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Southwest Airlines plans to get 737 Max back in sky

Bloomberg Worsening tensions between Boeing Co. and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) threaten new delays in the return of the 737 Max. But even after regulators sign off, airlines will still have weeks of work before passengers fly on the beleaguered plane. Southwest Airlines Co. is anticipating a month or more of preparations after the Max wins approval to fly ...

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Boeing skips bid on $85 billion ICBM

Bloomberg Boeing Co. said it won’t compete for the Pentagon’s program to develop and procure the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, (ICBM) leaving Northrop Grumman Corp. as the sole bidder for a project valued at almost $85 billion. The announcement final Boeing’s previous indications that it wouldn’t bid on the program to replace aging Minuteman III ICBMs because it views the ...

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Boeing CEO chastised by FAA as tensions risk 737 Max delay

Bloomberg The US’s top aviation regulator took Boeing Co.’s chief to the woodshed in a sign that relations between the two sides have deteriorated and further delays in the return to service of the planemaker’s best-selling jet are likely. In an unusual public admonishment, Federal Aviation Administration head Steve Dickson presented Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg and Executive Vice ...

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