Business
United board faces a long to-do list, from chairman to jets
The airline is weighing an order for more Boeing 787-8 planes to replace an aging twin-aisle model.
Business
Brazil: Boeing-Embraer deal likely as defense fears soothed
Brazil’s defense minister hopes talks will wrap up by the end of the year.
Nation-World
Investigators say MH370 crash was accident, not pilot suicide
The back-and-forth comes after a panel of experts posited a new theory about the fate of the flight.
Business
Boeing-backed startup has launch customer for electric plane
Zunum Aero, based in Kirkland, will use battery packs, rather than fuel.
Business
Pilot-hungry airlines are raiding flight schools
The poaching is creating a shortage of instructors to train the next generation.
Nation-World
Cuba: 110 died in plane crash, 3 survivors ‘critical’
Investigators tried to piece together why the aging Boeing 737 went down and erupted in flames.
Nation-World
Bill requires anti-harassment rules for airlines, transit
It also calls for a system that lets employees report assaults and harassment.
Nation-World
737 with 110 aboard crashes in Cuba, 3 said to survive
State TV said the 39-year-old airliner veered sharply to the right after takeoff.
Nation-World
Southwest says inspections turn up no flaws in fan blades
Although “a handful” of blades had been sent to the manufacturer for further examination.
Business
‘We’re on schedule,’ says developer of Paine Field air terminal
Alaska, United and Southwest are expected to begin service from Everett in September.
Business
SpaceX rocket fueling appears ‘viable,’ NASA panel says
Loading crew before fueling is finished could be acceptable, they say.
Nation-World
Co-pilot sucked halfway out of plane after windshield cracks
The pilot was able to pull his colleague back inside the Airbus A319 as it flew over China.
Nation-World
Chilling theory for Boeing 777’s disappearance: pilot suicide
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished in 2014, but a panel of experts thinks they know what happened.
Business
Trade body: EU still providing illegal subsidies to Airbus
The WTO decision is the latest development in tussles between Europe’s Airbus and U.S. rival Boeing.
Northwest
Naked man runs down aisle on flight from Seattle to Alaska
He was yelling and waving before he was tackled by passengers and locked in a bathroom.
Nation-World
Memphis Belle’s rebirth: Rehabbed WWII bomber to roll out
It will be unveiled at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, Ohio, on Thursday.
Northwest
US jets intercept pair of Russian bombers off Alaskan coast
The Tu-95 bombers were flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone in the Bering Sea.
Nation-World
China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
The new aircraft carrier is based on the former Soviet Union’s Kuznetsov class design.
Business
Qatar Airways CEO takes delivery of a 737 at Paine Field
The Renton-built 737 Max 8 is the first of 20 for rebranded Air Italy, now a Qatar Airways…