US carrier Breeze Airways is expanding its network with the addition of five new cities, including Bangor, Dallas/Ft Worth, Lancaster, Lansing and Pensacola. The low-cost airline says it will commence flights from Bangor, Maine to Florida cities Orlando and Tampa on 3 October and 4 October, respectively, with a seasonal route to Fort Myers starting on 5 October. Breeze will introduce flights from Dallas/Ft Worth to Provo-Salt Lake City on 7 June. Additionally, it will serve Orlando from Lansing, Michigan and Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 2 October and 8 October, respectively. Other new routes include flights from Lansing to Fort Myers starting on 3 October and from Pensacola to Tampa on 28 June. Furthermore, the airline says it is expanding its services from existing cities, bringing its total coverage to 56 cities across 29 states. These additions include flights from Fort Myers to Stewart/Newburgh, New York and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, as well as from Norfolk, Virginia to Phoenix, starting in October. All new routes will be operated two times a week, the carrier notes.

Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun will step down from his role at the end of 2024 amid a wider shake-up of leadership at the US airframe. Stan Deal, Boeing Commercial Airplanes' chief executive, has been replaced by the group's operating chief, Stephanie Pope, with "immediate effect" and will retire from the company, the OEM says. Pope had been in the newly created operating chief role since January after previous stints as Boeing Global Services chief and the commercial aviation division's finance chief. Board member Steve Mollenkopf has been elected to replace Larry Kellner as chair at an upcoming annual shareholder meeting and lead a selection process for Calhoun's replacement. Kellner has decided not to stand for re-election and states: "It is important that the chief executive selection process be led by a new chair who will stay at the helm as a partner to the new CEO." Calhoun became Boeing's chief executive in 2020, replacing Dennis Muilenburg amid the 737 Max fleet grounding at the time. Calhoun had previously chaired the company's board. In a letter to employees, he describes the Alaska Airlines Max 9 accident in January as a "watershed moment for Boeing" and says the company "must continue to respond to this accident with humility and complete transparency" and a "total commitment to safety and quality at every level". "We have been working together for the last five years to address some of the most significant challenges our company and industry have ever faced in our 108-year history. I am confident that the way we have confronted these challenges, and how we are responding to this specific moment, is establishing standards for future generations of employees and will be woven into the fabric of how we operate for decades to come." Calhoun says that serving as Boeing's board chair and chief executive has been "the greatest privilege" of his life and asserts: "We are going to fix what isn’t working, and we are going to get our company back on the track towards recovery and stability." He expresses gratitude to Deal "for his tireless service as our BCA leader during an uncommonly difficult period for our company and for our industry" and "many contributions and dedication" during Deal's 38-year career at Boeing. Mollenkopf states: "I am fully confident in this company and its leadership – and together we are committed to taking the right actions to strengthen safety and quality, and to meet the needs of our customers."

The US Federal Aviation Administration intends to intensify scrutiny of United Airlines' operations in response to a recent series of incidents. On 23 March, the FAA said that after "recent safety events" it was "increasing oversight of United Airlines to ensure that it is complying with safety regulations; identifying hazards and mitigating risk; and effectively managing safety". The regulator adds: "Certification activities in process may be allowed to continue, but future projects may be delayed based on findings from oversight." Additionally, the FAA plans to initiate an evaluation of United under the provisions of the Certificate Holder Evaluation Process, which provides the Flight Standards Service with policies and procedures to evaluate certificate holders. The FAA lists multiple incidents involving United aircraft this month. A Boeing 737-900 scheduled to arrive on 4 March at Southwest Florida International in Fort Myers returned to Houston after the crew reported an engine issue. A 777 operating a 7 March flight from San Francisco to Osaka in Japan was diverted to Los Angeles after the crew reported a landing-gear issue. An Airbus A320 that on 8 March departed San Francisco and was scheduled to arrive in Mexico City was likewise diverted to LA after the crew reported a hydraulics issue. After landing at Houston George Bush Intercontinental on 8 March, a 737 Max 8 that had departed Memphis rolled into grass when exiting onto the taxiway. An A320 scheduled to arrive in Salt Lake City on 9 March returned to Chicago O'Hare after the crew reported a possible oil warning light issue. The crew aboard an A320 flight from Dallas/Ft Worth to San Francisco on 14 March reported a possible hydraulics issue.
On 17 March, crew members aboard a 737-800 flight from New York LaGuardia to O'Hare reported an issue with the air data indication. On 18 March, a Boeing 767 flying to London Heathrow returned to Newark Liberty after the crew reported a possible landing-gear issue. United on 22 March told employees in a memo shared with Cirium that "the number of safety-related events in recent weeks have rightfully caused us to pause and evaluate whether there is anything we can and should do differently". The carrier acknowledges in the memo that it "will begin to see more of an FAA presence in our operation as they begin to review some of our work processes, manuals and facilities", adding: "We welcome [the FAA's] engagement and are very open to hear from them about what they find and their perspective on things we may need to change to make us even safer. As part of this effort, the FAA will also pause a variety of certification activities for a period of time."