The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has filed a petition with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to hold an election at Boeing’s North Charleston, S.C., 787 plant.
An automated system to build wing panels for 737 jets has begun operation at the plant where Boeing assembles about two-thirds of the current 42 737s the company builds each month.
Despite demurrals that a replacement for the 757 was in its future, Boeing has been showing some customers a concept aircraft dubbed the 737-8ERX
Last year, the leading U.S. exporter of weapons to the rest of the world was Boeing, according to IHS.
Saudi Arabia has replaced India as the leading arms importer in the world, according to an IHS analyst.
The United States exported over $23 billion in arms to the rest of the world in 2014, more than double the total exported by second place Russia.
Boeing said February deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner rose to 12, for a total of 19 in the first two months of the year.
Airbus Group reported results for 2014 Friday morning, and the European aircraft maker made the most noise by raising its annual dividend.
The World Trade Organization agreed on Monday to create a panel to investigate the incentives the state of Washington gave to Boeing to build the 777X in the state.
Shares of Boeing dropped more than 3% at one point Monday morning following a downgrade from Neutral to Sell by analysts at Goldman Sachs.
Sterne Agee has taken another look at Boeing, giving shares a Buy rating, with a price target raised to $196.
According to industry analysts, since tax breaks in 2013 by Washington state were approved, Boeing has moved about 7,000 jobs to company facilities in other states.
Boeing has consistently denied that it will put new engines on the 757 but is working on its plans for a replacement for it.
When Airbus announced its new A320neo single-aisle model in 2011, Boeing pooh-poohed the idea that it was a replacement for the 757. Now, Boeing may be singing a different tune.
For Boeing, last year was a year for positioning, and 2015 appears to be another year for share price growth, although not anything like 2013.