Airline bosses seek meetings with Boeing to address quality problems, WSJ says

A group of airline CEOs recently requested a meeting with Boeing’s (BA) board to to address mounting fallout from the January 5 panel blowout on a 737 MAX and express concern over production problems, The Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Tangel, Sharon Terlep, and Alison Sider report. According to people familiar with the matter, Boeing has responded by offering to send its Chairman Larry Kellner and other board members to meet the bosses of its key U.S. customers as soon as next week. Boeing directors are also expected to meet in coming weeks with CEOs of international airlines that rely on its jets, the people say. Publicly traded companies in the space include Alaska Air (ALK), American Airlines (AAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), JetBlue (JBLU), Southwest (LUV), Spirit Airlines (SAVE) and United Airlines (UAL).