Southwest is leaving 4 cities this year as it deals with Boeing's 737 Max crisis — see the list

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Southwest Max 8 in Honolulu with the ATC tower in background.
Southwest Airlines expects just 20 Boeing 737 Max 8 deliveries this year.

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Alaska Airlines was named America's favorite airline for the 2nd year in a row — months after a hole blew in the side of one of its planes

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet flies past the U.S. Capitol dome as it comes in for a landing at Washington Reagan National airport in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet flies past the U.S. Capitol dome.

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Boeing's door plug blowout cost airlines. Big time.

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Investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the area where the plane's door plug had been.

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Boeing whistleblower claims there is a 'criminal coverup' over the 737 Max blowout

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Witness Ed Pierson, Executive Director, The Foundation for Aviation Safety testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on investigations hearing titled
Ed Pierson testified during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.

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Boeing's new chairman is trying to repair broken trust with some of its biggest customers

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Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm, speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of Washington December 7, 2017 in Washington, DC
Steve Mollenkopf.

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From mishaps to tragedies, the flight industry has already had a rough 2024

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Here are eight flight incidents passengers faced in early 2024, from the tragic crash in Japan to plane engines catching on fire.

The Justice Department is meeting with the families of those who died in the Boeing 737 Max crashes as it considers a criminal probe

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The families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash of the Boeing 737 Max jet held a vigil in front of the US Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington, DC on Sept. 10, 2019,
Families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash holding a vigil.

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Dave Calhoun was supposed to turn Boeing around, but after 4 years on the job, he's out. Here's where things went wrong.

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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun departs from a meeting at the office of Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill January 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company at the end of the year.

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The FBI told passengers of the Alaska Airlines blowout flight they may be victims of a crime, report says

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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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An Alaska Airlines passenger shared new photos of the 737 Max blowout — including one of his bare feet after his shoes and socks were sucked out of the plane

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A collage shows the hole on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and Cuong Tran's feet with injuries 4:3
The hole on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, and Cuong Tran's feet.

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