As part of a simmering political conflict, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Egypt have severed ties with Qatar, disrupting the region's aviation industry.
In a webcast in Japan early Friday (late Thursday for the United States), Boeing briefed the world on the causes and solutions to the battery incidents that had ground the 787 fleet since mid-January.
US Airways may ask federal regulators to examine the antitrust hurdles of a bid for bankrupt American Airlines as soon as July in an effort to relieve uncertainty among creditors, according to a Reuters report.