From all-Boeing to mixed: Xiamen Airlines asks for Airbus jets
Xiamen Airlines, an all-Boeing operator, is planning to add the first Airbus-made aircraft to its fleet by leasing…
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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
Record lows: Boeing reveals orders and deliveries in 2019
Boeing announced its Q4 and subsequently full-year orders and deliveries results. Struggling to deal with the 737 MAX…
Delta Boeing 777 dumps fuel over school [Video]
Delta Air Lines landed in hot water after one of its Boeing 777 aircraft dumped fuel over the…
Calhoun takes Boeing lead as CEO, Muilenburg gets $80M on exit
On January 13, 2020, David L. Calhoun is starting his role as the president and chief executive officer…
FAA wants to fine Boeing $5.4M for slat tracks on 737MAX
Claiming that Boeing had submitted approximately 178 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for certification, knowing that the aircraft were…
Boeing employees’ emails draw parallel between 737 MAX and 777X
The internal emails among Boeing company employees working on the 737 MAX development program, which have recently been…
EU resumes Boeing-Embraer investigation; sets deadline to April 6
European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have restarted their investigation into the Boeing-Embraer commercial tie-up that would result in…
Iran refuses to deliver black boxes of UIA crash to Boeing
The Iranian authorities do not intend to give Boeing and the U.S. authorities the flight recorders of the…
Boeing: 737 MAX pilots should go through simulator training
Boeing announced that it is recommending additional simulator training for all 737 MAX pilots before the aircraft returns…
BREAKING | Ukraine Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Iran, 176 dead
Ukraine International Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran during the early morning hours of January 8,…
737 MAX: Boeing relocates employees as suppliers adjust
Before suspending the 737 MAX production in Renton manufacturing site, Boeing has started reassigning some 3,000 employees to…
American Airlines reaches deal with Boeing over 737 MAX
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) announced that it has reached a “confidential agreement” with Boeing regarding the 737 MAX…
Spirit Airlines inks 100 Airbus A320neo airplanes order
The United States-based ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines (S64) (SAVE) finalized an order for 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft,…
Boeing 737 MAX wiring poses potential threat: report
With the Boeing 737 MAX groundings continuing for almost a full year now, regulators are scrutinizing and looking…
Boeing in conflict with FAA over 727 safety
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States has detected a potentially unsafe condition on the Boeing…
Is Boeing heading towards a split of its businesses?
With its Commercial Aviation division caught in the middle of the 737 MAX crisis, Boeing has seen its…
Aircraft to watch in 2020
From Boeing’s tainted 2019 debuts to Russian and Chinese market newcomers, here are some brand new passenger aircraft…
World’s largest jet engine is getting ready to power Boeing 777X
The article was first published on January 25, 2019. The debut of the biggest turbine engine in the…