CommercialBoeing Lowers 787 Production Rate to Address New Manufacturing Flaw Boeing is temporarily lowering the production rate for its 787 Dreamliner and halting deliveries of its flagship wide-body jet to address a newly discovered manufacturing issue. The new issues involve small gaps…
CommercialUPDATE: 737 MAX Pitches Boeing Revenues Into the Red UPDATE, 04/29/2019: Boeing's board of directors has approved a $2.055 per share quarterly dividend. The manufacturer paid $1 billion in dividends in Q4 2018 and $1.2 billion in dividends in the first…
CommercialHawaiian Airlines Discontinues 767 Use After 19 Years Hawaiian Airlines has put its last Boeing 767-300ER out to pasture after a final Sacramento, California-to-Honolulu, Hawaii flight. The jets initially replaced McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s for Hawaiian and have been getting phased out in…
CommercialBoeing Delivers Record 806 Commercial Jets in 2018 Boeing had the company's most productive year in 2018, delivering more than 800 commercial jets, including 580 Boeing 737s, about half of which were members of the 737 MAX family. Of those…
CommercialBoeing's Defense, Services Segments Carry $25B Earnings in Q3 Boeing reported over $25.1 billion in third-quarter earnings Wednesday — up $900 million, or 3.8%, year over year (YOY) — despite stagnant commercial revenues thanks to growth in the smaller defense and…
CommercialAmerican Airlines Dreamliners to Use Thales IFE Systems Thales will supply the next-generation version of its Avant in-flight entertainment system for American Airlines’ 22 newest 787-7 Dreamliners, which are set to begin service in 2020. “American Airlines has relied on…
CommercialBoeing CFO Talks Services Industry, NMA, Acquisitions Boeing's deals with KLX and Embraer to establish its year-old Boeing Global Services business aren't the end of the OEM's moves in that space. Speaking at the 2018 Jeffries Global Industrials Conference, Boeing's chief…
CommercialDreamliner Delivered: First Boeing 787-10 Bound for Singapore Boeing’s facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, played host to Singapore Airlines as airline representatives took delivery of the first 787-10 Dreamliner. Relative to other jets in the Dreamliner family, the 787-10…
CommercialQantas Completes 17-hour Perth-London Trip with Boeing Dreamliner Qantas’ maiden nonstop voyage between Australia’s Perth and London landed Sunday morning after traveling some 8,000 nm and spending more than 17 hours in the air. The route, the longest one offered…
CommercialTurkish Airlines Orders up to 30 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing Boeing and Turkish Airlines have reached a deal for 25 787-9 Dreamliners with an option for up to five more. The finalized order, first announced as a commitment last September, sees Turkish…