The bosses of two US airlines have vented their anger at Boeing over its manufacturing problems, increasing the pressure on the plane maker’s senior leadership.
The chief executive of United Airlines warned on Tuesday that he was rethinking a multibillion-dollar order for new planes after being forced to ground 79 of its 737 Max 9 aircraft following a damaging mid-flight fuselage breach of an Alaska Airlines aircraft earlier this month.
“I am disappointed that the manufacturing challenges do keep happening at Boeing, this isn’t new,” Scott Kirby told CNBC. Boeing needed to take action to address its manufacturing problems, he added, and “it needs to be real action”.