max family.
- Sylvia Pfeifer
Pressure mounts on Boeing as airlines report loose parts
Alaska Airlines said initial reports from its technicians indicated some ‘loose hardware’ was visible on some aircraft in the relevant area when it conducted checks.
- Valerie Insinna, David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh
Virgin, Bonza check fleet as US grounds Max 9 planes
Virgin Australia has checked its fleet, while Bonza says planes are being inspected ahead of a January 10 deadline.
- Ayesha de Kretser
US grounds some Boeing 737 Max 9 jets after mid-air emergency
The episode also raised troubling new questions about the safety of a workhorse aircraft design dogged by years of problems and multiple deadly crashes.
- Christopher F. Schuetze, Keith Bradsher and Melissa Eddy
November 2023
Virgin Australia lifts Boeing 737 MAX fleet investment
Virgin Australia wants to convince the local market its private equity owners aren’t stripping and flipping before May float.
- Ayesha de Kretser
