Boeing Adds Orders From FedEx, Cathay Pacific
Courtesy Boeing Co.As of December 17, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) had booked a net total for 1,074 new planes in 2013, compared with a net total of 1,314 new orders reported by archrival…
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Courtesy Boeing Co.Aircraft maker The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced Wednesday morning that the company had made a number of changes in its top management, including the naming of the current COO of its…
Boeing Flying High on Raised Dividend, $10 Billion Buyback
courtesy Boeing Co.After markets closed on Monday, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced that it is raising its quarterly dividend by 50%, from $0.485 to $0.73 for the current quarter and is increasing its…
Boeing Union Rejects Offer, Company Looks Elsewhere to Build 777X
Courtesy Boeing Co.After three days of talks between Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) local union ended Thursday night, the union’s leadership rejected what Boeing called…
An American, US Airways Merger For Christmas
AMRAn AMR (OTCBB: AAMRQ) merger with US Airways (NYSE: LCC) should be complete in time to for Americans to fly home for the year-end holidays–Christmas perhaps. With the launch of the new American Airlines Group, many experts…
FAA Warning: Boeing 747,787 Engine Icing Could Lead to Forced Landings
Courtesy of Boeing Co.As promised, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued a formal airworthiness directive on The Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) 747-8, 747-8F, and 787-8 aircraft equipped with the GEnx engines…
Boeing, GE Engine Icing Risk Prompts FAA Directive
courtesy Boeing Co.The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing to issue a warning this week directing airlines not to fly airplanes made by Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) that use engines made by General…
Boeing Warns Airlines of Icing Issue with GE Engines
Courtesy of Boeing Co.On Friday The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) notified customers for its 747-8 and 787 Dreamliner that planes equipped with the GEnx engine from General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) could have an…
Boeing Tallies $100 Billion in New 777X Orders at Dubai Airshow
Boeing Co.While The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) doesn’t yet know where it will build the planes, the company on Sunday took orders for 259 of its new 777X mini-jumbo jets, 30 of its 787…
As Lockheed Martin Lays Off 4,000, Firing at Other Defense Firms Looms
courtesy Boeing Co.Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is the first of the defense contractors to acknowledge how badly it has been gored by the federal government’s slowdown in military spending. Its layoff of 4,000 workers…
France Sells Partial Stake in Engine Maker for Boeing, Airbus Planes
courtesy Boeing Co.The French finance minister has said that the government is selling a 3.6% stake in jet engine maker Safran Group and will use the proceeds of approximately $1.3 billion to make other…
Boeing Union Rejects Contract, Company Could Move 777X Plant
Courtesy Boeing Co.The labor union representing more than 30,000 workers at Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has rejected an eight-year contract extension that the company said was required if the new Boeing 777X was to…
Washington State Gives Boeing What it Wants, Now It’s Up to the Union
Courtesy Boeing Co.Claiming that the deal will guarantee “tens of thousands” of jobs for the state, Washington’s legislature has approved an $8.7 billion package of incentives for The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) to ensure…
Boeing Threatens to Move Jobs from Seattle
courtesy of U.S. Geological SurveyBoeing Co. (NYSE: BA) warned Friday that if assembly workers and local politicians do not ratify plans to build its new 777X in Seattle, the company will consider alternative sites.…
Boeing to Boost 737 Annual Production to 560 Planes
courtesy Boeing Co.The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced on Thursday afternoon that the company would raise production of its 737 family of single aisle planes to 47 new aircraft a month (564 a year)…