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A year ago, Boeing posted record revenues topping $100 billion with hopes of delivering a chart-topping number of airplanes in 2019, including hundreds of 737 Max jetliners. The news isn’t going to be so rosy on its fourth-quarter earnings call this year. Those bestselling planes were grounded worldwide in March after the second of two

Medical staff transfer patients to Jin Yintan hospital on January 17, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Getty Images U.S. health and Homeland Security officials will begin screening at major U.S. airports for the new Chinese Coronavirus that has caused two deaths and more than 40 infections in China. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

An employee works near a Boeing 737 Max aircraft at Boeing’s 737 Max production facility in Renton, Washington. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters The Federal Aviation Administration followed existing rules when it approved the Boeing 737 Max in 2017 but improvements are needed, a panel assembled by the Department of Transportation said Thursday. The FAA has

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 777 James D. Morgan | Getty Images The pilots of a Delta Air Lines flight did not notify authorities before dumping fuel on a populated part of Los Angeles, including several elementary schools, when it made an emergency landing at the city’s airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. Dozens

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 landing in Amsterdam. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ fourth quarter profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, as lower fuel prices and strong travel — particularly for high-priced premium tickets — demanded lifted the Atlanta-based carrier’s results. Before the market opened on Tuesday, Delta reported per-share

Dave Calhoun, Chairman of Boeing Adam Jeffery | CNBC Boeing’s new CEO, Dave Calhoun, has a daunting to-do list when he takes the reins at the company’s Chicago headquarters on Monday: improving the plane-maker’s strained relationships with regulators and airline customers, winning back public trust and getting the 737 Max — grounded for almost a

Lunar New Year festival at the Oakland Museum of California. Odell Hussey Photography | Courtesy Oakland Museum of California This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Saturday, Jan. 25 and will be followed by 15 days of celebrations marking the transition from the Year of the Pig to the Year of the Rat. While

Boeing employees boasted about bullying regulators to approve the now-grounded 737 Max without requiring pilots to undergo simulator training while others raised safety concerns and complained about lax standards, according to a trove of internal documents the company released on Thursday. Seth Kaplan, aviation journalist at Kaplan Research, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss. 06:03 Fri,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that there is evidence that the Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed in Iran was shot down by a missile, perhaps unintentionally. Iran has since dismissed that idea. Greg Feith, former investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, and CNBC’s Phil LeBeau join “Squawk Box” to discuss. 08:42

An Airbus SE A321 plane fuselage is lifted with a crane at the company’s final assembly line facility in Mobile, Alabama Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airbus said Thursday it is planning to increase production of U.S.-made jetliners, a move that comes after tariffs threatened to drive up costs for U.S. customers who

A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed in Iran late Tuesday. The passenger jet went down moments after takeoff just outside Tehran, killing all 176 people on board. Both Iranian and Ukranian officials say they suspect the crash was caused by mechanical issues. Carter Copeland, U.S. aerospace and defense analyst and founding partner of Melius Research, joins

Delta Air Lines is revamping its app to become a one-stop shop for travelers, featuring weather, traffic, security and wait time information, as it seeks to win over customers by easing their stress traveling to and through the airport. Delta executives have said competition between carriers takes place before the flight even takes off. The

A demonstrator with a mask attends a climate protest rally in Sydney on December 11, 2019. Saeed Khan | AFP | Getty Images Australia has been burning since September and an end to the catastrophic destruction does not appear to be in sight. Officials believe the fires could take months to extinguish. The wildfires have

Travelers use the automated screening lanes funded by American Airlines and installed by the Transportation Security Administration at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Going through airport security this year? Double check that grey bin to make sure you’re hanging onto your things. Each month, Transportation Security Administration collects and

Southwest Airlines flight 1117 from St. Louis lands at Boston Logan International Airport on March 13, 2019. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) John Tlumacki | The Boston Globe | Getty Images A U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s top military leader drove up oil prices more than 3% on Friday and sent

A wallaby licks its burnt paws after escaping a bushfire on the Liberation Trail near the township of Nana Glen on the Mid North Coast of NSW, November 12, 2019. Wolter Peeters | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Nearly half a billion animals in Australia’s New South Wales state have been killed by raging wildfires

American Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max planes sit parked outside of a maintenance hangar at Tulsa International Airport (TUL) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 14, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines is planning to share with employees a portion of the compensation it expects to receive from Boeing for the nearly 10-month grounding

Mekong River cruises are booming, particularly in Cambodia and Vietnam. In 2020, at least 10 river boats — some quite luxurious — will cruise the lush and navigable lower Mekong. Most resemble the river boats of Europe, staffed with chefs who prepare authentic regional fare and local guides who share cultural histories as well as

Boeing Co. 737 fuselage sections sit on the assembly floor at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing said Monday that it told suppliers to halt shipments of 737 Max parts for a month starting in January, providing new visibility into how the worldwide grounding of the bestselling plane

If you’re like the 76% of Americans who drive to work alone, you’ve probably commuted in stop-and-go traffic with no end in sight. Then, when the road finally clears, you realize there was no reason for traffic to be stopped in the first place. Experts call them “phantom traffic jams,” moments when traffic grinds to