Tag: Boeing
Emirates finalises $56 billion order for 150 Boeing 777X planes
Dubai airline Emirates finalised a $56 billion order to buy 150 Boeing 777X jets on Wednesday, firming up a commitment made last...
Boeing looking to expand presence in South Africa
Aerospace giant Boeing is looking to expand its presence in South Africa, through a range of activities including biofuels, training and manufacturing.
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Angola Airlines receives third 777-300ER
With the recent delivery of its third 777-300ER (Extended Range) airliner from Boeing, TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola (Angola Airlines) has become...
Dash for cash drives Airbus versus Boeing jet revamps
Drained by their contest to create the carbon-fiber wonder jet, Airbus and Boeing are observing a truce in futuristic new developments while...
Kenya Airways receives first Dreamliner
Kenya Airways on Friday took delivery of its first of nine 787 Dreamliners, which departed Boeing's Paine Field in Everett for a...
Qatar buys helicopters, missiles in $23 billion arms deals
Qatar announced contracts worth about $23 billion on Thursday to buy attack helicopters, guided missiles, tankers and other weapons from Boeing Co,...
Boeing 737 MAX8s for Comair
South African airline Comair will be the first on the continent to take the new Boeing 737 MAX8 aircraft into service.
It has...
Rescuers scour sea for Malaysian jet lost in ‘unprecedented mystery’
The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an "unprecedented aviation mystery", a senior official said on Monday, with a massive air and...
First flight for new Boeing maritime surveillance aircraft
Boeing's Bombardier Challenger Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) demonstrator has completed its first flight, successfully verifying the airworthiness of the P-8 Poseidon-based system.
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Boeing and SAA collaborating on biofuel
Boeing is collaborating with South African Airways (SAA) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) to expand opportunities for smallholder farmers in...
Boeing wins $2.1 billion contract for 16 more P-8 spy planes
Boeing has been awarded a contract valued at $2.1 billion to build 16 P-8A Poseidon long-range maritime spy planes for the U.S....
Australia to buy eight Boeing Poseidon maritime patrol jets for $3.6...
Australia will buy eight of Boeing P-8A Poseidon long-range maritime patrol aircraft for A$4 billion ($3.6 billion), part of a growing trend...
Ethiopian Airlines interested in 10 Boeing 777X
Ethiopian Airlines is in preliminary talks with Boeing that could lead to an order for 10 of the U.S. planemaker's latest model,...
Crops, seawater and jets
In a report highlighted this month, Pricewaterhouse was demonstrating that innovation capabilities could make the difference the US aerospace industry, as some...
Boeing sees ‘tough’ defence business climate, flat margins
Boeing expects its defence business to continue facing a tough environment with "flatish" profit margins, Chief Executive Jim McNerney said on Wednesday.
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LAM orders Boeing 737-700s
Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM – Mozambique Airlines) has ordered three 737-300 Next-Generation passenger jets from Boeing, and purchase rights for another...
Ethiopian Airlines receives second Boeing 777-300ER
Ethiopian Airlines has received a second leased Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) aircraft, General Electric Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) announced yesterday.
Ethiopian Airlines...
Air Algerie buying new aircraft
Air Algerie has agreed to buy three new ATR 72-600 turboprops and has committed to eight Boeing 737-800 jetliners ad it renews...
Boeing vs Airbus – savings time
The civil aviation sector is still on its record-breaking sales path. After the Dubai Air Show both Boeing and Airbus have registered...
Boeing sows seeds for African growth
Whilst Boeing airliners are well known and operated in almost every country of the world, Boeing are more selective as to whom...
Dubai Airshow roundup
Within 3 hours of opening, the Dubai Airshow achieved record breaking order book, reaching US$162.6bn and surpassing its previous record of US$155bn...
Gulf takes aviation by storm with $200 billion of orders
Planemakers left Dubai with a record $200 billion in deals after a desert rainstorm forced organizers to cancel the last day of...
Maker of V-22 Osprey encouraged by foreign interest
The head of Bell Helicopter said on Tuesday he was encouraged by foreign interest in the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft that his company...
Gulf airlines splash out over $150 billion as Boeing launches new...
Gulf airlines splashed out over $150 billion on new plane deals on day one of the Dubai Airshow, underscoring a shift in...
Boeing to modify Bombardier Challenger for maritime surveillance
Boeing has selected Bombardier's Challenger 605 business jet as the platform for its Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) programme, offering the global market...
Gulf carriers’ 15 minutes of jet order hysteria
It was a security consultant's nightmare and a moment to savour - royalty, airline bosses, planemakers and press hordes wedged into the...
What’s next for Very Large Aircraft?
Facing headwinds in terms of orders, Airbus and Boeing have to reconsider their jumbo jet production rate. From the airlines' point of...
Airbus extends order lead over Boeing, lags deliveries
Europe's Airbus extended its lead over Boeing in a hard-fought order contest in October, but remained behind on deliveries, leaving its U.S....
Kenya Airways receiving first 777-300ER
Boeing has delivered a 777-300ER (Extended Range) to GE Capital Aviation Services for lease to Kenya Airways. It is Kenya Airways'...
The Scan Eagle as a combat asset: shaping a new business...
The Scan Eagle has been used by U.S. and allied forces aboard ships as well as in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Aviation biofuel supply chain development for southern Africa
Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) are collaborating on development and implementation of a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in southern Africa,...
The next step in carbon fibre recycling
American aerospace giant Boeing has partnered with universities and a specialist carbon refurbishing operation in what will be the single largest recycling...
Cape Town to the United Kingdom in a Boeing Stearman
The challenge of flying more than 7 000 miles in an open cockpit aircraft from South Africa to the United Kingdom has...
Hydrogen-powered UAV promises four day endurance
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system has completed its second flight, demonstrating capabilities allowing it to perform intelligence, surveillance and...
Ethiopian Airlines receives first Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines, the first African airline to operate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took delivery of its first aircraft from Boeing in a...
African commercial aviation market worth 900 aircraft over next 20 years...
Boeing projects the African market will require 900 new aircraft valued at US$120 billion over the next 20 years, which is up...
Ethiopian Airlines orders additional Boeing 777-200LR
Ethiopian Airlines has ordered another 777-200LR (Longer Range) Worldliner from Boeing, adding to its fleet of five 777-200LRs, allowing it to increase...
UAE gains a C-17
Boeing delivered a fifth C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence earlier this month....
TAAG orders three more Boeing 777s
Angolan flag carrier TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola has ordered three more 777-300ER aircraft in an US$895 million deal that includes purchase...
Boeing, Airbus and Embraer team up for aviation biofuels
Boeing, Airbus and Embraer have come together to work with governments and biofuel producers to promote and speed up the availability of...
RwandAir buying two Bombardier CRJ900s
RwandAir has signed a firm order for two CRJ900 NextGen regional jets from Bombardier, making it the first operator in Eastern Africa...
Boeing signs record US$22.4 billion order with Indonesia’s Lion Air
Boeing has signed its largest ever commercial airplane order with Indonesia's Lion Air in a deal worth US$22.4 billion for 230 aircraft.
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Boeing confirms Indian order for 10 C-17s as Indian defence market...
Boeing has finalised a contract to supply ten of its C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the Indian Air Force, which will replace...
Norwegian Air places huge plane order in recovery bet
Nordic budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle placed one of Europe's biggest-ever aircraft orders today in a rare gamble on Europe's economic recovery...
Airbus claims victory in 2011 order race
Airbus outsold Boeing almost two-to-one in 2011 after gambling on a revamped fuel-efficient jetliner and delivered more jets than its rival for...
US fighter sales soar
Booming Middle East purchases of US fighter jets will be a bright spot in what is expected to be a sluggish economy...
Boeing’s Albaugh says underpromise, overdeliver
Jim Albaugh, the head of Boeing Co's commercial airplanes unit, makes good on his promises - even those that may be slightly...
Labor board says Boeing case is closed
The National Labor Relations Board said it dismissed a high-profile labor case that accused Boeing Co of illegally opening a non-union production...
Boeing partners with 43 Air School to offer pilot training in...
Boeing is partnering with 43 Air School to offer a new pilot training programme as it expands its partnerships in Africa.
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Airbus alleges US interference in US$22 billion Boeing deal
Europe's Airbus accused the White House of derailing open competition by helping Boeing Co win a record aircraft deal in Indonesia as...