Lynx Air cites mounting financial pressures as two-year-old airline bows out
Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Lynx Air has announced that it will cease operations, citing mounting financial pressure as the…
Boeing
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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
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Hawaiian Airlines has welcomed the first of 12 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft at Honolulu International Airport (HNL). …
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More than 22,000 new Air India seats are to be installed across both Boeing and Airbus widebody jets. …
Boeing shelves annual financial guidance to emphasize company’s focus on safety
Boeing has published its fourth quarter and year-end 2023 results, but without including any of the “financial and…
Russian airline S7 suffers multiple engine failures in three-day spell: reports
The Russian carrier S7 Airlines has reportedly experienced multiple engine failures over the course of three days resulting…
Boeing cancels 737 MAX 7 safety exemption request to seek alternative solution
Boeing will return to the drawing board after the planemaker decided to withdraw a safety exemption request for…
Malaysia Airlines gears up for 12 new arrivals in 2024 including first A330neo
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