A group of major United States airline chief executives have requested a meeting with Boeing’s board so they can discuss the recent delays in production and express concerns over this year’s Alaska Airlines incident.
The request for a meeting was reported by the Wall Street Journal, which cited several people familiar with the matter.
According to the report from the Journal, the airline CEOs would like Boeing’s board of directors to explain their plans for addressing quality problems that the aircraft maker has been facing.
The issues from Boeing were thrown into the spotlight after a panel on a 737 MAX airplane blew off mid-flight.
Boeing has since agreed to send Chairman Larry Kellner and other board members to meet the top executives for its customer airlines. The report said the meeting could happen as soon as next week.
“We’ve been actively focused on listening to our customers at all levels of our company,” a statement from Boeing said.
Besides the issue with the Alaska Airlines flight, Boeing has also had issues with order backlogs, leaving airlines frustrated as they’ve had to cut routes and try to acquire additional aircraft to meet demand.