Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc gave up on carrying passengers on Boeing Co’s 737 Max this year, removing the grounded jet from its schedule until January 6. The carrier, which had previously pulled the aircraft until Decmber 19, is cancelling more than 8,000 flights from October through early January as its 14 Max aircraft remain banned from flying. Boeing’s best-selling …

Bloomberg Boeing Co stripped Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg of his role as chairman, leaving him little margin for error in his final push to resolve the crisis engulfing the company’s 737 Max jetliner. Separating the CEO and chairman roles will let Muilenburg focus on getting the grounded jet back in the air, Boeing said in a statement. While the …

Bloomberg Following the collapse of travel company Thomas Cook Group Plc, the UK government plans to change the law to allow failed airlines to keep flying in order to rescue stranded passengers. The tour operator’s bankruptcy last month forced the Civil Aviation Authority to deploy more than 150 planes to bring home 140,000 people, an airlift that cost about twice …