The MAX9 fallout
More information is coming out about the MAX 9 event on flight AS1282. Here’s our earlier coverage on this (1 ,2,3,4). Here’s a list of MAX 9 operators. There is some debate about the fleet size; we have seen 171…
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United and Alaska find loose bolts on MAX 9 door plugs
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Alaska Airlines and the MAX 9
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 plays a major role in Alaska’s fleet update. The growth in the MAX 9 fleet is changing the airline’s profile, as the following chart illustrates. The chart shows that Alaska has the highest percentage of…
FAA requires MAX 9 inspections after Alaska ‘door’ blow out
UPDATE – The FAA requires inspections of ’certain Boeing MAX 9s’ following the Alaska Airlines incident on Friday in which a MAX 9 lost part of a fuselage plug. The airline announced late Friday that it had temporarily grounded most…
DoT data update – the US airline situation through September
Using the T-1 dataset, we offer the following model, giving readers a sense of how the US airline industry performed through September. Usually, we only give subscribers access to models, but it’s Christmas time, and you’ve been so good this…
Alaska/Hawaiian by numbers
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