Alaska Airlines is flying to Europe for the first time — and the planes are getting a fresh look

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Alaska Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner livery.

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Boeing's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year

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Boeing has faced a near-constant string of hurdles in 2024.

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  • Boeing is having a rough year.
  • The company has faced mechanical problems, lawsuits, a leadership shake-up, and layoffs.
  • Here's a breakdown of how Boeing's year has gone from bad to worse.

Boeing has been going through it this year.

I've flown on the Airbus jet Alaska will fly to Tokyo. It was a comfortable ride and I'm excited about the airline's new long-haul flights.

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Alaska is banking on Hawaiian's widebody planes to expand into Asia.

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Alaska Airlines flight forced to turn around after Boeing 737 engine fails midair

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An Alaska airlines Boeing 737 is taking off from Los Angeles International AirPort (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on March 6, 2024.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 had to turn around after one of its engines failed.

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A key Boeing mechanic who worked on 737 Max doors was on vacation on 2 critical days before the Alaska Airlines blowout

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators examine the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was jettisoned and forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing, at a property where it was recovered in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
NTSB investigators with the 737 door plug that was found in a yard.

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A crew member on the Alaska Airlines blowout flight said they would no longer feel safe on a Boeing 737 Max, a newly released interview shows

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Boeing 787 Max 9 interior showing missing door plug in NTSB photo of Alaska Airlines emergency landing
A door plug came off a Boeing 737 Max 9 during Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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Inside the Alaska Airlines blowout: staff describe loud bangs, 'whooshing air,' and other chaos

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Boeing 787 Max 9 interior showing missing door plug in NTSB photo of Alaska Airlines emergency landing
Boeing has faced questions over the safety of its planes following the midair blowout of a door panel aboard an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

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Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a fraud-conspiracy charge over the 737 Max saga, but it isn't out of the woods just yet

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The fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX, which was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage, is seen during its investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Portland, Oregon
The fuselage-plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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Airbus agrees to pay $1 for Spirit AeroSystems assets in deal sparked by Boeing 737 Max blowout

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An aircraft of the model A220 is on the runway at the Airbus delivery centre near Toulouse.
Spirit AeroSystems produced several parts for the Airbus A220 and A350.

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Federal investigators slammed Boeing for 'blatantly violating' the rules by sharing unproven speculation about the 737 Max blowout

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An NTSB investigator examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282.

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