United Airlines Weighs Fleet Plans Without Boeing 737 Max 10, CEO Tells CNBC

By Denny Jacob

--United Airlines is weighing fleet plans without the Boeing 737 Max 10 after a series of delays and the recent grounding of a smaller variant of the plane, Chief Executive Scott Kirby told CNBC in an interview.

--Kirby said the plane, which hasn't yet been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, is already "best case" about five years delayed and expressed frustration at Boeing for its most-recent manufacturing problem that resulted in a door-plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight, according to the report.

--"I think the Max 9 grounding is probably the straw that broke the camel's back for us," Kirby said in the interview. "We're going to at least build a plan that doesn't have the Max 10 in it."

--United has 79 of the 737 Max 9 aircraft in its fleet, more than any other carrier, according to the report.

Full story at https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/23/united-ceo-casts-doubt-on-boeing-737-max-10-order.html

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January 23, 2024 10:59 ET (15:59 GMT)

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