American consumers are spending more, but are they buying more stuff? Or are things just more expensive? In the first prosecution related to the Boeing 737 MAX accidents, a former pilot has been charged with lying to the U.S. government. Bitcoin hits an all-time high Friday, topping $62,000. What’s behind the surge?
SEATTLE—Boeing’s newest version of the 737 Max jetliner completed its first test flight Friday in a move that the company hopes will signal improving fortunes for its most important plane. A few hundred employees watched the plane take off from Renton, Washington. As is typical for a first test flight of a new plane, the […]
WASHINGTON—Prominent attorneys Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros will be named to oversee a $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, a spokeswoman for Feinberg confirmed on Wednesday. As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, Boeing in January agreed to pay $500 […]
BERLIN—A modified version of the Boeing 737 Max, incorporating multiple safety upgrades, has been approved to resume flights in Europe, following nearly two years of reviews after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide, the European Aviation Safety Agency said Wednesday. Changes mandated by the European Union Aviation […]
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. American flight 718 carried 87 passengers on the 172-seat plane, and the return flight from LaGuardia Airport to Miami International Airport held […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell votes down a measure to get $2,000 stimulus checks to the American public. He says the Senate can focus on it at a later time. And what’s the downside to stimulus payments? Who pays for them? We talk to Lance Roberts, chief strategist at Real Investment Advice. Progress on the […]
RIO DE JANEIRO—Commercial flights with Boeing 737 MAX jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil’s Gol Airlines became the first in the world to return the planes to its active fleet, using a 737 MAX 8 on a flight from Sao […]
