President Donald Trump's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department said he will keep in place a cap on production of Boeing 737 MAX planes put in place after a mid-air panel blowout last year until he is satisfied it can be safely raised.

The smallest of these is the Boeing 737 MAX 7, which has yet to enter service and is still awaiting certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The jet is designed to replace the earlier Boeing 737-700,

The Boeing 737 Max family, which entered service eight years ago, was designed to be the latest and most advanced version of the Boeing 737 family, the most successful commercial aircraft of all time.

Boeing is seeking temporary regulatory exemptions for a stall-management yaw damper (SMYD) system on the 737 Max 7 and Max 10, saying a classification change left it unable to demonstrate that the systems meet airworthiness standards.

President Trump’s Department of Transportation Secretary nominee has pledged to maintain a cap on Boeing 737 MAX production brought in by the FAA last year.

Lufthansa Group has finally found a home for its order for 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, which it made in December 2023, assigning the aircraft to its low-cost carrier Eurowings. In a statement, Eurowings said that Lufthansa Group gave the go-ahead for “one of the largest fleet modernizations in European aviation,

Eurowings will replace its fleet of Airbus A319s and older Airbus A320 models with 40 brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets after Lufthansa Group confirmed the move.

Lufthansa Group is overhauling low-cost carrier Eurowings with 40 Boeing 737 Max jets, marking a significant shift from its all-Airbus fleet.

The Boeing 737 Max hit a coyote while taking off, forcing it to return to Chicago O’Hare after just 40 minutes of flying.

None of the 167 passengers or six crew on the flight were hurt during the incident, which occurred at Chicago O'Hare.

SEATTLE - Boeing warned on Thursday that it expected a fourth-quarter loss of about $4 billion to close a year marred by a production quality crisis, stricter regulatory scrutiny, supply chain delays and a crippling strike by U.S. West Coast factory workers.

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