Recently, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft fell off the cabin door during the flightAviation industry tycoon Clark was blunt in his criticism.
Tim Clark is the president of Emirates, the local airline in the Middle East. Everyone knows Emirates, yesThe world's largest buyer of wide-body aircraft, the airline operates more than 100 of the world's largest commercial airliners, the A380.
Clark has a reputation for being demanding, claiming that aircraft manufacturers and engine manufacturers must be held accountable for engineering defects. Clark can be said to be a proper boss in the civil aviation industry, and his words in the industry are quite weighty.
Clark recently said that the Jan. 5 accident with a Boeing 737 MAX marked a setback in the company's quest to improve operations.
He also said that Boeing has long had quality control problems, and the Alaska Airlines MAX 9 aircraft is just one manifestation of quality problems. He believes that Boeing is now making a concerted effort to solve the quality problem, but it is not working. In 2023, Clark also harshly criticized British engine maker Rolls-Rowe Rolle, calling the Trent engines it supplied for Airbus' largest A350-1000 wide-body aircraft "defective". If Ronaldo Royce does not improve its engines, it will not consider buying an A350-1000 aircraft.
The latest problems with the MAX 9 aircraft have plunged Boeing into another major crisis of confidence, which can be described as a nightmare for Boeing. The 737 MAX aircraft is Boeing's biggest revenue**, but the past few years have been very tough. In 2018 and 2019, the MAX 8 aircraft was grounded globally after two fatal accidents that killed 246 people. Boeing has recently been working to address manufacturing flaws involving its largest vendor, Spirit Aerosystems.
After five years of baptism, Boeing thought that the 737 MAX crisis had passed;In fact, Boeing is gradually regaining its strength. At the end of December 2023, Liu Qing, President of Boeing China, said that all 737MAX models of China's civil aviation will resume operation. In addition, at the end of last year, Juneyao Airlines also took delivery of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner from a Chinese mainland airline in recent years. At the same time, not long ago, foreign media reported that the delivery of the 737 MAX in China is also about to resume.
However, at this critical period, the 737 MAX had problems again, and Boeing's reputation was damaged againThe 737 MAX has become one of the worst-rated jet models in the history of commercial aviation. Damage to brand reputation can also deter new airline customers. China has not ordered 737 MAX aircraft since 2017. Airlines may start to place more emphasis on tried-and-true models and abandon newer models that are prone to problems.
Bloomberg recently wrote that China is considering taking action against the MAX 9 door incident and may consider grounding all 737 MAX aircraft. It is almost certain that deliveries of the 737 MAX aircraft in China will be further delayed.
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