Boeing CEO predicts a major airline to go bankrupt
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said in a recent interview that he thinks a major US airline will go out of business by September this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t want to get too predictive on that subject, but yes, most likely,” he said in an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” show. “You know, something will happen when September comes around.” He didn’t name the airline though
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