By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Ahead of the Paris Air Show later this month, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun this week expressed confidence in the jetmaker’s path to recovery and its ability to catch up with rival Airbus. Speaking in North Charleston, South Carolina, he also made comments about Boeing’s next all-new airplane that
Boeing expands ecoDemonstrator program with 787 aircraft
The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) added a new airplane to its ecoDemonstrator flying testbed program to target specific technologies on trans-Pacific flights. The program, which is run out of Paine Field and uses the Everett-made 777 aircraft, will continue to test an array of technologies on its primary aircraft, a 777-200ER. This year, those tests
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Latest Boeing 737 Max issue expected to delay plans to increase production
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Apr 16, 2023 The latest production flaw affecting The Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) Renton-made 737 Max line appears likely to hinder its plans to ramp up production of the jet, dealing a blow to the company and its Puget Sound-area suppliers. The issue, which surfaced last week, involves two of eight
Boeing isn’t a bank, but it’s the ultimate ‘too big to fail’ company
By Jon Talton Three things struck me as hair-on-fire points in my colleague Dominic Gates’ superb examination of Boeing’s prospects to right itself after four challenging years. First, the company’s net debt has increased to nearly eight times from where it stood at the end of 2018. That’s nearly $40 billion. Half of this comes from the
Look at how the Boeing 747 has changed since 1968
Jan. 29, 2023 at 4:00 am Updated Jan. 29, 2023 at 12:09 pm By Mark Nowlin Seattle Times lead graphic artist After 54 years in production, Boeing’s last 747 will be handed off to its new owner later this week. This timeline captures all the ways the iconic plane has changes since its first flight. FOR MORE ON BOEING’S
The last 747: Boeing workers reflect on an iconic plane like no other
an. 29, 2023 at 4:00 am Updated Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:16 pm By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter On Tuesday, Boeing will wave a final goodbye to the 747 jumbo jet. In the years after its launch, the 747 elevated the Puget Sound region to the world’s premier airplane manufacturing site and boosted Boeing
Maiden Flight of the Boeing 707
DALLAS – 12/20/1957 Today in Aviation, the original 707-120 developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as its first jetliner performed its maiden flight in 1957. Boeing derived the 707-120 from the Boeing 367-80 prototype that flew in 1954. Boeing 707 service started regularly on October 26, 1958, with Pan American World Airways, up until 1979. The long-range narrow-body
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