Aviation

Alaska Air to expand quality checks on Boeing aircraft

Carrier said it met with Boeing’s leadership team in recent days to discuss quality improvement plans

Alaska Air began preliminary inspections on several of its 737 Max 9 jets this weekend, it said, where as many as 20 of its planes will go through such checks. Picture: Blooomberg

Alaska Airlines will “initiate and enhance” its own quality control checks on the production of its planes, in addition to Federal Aviation Administration’s review and oversight of the process after an accident on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet this month.

The carrier said it met with Boeing’s chief executive officer and leadership team in recent days to discuss their quality improvement plans, according to a statement Saturday. A fuselage panel blew off a Max ...