Reports from Tehran suggest that Iran’s flag carrier airline has struck a deal to purchase jetliners from the Boeing Co., which...
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In Vietnam, Boeing seals the deal for $11B sale of 737 MAX jets to Vietjet
With President Barack Obama looking on, executives from Boeing and Vietjet Air signed a deal in Hanoi worth...
Boeing opens its giant, billion-dollar 777X composite wing factory in Everett
Boeing is showing off the partially automated 777X...
Working Geek: Boeing exec Nicole Piasecki does her best work in the sky
Nicole Piasecki has been close to aviation her whole life. Not only is she a high-ranking executive at Boeing,...
Boeing sees sunny skies for airlines
LYNNWOOD, Wash. – The stock market may be caught in a downdraft, but things are looking up for the commercial airline industry – at least according to the Boeing Co.’s annual forecast. “As we look at 2016, we see another good year,”...
Boeing will ratchet down 747 production in Everett to one every two months
The Boeing Co. says it will cut back the production rate for its 747 jets to one every two months and report an $ 885 million pre-tax charge against earnings, due to the slower-than-expected recovery of the air...
Boeing engineers prove you don’t have to golf to design a better golf club
EVERETT, Wash. – When experts at Callaway Golf sought Boeing’s help to improve their golf clubs’ aerodynamics, Boeing turned to a special breed of engineers: recent hires with a hunger for projects off Boeing’s beaten path. Some of the engineers didn’t even...
Why Boeing helped Callaway design its high-tech XR16 golf clubs
What do aerospace and golf have in common? For the Boeing Co. and Callaway Golf, it’s a new line of golf clubs that have been tweaked to optimize the air flow for a faster, surer swing. The results of one of Boeing’s...
Boeing gets second space taxi order from NASA; SpaceX gets set for return to flight
NASA has ordered a second space taxi from the Boeing Co. to carry astronauts to the International Space Station a couple of years from now. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule and an upgraded version of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft won’t go into service until 2017 at...
Reports: Amazon is starting its own air cargo operation, wants to use 20 Boeing freighter jets
Last month, Vice’s Motherboard published a report describing an “air freight transportation operation” run by Amazon. Now, more clues point to legitimate air cargo service operated by the Seattle-based online giant that would give the company more control over its delivery network. Cargo Facts reported today that Amazon...
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