Business
EADS won’t bid on Air Force One
Boeing won’t have to compete with EADS and Airbus to supply the next presidential airplane, Air Force One.
Business
Boeing loses Dreamliner orders, restarts 787 tests
In its quarterly report released this morning, Boeing notes that it has 895 orders for the 787 Dreamliner…
Business
Home of the KC-45 Air Force tanker?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier today that he’s ready to go forward with the aerial refueling tanker…
Business
SPEEA moves to protect members in event of Wichita sale
Boeing’s engineers union has presented the company with a contract counterproposal that would protect members if Boeing sells…
Business
Boeing, Obama and a split-buy tanker bid
After the fanfare of the presidential inauguration dies down, President-elect Obama and his administration will have some tough…
Business
SPEEA to find jobs for Boeing engineers in Kansas; update on Vought, Machinists
Boeing engineers in Wichita will get help from their union, SPEEA, in looking for jobs outside the company…
Business
Airbus breaks ground on A350XWB assembly line
Airbus began work today on its final assembly line for its new A350 XWB aircraft and vowed to…
Business
Boeing shares cut, Mulally still ‘rocks’
Credit Suisse doesn’t see good things in Boeing’s immediate future.
Business
Boeing layoffs – the blame game
The initial shock over Boeing’s decision to lay off 4,500 people has settled a little, but the finger-pointing…
Business
Boeing to cut 4,500 jobs in Commercial Airplanes in Q2
Boeing will lay off about 4,500 workers in its commercial airplanes operations.
Business
Next Air Force One: an Airbus A380?; Gates on weapons buying
The Air Force is searching for a new aircraft for the president.
Business
Boeing’s 2008 orders, deliveries totals
The Boeing Co. won 662 net orders in 2008, giving back to Airbus the commercial jet sales title.
Business
Vought gets tough with strikers
If Machinists here thought negotiations with the Boeing Co. were tough, they need only to look to their…
Business
Boeing 787 spotted in Sri Lanka?
Curses! I take some time off for the holidays and come back to find the 787 has been…
Business
Horizon Air says ‘Go Broncos!’
Finally, my Boise State Broncos are getting some respect – no, not from the BCS, but from Horizon…
Business
Boeing’s busy in Wichita, Spirit to reinstate 5-day workweeks
There’s a lot of news out of Wichita this morning.
Business
Boeing, Northrop on Air Force tankers
At the Reuters Aerospace Summit this week, everybody’s talking tankers.
Business
Alabama senators call for speedy tanker contest
Alabama’s senators are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates to take quick action on the aerial refueling tanker competition.
Business
Dreamliner orders top 900; Boeing announces new delay
Boeing’s first 787 Dreamliner won’t be delivered until first quarter of 2010, nearly two years after its original…