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Boeing sticks with Calhoun as potential successor exits

Bloomberg Boeing Co is sticking with Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun to guide the company through a long and uncertain recovery, while parting ways with a potential contender for his job. The company’s board raised Calhoun’s retirement age to 70, citing the 64-year-old’s “substantial progress” in ending the 737 Max grounding and bringing the planemaker back from the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

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Guangzhou ousts Atlanta as top airport in 2020

Bloomberg China’s Baiyun International airport in Guangzhou topped the list of the world’s busiest hubs in a coronavirus-wracked 2020, knocking Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International off a perch it occupied for more than two decades. Baiyun moved up from 11th place, trade group Airports Council International said in a statement, capping a year when the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global air travel. Hartsfield-Jackson ...

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United says grounded 777s to return, sees simple fix for Max

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc will repair and resume flying its Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 777-200 fleet that’s been grounded for two months since a dramatic engine failure showered debris across a suburban Denver neighborhood. United is working closely with Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp, as well as Boeing Co and the FAA on fan-blade inspections ...

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