Longer Dreamliner official, but not its production location
- At the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, as expected, Boeing Co. launched the final and largest member of its Dreamliner jet family, the 787-10.
LE BOURGET, France — Airbus and Boeing won pledges Monday for big purchases of their lucrative long-haul wide-body jets at the Paris Air Show, raising hopes that demand is recovering following the worldwide recession.
The nation’s airlines struggled to stay on schedule in April, with nearly one in four flights arriving late, according to new government figures.
Boeing’s new 20-year forecast predicts airlines worldwide will need some 35,000 new airliners in the next two decades as the world’s airline fleet more than doubles.
Boeing announced Friday a significant shift of both current and future engineering work out of Puget Sound, to Southern California and South Carolina.
Singapore Airlines gave a jump start Thursday to Boeing’s plans to build a larger version of its 787 Dreamliner.
The interior monologue of Gov. Jay Inslee, just prior to his recent speech outlining his plan to convince Boeing to retain commercial airplane production in Washington state:
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines said Tuesday that his company will seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner planes.
Airline passengers may not be growing slimmer, but their seats are, and that’s good news for SeaTac-based Alaska Airlines.
Last week, on the same day the FAA officially ungrounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, American Airlines employees were whooping it up in an aircraft hangar at nearby Boeing Field. It had nothing to do with the Dreamliner.
Fire investigators investigating an early Tuesday morning garage fire at Sea-Tac Airport that destroyed eight cars and damaged two more say the fire began with a BMW that arrived just before the fire.
Boeing sent out layoff warning notices today to 99 more workers as the company continues to scale back extra staff once needed to bring its 787 Dreamliner production up to speed.
WASHINGTON — Furloughed air traffic controllers will soon be heading back to work, ending a week of coast-to-coast flight delays that left thousands of travelers frustrated and furious.
The Federal Aviation Administration formally lifted the grounding of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner fleet, effective today, ending the embarrassing and costly episode after 14 weeks and two days.
Boeing Co. earnings per share increased by 24 percent in the first quarter, despite battery problems with its new 787 Dreamliner and the federal budget sequester, which trimmed military spending.
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