Shares of Boeing Co. (BA) are down more than 3% to start the week after news of the US Justice Department’s criminal investigation broke. The airliner is being probed for its role in a recent near-disaster aboard a January 5 flight in which a door plug blew out, leaving a hole in the 737 [...]
Last week an Alaska Airlines flight experienced a near disaster on its flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California. A Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft experienced a full panel blowout just 6 minutes into the flight. As a result of the scare, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made the decision to ground 171 Boeing [...]
While others enjoyed the usual lull of returning to normalcy after the holidays, many were stranded in airports around the country due to mass cancellations by Southwest Airlines (LUV). Historically, Southwest has been an industry leader in aviation - but today, the stock has taken a nosedive, dropping almost 6% Tuesday morning. These [...]
Delta Air Lines has doubled down on the momentum that’s been growing for them over the past few months. Early Wednesday morning they put out a press release stating that their “recession is over”. The post-pandemic travel boom is just beginning. Executives state that it’s unlikely the company will ever see the same level [...]
