Boeing is temporarily suspending production at its facilities in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in the region. Previously, the aircraft manufacturer made a similar move by shutting down its production operations in Seattle area facilities....
The United States Air Force has reached two agreements with Boeing, one regarding the final corrections to the Remote Vision System of the KC-46A Pegasus tankers and the second about the release of $882 million in payments that had been withheld due to the technical problems affecting the refuellers....
Boeing offered its employees a voluntary departure plan that includes early retirements to compensate for the financial effects of the coronavirus epidemic crisis....
The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker is marred by yet another technical problem. The United States Air Force has logged a third Category I deficiency, this time reporting fuel leaks....
Boeing is shutting down its production operations in Seattle area facilities, which make up the majority of the company’s aircraft manufacturing, including the production of 747, 767, 777, and the 787 Dreamliner airplanes....
Following the public plea from Boeing for the US government to grant an aid package towards the aerospace manufacturing industry, Nikki Haley has resigned from the executive board with immediate effect:...
Boeing has released a public plea to the United States government to support the aerospace manufacturing industry in the country with a $60 billion aid package....
As an unexpected consequence of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, the French airline Air Tahiti Nui broke the record of the longest passenger flight by traveled distance ever by operating a nonstop flight between Papeete, in French Polynesia, and Paris....
The Senate of Washington State, where Boeing’s headquarters and main factories are located, repealed the tax break for aerospace manufacturers that was at the center of the trade dispute between the European Union (EU) and the United States over subsidies granted to their respective aviation industries. Airbus and the EU had qualified the tax preference as "illegal subsidies"....
As the aviation industry is caught in the coronavirus crisis, American Airlines is accelerating the retirement of its older Boeing 767s. Meanwhile, at least three airlines have grounded their fleets of A380 aircraft, while Emirates is reportedly in discussions to postpone the last eight superjumbos deliveries. With long-haul routes being the most affected by travel bans, the coronavirus could send the giants into early retirement....
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