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.
Boeing engineering and maintenance teams at locations around the world began battery modifications Friday to get airlines’ fleets of 787 Dreamliners, grounded since January, back in service.
The head of engineering at Boeing Co.’s Commercial Airplanes unit informed managers Thursday the jetmaker will reduce its engineering workforce by up to 1,700 positions this year, with as many as 700 job cuts coming through layoffs.
A mockup of the sexiest airplane that Boeing never built returns to the Puget Sound area after a 40-year absence Saturday.
The Boeing Co. issued formal layoff warning notices Wednesday to 939 machinists working on its 787 and 747 assembly lines and modification centers at Everett.
Boeing has told South Carolina legislators it plans to invest $1 billion and hire at least 2,000 more workers in South Carolina by 2020.
The Boeing Co. will lay off about 800 Machinists and cut another 1,200 to 1,500 jobs by attrition in the Puget Sound area by the year’s end as production on its two newest jets stabilizes, the company said Friday.
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