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You’ve come a long way, beluga
Boeing’s sleek, blue and white Dreamlifter landed at Everett’s Paine Field last night.
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U.S. Airways may pick 787s over A350s
Boeing could snatch away an order from Airbus within the next few days, according to a report out…
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Boeing, Virgin Atlantic confirm 787 orders, biofuels partnership
Virgin Atlantic has ordered 15 Dreamliners from Boeing and has forged a partnership with the planemaker to develop…
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Dreamlifter delivers first 787 assemblies to Everett
For those of you who didn’t get to watch the arrival of the first major piece of Boeing’s…
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For the Dreamlifter, Boeing uses a "dream" loader
Each of Boeing’s 787 partner sites, as well as Everett, has a 747-400 Dreamlifter cargo loader. The loader…
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Airbus to add 1,000 A380 workers
Amid a plan to cut 10,000 jobs across Europe, Airbus plans to hire 1,000 workers to keep its…
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Lufthansa looks for A380 compensation
German carrier Lufthansa AG closed out 2006 with what its CEO called “one of the best results in…
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Boeing stock on a record-setting pace
The Boeing Co.’s stock had surpassed the $93 mark just before 1 p.m. EST today, increasing more than…
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Jumping through tanker hoops …
To compete for a multibillion-dollar contract supplying the U.S. Air Force with refueling tankers, Boeing Co. officials had…
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Airbus readies its first A380 for delivery
Think painting your kitchen takes a long time? Try painting Airbus’s new A380 superjumbo jet.
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Boeing submits KC-767 tanker bid to U.S. Air Force
On Tuesday, Boeing handed the U.S. Air Force its proposal for supplying the agency with KC-767 aerial refueling…
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A350 XWB begins to win over 787 customers
After several attempts at revamping its A350, Airbus just may have found the right mix.
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Weird news of the day …
Since leaving the Boeing Co., Alan Mulally has made his share of news as the chief executive of…
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Machinists vote: close or cakewalk?
When local Machinists elected their new district president in mid-March, nearly every media source, including this one, labeled…
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Boeing picks up the pace in first quarter of 2007
The Boeing Co. is outpacing its 2006 performance based on first quarter figures.
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One last gasp for the A300 freighter?
The state-run postal service of the United Arab Emirates may give Airbus’s soon-to-be-discontinued A300 freighter a final shot…
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Boeing to make special 787 announcment this morning
The Boeing Co. has news about its Dreamliner jet.
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Boeing lands 500th Dreamliner order
The Boeing Co. has surpassed the 500th order mark on its new 787 jet, making the Dreamliner the…
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State of the union
I sat down a few weeks ago with the Machinists’ Mark Blondin. China had just announced it planned…
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Let the tanker campaigning begin!
The deadline for a lucrative contract supplying the U.S. Air Force with aerial refueling tankers hasn’t arrived, but…