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Boeing junk, United gets fed up, JetBlue moves on: Airlines news roundup

Boeing junk, United gets fed up, JetBlue moves on: Airlines news roundup

Plus, even more bad Boeing news, including pilot seats that might move

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Airlines have had a rough week. Namely, Boeing’s troubles have created a headwind for all of the companies that rely on its aircrafts, but that’s not all troubling the industry.

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Check out the slideshow above for those and more highlights (or should we say, lowlights) from the week in airlines news.

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The headquarters for The Boeing Compay viewed through some trees
Boeing headquarters
Photo: Samuel Corum (Getty Images)

Boeing got dealt another reputational blow, but not because of something one of its planes did. Instead it’s because the credit ratings agency Fitch announced that it was affirming the rating for plane maker’s long-term default risk but downgrading the outlook on that rating to “stable” from “positive.” A small change that speaks volumes.

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King Charles sits in the cockpit of a British Airways 787 aircraft with a British Airways pilot.
You don’t say?
Photo: Chris Jackson - WPA Pool (Getty Images)

After a LATAM Airlines flight threw passengers to the ceiling of a Boeing 787 and injured 50 when a pilot unexpectedly slammed forward into their controls, the plane manufacturer sent a memo to other 787 pilots to make sure their seats are secure before taking off. 

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A traveler looks out a window at a United Airlines plane while waiting for their delayed flight
Waiting, waiting, waiting
Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)

It turns out that one of the many airlines frustrated with Boeing’s continued production delays is channeling those feelings into action. United Airlines is close to signing at least 36 leases for the A321neo, the Airbus model that competes with Boeing’s 737 Max 10.

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A Boeing 737 Max aircraft
A Boeing 737 Max aircraft
Photo: Peter Cziborra (Reuters)

A a gaggle of airline CEOs put on their best face at a conference this week to make their case to investors in the general public about the future of their respective companies.

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A JetBlue Airlines plane takes off near Spirit Airlines planes.
Leave Spirit behind.
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images)

What do you call it when you initiate a $3.8 billion hostile takeover of a rival company, get them to abandon a merger they had been planning with a different company, give up a sweet longtime revenue-sharing agreement with a business partner, get sued by the government, then abandon your takeover plans because a judge said you’d have controlled too much of the market?

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A close-up of a United Airlines logo on a line barrier at the check-in counter for a flight
A line barrier for a United Airlines check-in counter
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

United Airlines is having a rough go of it lately. On Tuesday morning, a flight that was heading to San Francisco from Sydney, Australia had to dump a bunch of fuel and turn around after a mysterious “maintenance issue.” An fuller explanation hasn’t been given yet, but a plane spotter, according to footage acquired by NBC Bay Area, caught fluid appearing to spray from the plane’s landing gear. It was the sixth safety incident involving a United plane within the span of a week.

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A number of grounded Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft on a tarmac on a sunny day
A bunch of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft
Photo: Mike Blake (Reuters)

The line of airlines waiting on delayed Boeing planes is getting longer by the day. The latest company to enter the queue is Southwest Airlines, which informed investors that it will be “reevaluating all prior full year 2024 guidance” because it won’t be getting nearly as many aircraft as it had been expecting this year.

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A passenger waits near a Delta Air lines terminal with a plane viewable through the window.
Waiting a little longer.
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Another airline is grumbling about its problems with Boeing 737 Max 10. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the company doesn’t expect to receive its deliveries of the planes until 2027, up to two years later than it had previously expected.

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