Air Transport Path Cleared for Alaska Air to Acquire Hawaiian Airlines The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted the waiver needed to allow Alaska Air to complete its… Ricardo MeierSeptember 18, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing to change 737 door plug design after failing to determine how bolts were left on Alaska Air plane The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday that neither it nor Boeing could determine how the four… Ricardo MeierAugust 7, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Alaska Airlines returned the 737 MAX 9 that lost its door plug to Boeing Alaska Airlines has confirmed the return of the 737 MAX 9 with registration number N704AL to Boeing, Reuters… Ricardo MeierJune 29, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing paid $160 million to Alaska Air after 737 MAX 9 incident Alaska Air Group revealed on Thursday that it received about $160 million from Boeing as initial compensation for… Ricardo MeierApril 4, 2024 Read More
Air Transport NTSB suggests Boeing did not fully cooperate in investigation into Alaska 737 MAX crash Boeing has so far not shared all the information and documents requested by the NTSB, the National Transportation… Ricardo MeierMarch 6, 2024 Read More
Air Transport NTSB: Alaska Boeing 737 MAX 9 was missing four door plug bolts The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), responsible for investigating transport accidents in the United States, confirmed in a… Ricardo MeierFebruary 6, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Alaska Airlines plans to return the 737 MAX 9 to commercial service on Friday, January 26 Alaska Airlines plans to resume scheduled commercial service with its Boeing 737 MAX 9 on Friday, January 26,… Ricardo MeierJanuary 25, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing improperly reinstalled door plug on 737 MAX 9 – reports Workers at Boeing’s final assembly line in Renton reportedly removed and reinstalled the door plug that slipped off… Ricardo MeierJanuary 24, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Boeing 737 Max 9 from Alaska may have been delivered without bolts holding the door plug Ten days after an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 have a door blown out on Flight 1282, FAA,… Ricardo MeierJanuary 15, 2024 Read More
Air Transport US investigators find part that fell from Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), which is in charge of investigating the causes of the explosive depressurization… Ricardo MeierJanuary 8, 2024 Read More
Air Transport FAA orders 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets to be grounded The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the US civil aviation authority, ordered on Saturday that 171 Boeing 737 MAX… Ricardo MeierJanuary 6, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 loses emergency exit disabled in flight An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 suffered an in-flight decompression after losing a section of a disabled… Ricardo MeierJanuary 6, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Alaska Airlines takes delivery of its first Boeing 737-8 with just 159 seats Alaska Airlines confirmed the arrival of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 on January 4th. The aircraft, however,… Ricardo MeierJanuary 4, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Following Air Transat, Porter Airlines closes deal with Alaska Airlines Days after revealing a joint venture with leisure airline Air Transat, Porter Airlines on Wednesday announced a deal… Ricardo MeierDecember 13, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Alaska Airlines will acquire Hawaiian carrier for US$1.9 billion Alaska Air Group and Hawaiian Holdings announced on Sunday an agreement that the parent company of Alaska Airlines… Ricardo MeierDecember 4, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Off-duty pilot tried to shut down engines on Alaska Air E175 jet flight An unexpected incident occurred aboard a Horizon Air Embraer E175 jet (in Alaska service) on October 22. An… Ricardo MeierOctober 24, 2023 Read More
Air Transport A321neo leaves Alaska fleet and is about to be received by United The A321neo is the most desired jetliner today, there is no doubt about it. It is enough to… Ricardo MeierOctober 2, 2023 Read More
Technology Turboprop Dash 8 will be the world’s largest hydrogen-powered aircraft One of the largest carriers in the United States, Alaska Airlines unveiled on May 1st the DHC Dash… Thiago VinholesMay 3, 2023 Read More
Air Transport United Airlines reaches one hundred Boeing 737 MAX Almost a year ago, Boeing had reached the milestone of 740 737 MAX jets delivered, after a long… Ricardo MeierApril 4, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Farnborough Airshow Embraer expands its backlog with orders from known customers Among several announcements at Farnborough, Embraer placed two new orders for its commercial aircraft. Alaska Air closed a… Ricardo MeierJuly 22, 2022 Read More