Tip of the iceberg: Southwest Airlines grounds 130 Boeing 737s
Southwest Airlines (LUV) has temporarily grounded over half of its fleet, 130 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, due to detected…
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Boeing is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the U.S.’s largest exporter by dollar value, and one of the largest employers in the United States.
Key Facts
- Type: Publicly traded company
- Industry: Aerospace, Defense
- Founded: July 15, 1916; 107 years ago in Seattle, Washington, USA
- Founders: William E. Boeing, George Conrad Westervelt
- Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, USA (since 2001)
- Key People: Dave Calhoun (President and CEO), Brendan Nelson AO (Senior Vice President)
- Products: Commercial airplanes, military aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, missiles, telecommunications equipment
- Services: Aircraft leasing, maintenance, training, data analytics
Revenue: US$77.79 billion (2023) - Number of employees: 170,688 (2023)
- Website: https://www.boeing.com
Boeing gets two 737-800BCF orders, launches more conversion lines
Boeing announced that an unidentified customer made an order for two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) on WHAN.…
Rossiya Airlines not to save 7 Ex-British Airways 747s after all?
Update 15:03 UTC: The registration information of the seven ex-British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft has changed. The aircraft…
Boeing 777 fuel indicator discrepancies prompt FAA directive
The Federal Aviation Administration issued an airworthiness directive regarding the fuel quantity indicating system of the Boeing 777…
Boeing hopes to repeat 747’s success: fourth 777X takes off
The fourth Boeing 777-9 took its first test flight over Washington, the United States. The twin-engine jet joined…
Boeing 737 MAX receives criticism by NATCA engineers
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association’s (NATCA) engineers criticized a redesign of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX, raising…
United Airlines Boeing 787 u-turns three times in two days
A United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was involved in three separate incidents over the span of two days,…
Boeing 737 MAX crisis: a timeline (Part I)
This article was originally published on AeroTime News on July 22, 2019. With less than two days left till…
Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Burned bridges (Part III)
This article was originally published on AeroTime News on July 31, 2019. If you have missed the second part…
Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Losing the narrative (Part IV)
This article was originally published on AeroTime News on August 16, 2019. If you have missed the third part of…
Boeing 737 MAX crisis: a difficult return to the skies (Part V)
This article was first published on AeroTime News on October 4, 2019. Information added at the bottom of…
American Airlines reveals prospective of the 737 MAX training
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) announced the date when it plans to start pilot training for the grounded Boeing…
United Airlines’ Boeing 787 performs fourth turn-around in a week
United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (registered N27958) had a troubling week of operations, as the aircraft was forced…
Tail strike in Moscow: Azur Air Boeing 767 suffers belly damage
An Azur Air Boeing 767-300 suffered significant belly damage during a tail strike incident in Vnukovo airport (VKO),…
Boeing delivers first MH-47G Block II Chinook to U.S Army
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) received the first new-generation MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopter. While the…
Norwegian Air Shuttle sues Boeing for negligence on 737 MAX & 787
Norwegian Air Shuttle has filed a lawsuit in which it accuses Boeing of breaching a contract over the…
Boeing and Airbus: surviving the crisis | Data
Although the entire aviation industry was struck by COVID-19 pandemic like never before, the aircraft manufacturers were impacted…
Ryanair sharpens knives against competitors: raises €400 million
Ryanair has placed new ordinary shares and raised approximately €400 million from shareholders to strengthen its balance sheet.…