(Reuters) – Alaska Airways CEO Ben Minicucci stated the airline has seen “important enchancment” at troubled planemaker Boeing (NYSE:) in current months after a door plug lacking key bolts blew off one of many provider’s new 737 MAX 9 jets at 16,000 ft in January.
“We noticed lots of important enchancment in the previous couple of months,” Minicucci stated in an interview, including he spoke not too long ago to new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg.
Alaska Airways, which is getting its twelfth airplane in 2024 from Boeing this week, has stepped up oversight of recent planes and has its personal employees on the manufacturing unit auditing manufacturing. Minicucci additionally stated he doesn’t anticipate to obtain 737 MAX 10 airplanes till not less than mid-2026. The Federal Aviation Administration has but to certify both the MAX 7 or MAX 10 variants.
