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The speaker line-up at today’s dealbook summit is what to expect
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has said that he will step down from his position by the end of 2021. He will also be replaced by Jeff Leiden, who took over as Boeing’s CFO in August last year. “I’ve worked for Boeing for 30 years, so I know what this is like,” Muilenburg said.
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Boeing posted a $6 billion loss as striking workers voted on a new contract
Boeing’s union workers, who have been on strike since August 28, want to reinstate their pension plan. “When we lost our pensions, I cried,” said Kat Kinckiner, a union steward at the Renton plant where Boeing assembles the 737. The union wanted a 40% raise but Boeing has offered a 35% hike, an increase from…
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The Boeing Starliners is back home to an uncertain future
Boeing’s Starliner has successfully completed its first test flight with NASA astronauts on board, becoming the first commercial passenger spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Boeing and NASA are planning to launch Starliner on an operational mission in August 2025. Earlier, Boeing had said that Starliner’s test flight would last about eight…
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Families of the victims of the Boeing plane crash want a judge to reject the plea deal
Boeing has pleaded guilty in the US and agreed to pay a $2.2-billion fine for violating an agreement to make safety improvements after two crashes of its 737 Max jets. In 2019, a Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff in Indonesia killing all 157 people on board. In 2018, another Boeing 737 Max…
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Boeing’s Starliner isn’t returning to Earth yet, but they are not stuck
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said on Friday that Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which hasn’t performed a flight since last year, “isn’t stuck”. This comes after reports claimed Boeing and NASA were at odds over the astronauts’ ability to return to Earth after a test flight failed due to a shortage of helium. “We’re not stuck,” McNerney…
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Boeing’s Starliner is ready to launch a NASA crew
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which is carrying two NASA astronauts, will be launched on Monday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The crewed flight test is a “critical stepping stone to reaching that broader goal”, NASA’s Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. Boeing has been working on the Starliner for 10 years with NASA after…
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How to see the launch of the Boeing Starliner
Boeing and NASA will launch the first-ever test flight of its Starliner rocket on May 6. The Starliner will carry two NASA astronauts, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, to the International Space Station (ISS) for a week. Boeing won a nearly $4 billion contract from NASA in 2008 to carry astronauts to and from ISS…
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Students have a list of companies that they don’t like
Student protesters at Cornell University are calling for the divestment of the school’s investments in companies that do business with South Africa, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, because of that country’s apartheid policies. The protests were led by students at Columbia University. “We remain committed to divestment but won’t do it until we have a…
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Problems at a key supplier may help explain the mess at Boeing
Boeing has said it has found “a hideously high and very alarming number” of defects after fuselages were delivered to its factory in Washington, US. This comes amid investigations into a fatal Boeing 737 Max 9 crash in Indonesia last month that claimed the lives of all 157 people on board. The FAA is sending…
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A recent lawsuit claims excessive defects at a Boeing parts supplier
US Senators Maria Cantwell and Byron Dorgan have filed a lawsuit against Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, which supplied the fuselages and parts of the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 that suffered a blowout. The lawsuit was filed by Cantwell, Dorgan and Senator Patty Murray on behalf of over 30 individuals. “The public deserves a comprehensive…
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The Boeing planes were grounded because of a hole that blew in one of the flights
Boeing’s 737 Max 7 passenger jet was forced to land after a window and a piece of the fuselage on one of the aircrafts exploded mid-air, US authorities said. The incident comes after a Lion Air plane carrying 189 people crashed into the sea off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday. This is the second…
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There is joy when a trip to the airport changes your life
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday said that it found a live dog and an array of weaponry in the luggage of a 747-400 aircraft that had just taken off from Los Angeles airport. The last Boeing 747 assembly line rolled off the assembly line at Boeing’s facility in El Segundo, California.
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The $34 billion Air India deal will be announced by Biden
Air India on Tuesday signed an order worth $24 billion to buy over 200 Boeing 737s, marking the carrier’s entry into the world’s largest aviation market. The deal is one of the largest commercial aircraft orders in Boeing’s 99-year history. Air India will be the first Indian airline to operate the Boeing 737 Max aircraft,…
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In the year 2022, 22 ways flying had a bumpy ride.
The last of Boeing’s 747 airplanes rolled off the assembly line in Washington state on Tuesday. After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state on its way to serve as a cargo plane. American Airlines agreed to buy 20 of the jets from…
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There were chaotic andvid ways flying in 22 ways.
Boeing has said that the facility that it uses to build its 787 Dreamliner is the world’s largest building by volume. The facility, which is over 100 kilometres long and over 50 kilometres wide, is made of about 200 million cubic feet of materials. It is also one of the largest facilities of its kind…
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The final jumbo jet from Boeing just rolled off the assembly line.
Boeing on Tuesday said it is ending production of the 747-8 freighter variant of its jumbo jet, the world’s longest commercial plane. Atlas Air, a US-based operator of cargo aircraft, will be taking delivery of the final version of the aircraft. “It’s a proud day for Atlas Air and our industry,” the company’s Chairman and…