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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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In efforts to boost its authority and confidence of global regulators and the wider public, the U.S. Federal…
Turkish Airlines revises fleet forecast: more Boeing, less Airbus
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Transport Canada official says 737 MAX MCAS system “must go”
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Following a lengthy investigation into the deadly Southwest Airlines (LUV) flight 1380 in April 2018, the U.S. National…
British Airways to take first 787-10 in January 2020
British Airways to take delivery of its new 787-10 Dreamliner in January 2020, while the inaugural route to…
Emirates cuts Boeing 777X order, buys 30 Dreamliners instead
Emirates finalized an order for 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, while reducing its order for the delayed 777X airliner…
Not afraid of the 737 MAX: Boeing logs first scalable orders
The order book for the Boeing 737 MAX, stagnant since the global grounding of the jet in March…