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Boeing stories: 97 news summaries

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 Boeing 787s Scheduled to Land 2 Years Late

Penalty payments could cost company up to $4B

May 9, 08 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner is already 15 months late, but delivery delays will back up the fuel-efficient jets by about another year, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Lease Financial Corp., the main buyer of 787s, will take delivery of its 74 planes 27 months late, and observers expect Boeing to... More »

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Boeing • aerospace • airline industry • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • delay • Air Canada • International Lease Financial Corp.

MARKETS

 Techs Give Lift to Markets 

Stocks post modest gains as some financials struggle

Apr 23, 08 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks ended slightly up today on mixed news, as techs did well but many financials struggled. "Tech is one of the few bright spots across a sluggish earnings quarter," a market strategist tells the Wall Street Journal. The Dow ended up 42.99 to 12,763.22, the... More »

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stock market • NASDAQ • Boeing • Dow Jones • S&P 500 • Ambac

American to Cancel 900 More Flights Today

Continued passenger
misery ahead as
safety work continues

Apr 9, 08 11:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - American Airlines expects to cancel 900 more flights today as the airline works to bring its MD-80 aircraft up to FAA standards, the New York Times reports. Thousands more travelers will be stranded at airport hubs, and the problem could spill into tomorrow. American is just the latest airline to... More »

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FAA • Boeing • airline industry • American Airlines • flight cancellation • Boeing MD-80

UPDATED

1,000 American Flights Now Grounded Amid Inspections

FAA concerns over wiring issues prompt second voluntary round of cancellations

Apr 9, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - American Airlines has now canceled more than 1,000 flights as it inspects wires in its 300 MD-80 aircraft, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Federal Aviation Administration raised concerns about recent inspections of the wiring, the same issue that grounded more than 400 flights last month. The process, which... More »

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FAA • Boeing • airline industry • American Airlines • flight cancellation • Boeing MD-80

Boeing Delays Dreamliner Rollout 6 More Months 

Plane won't be ready until 3rd quarter of 2009

Apr 9, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner has been delayed for a third time—now it won't be delivered until the third quarter of 2009 due to parts shortages and manufacturing partners who've fallen behind schedule. The innovative, fuel-efficient plane was originally scheduled to be available next month, reports Bloomberg. More »

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Boeing • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • delay • airplane

Boeing Expected to Delay Dreamliner 6 More Months

Customers eager to get fuel-efficient airliner as delays push to 14 months

Apr 8, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing is expected to delay delivery of its 787 Dreamliner for a third time, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports, as the company continues to struggle with parts shortages, redesigns, and manufacturing partners falling behind schedule. Analysts expect at least another 6-month delay to be announced tomorrow, pushing back the new... More »

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Boeing • Airbus • Aircraft manufacturers • Boeing 787 Dreamliner

For Boeing, Warplanes Are Becoming History

After losing another big military contract, giant's defense role shrinking to bit parts

Apr 7, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Boeing makes fewer military aircraft and more hardware systems, its commercial and defense arms look increasingly like separate companies, the Seattle Times reports. "These are two legs walking in opposite directions," one analyst says. While airplanes continue to dominate its commercial side, the company, once a military-aircraft... More »

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Boeing • Airbus • fuel tankers • Northrop Grumman • Defense Industry • contract • airplane

 A Plane That Runs on Hydrogen 

Boeing's manned flight successful, put passenger-aircraft application still far off

Apr 4, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing has successfully tested the world’s first manned, hydrogen-powered plane, the BBC reports, with one executive calling the three flights in Spain “a historical technological success.” The propeller-driven two-seater runs on a hydrogen fuel cell that emits only heat and water. Boeing engineers say they doubt the... More »

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Boeing • aerospace • clean energy • hydrogen fuel cells • alternative fuels

Boeing Moves
to Speed 787 Production

Buys pre-assembly plant that caused serious delays

Mar 29, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to stem mounting delays in the production of its breakthrough 787 jetliner, Boeing is getting more involved in the early steps of the assembly process, the Chicago Tribune reports. Boeing said yesterday it will buy out a partner's share of a South Carolina plant that assembles two rear sections... More »

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Boeing • airline industry • Boeing 787 Dreamliner • manufacturing • delay • jet • airplane

  WTC Developer
  Sues Airlines for 9/11

Silverstein seeks $12.3B on top of insurance payout

Mar 28, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The developer of the World Trade Center is suing airlines and airport security companies for $12.3 billion to cover his 9/11 losses, CNN reports. Larry Silverstein signed a 99-year lease on the site just six weeks before the attacks. He holds the defendants responsible for failing to prevent the... More »

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Boeing • World Trade Center • Larry Silverstein • United Airlines • September 11 • lawsuit • American Airlines • Continental Airlines • Silverstein Properties

American Cancels 171 Flights to Inspect Boeing Jets

Dozens of planes grounded to check out wiring issue

Mar 26, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Airlines canceled 171 flights today, benching almost its entire fleet of Boeing MD-80 twinjet aircrafts, the Chicago Tribune reports. American said it was inspecting how a “certain bundle of wires” was attached to ensure it complied with an FAA directive. But American said the grounding was voluntary, not... More »

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FAA • Boeing • airline industry • American Airlines • flight cancellation • Boeing 737-300 • Boeing MD-80

Congress Will
Nix Airbus Deal,
Boeing Says

US firm blasts 'unfair' award of Air Force contract to Europeans

Mar 19, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing isn't taking its loss of a $35 billion military contract to Northrop Grumman and Airbus lying down, Reuters reports. A company vice president said he was "as confident as he could be" that Congress would overturn the Air Force's decision to buy refueling tankers from Boeing's European rival.... More »

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Pentagon • Boeing • contracts • Air Force • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • aircraft • Government Accountability Office • US Air Force

McCain Sucked
Into Boeing Battle

Campaign boss lobbied against Boeing for European Airbus

Mar 12, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is being dragged into the feud between Boeing and the Air Force, reports AP. A firm headed by McCain's campaign finance chairman, Tom Loeffler, was paid $220,000 to lobby on behalf of the Airbus, the successful European rival to Boeing's 767 fuel tanker. McCain had helped block... More »

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John McCain • Pentagon • Boeing • contracts • Airbus • European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company • Northrop Grumman • GAO • Lockheed Martin • EADS • US Air Force • 767 Tanker • Teal Group • Jim McNerney • Tom Loeffler • Loeffler Group • Air Force Secretary • Michael Wynne

Boeing to Appeal $40B Contract

CEO claims 'serious flaws' in bidding

Mar 10, 08 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Boeing vowed today to appeal a controversial $40 billion contract to build refueling tankers for the Air Force, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Our team has taken a very close look at the tanker decision and found serious flaws in the process," Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said. The... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • contractors • Airbus • Government Accountability Office • EADS • Military-Industrial Complex

Airbus Was Intrepid,
Boeing Arrogant on Tanker

Analysts say Boeing was arrogant, Airbus intrepid

Mar 10, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Airbus won the Air Force's $35 billion contract for aerial refueling aircraft not only with a more competitive tanker, the New York Times reports, but by competing more aggressively. The French company, partnered with Northrup Grumman, built on spec a new plane-to-plane fuel boom and demonstrated it, while Boeing promised... More »

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John McCain • Boeing • Airbus • EADS • Thomas Enders • Jim McNemey

OPINION

Boeing Doesn't Deserve Military Monopoly

Lawmakers are angry, but making aircraft giant compete is a good thing

Mar 9, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s fury on Capitol Hill (and the campaign trail) over a $40 billion Air Force contract going to a European team, Mark Thompson notes in Time, but it’s entirely appropriate for the military to get the best technology it can. Indeed, anger over the snub to Boeing shows... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Boeing • Toyota • Air Force • outsourcing • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • monopoly • contract • tanker aircraft • Dave Hobson

Stunned Boeing Presses USAF to Explain Choice

Scheduled debriefing not soon enough for jilted company

Mar 4, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Boeing is calling for an “immediate debriefing” on the Air Force's choice of a foreign company to build its fuel tankers, Bloomberg reports. The selection of Airbus and Northrop Grumman is to be the subject of a scheduled March 12 meeting, but Boeing says that isn’t protocol. “... More »

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Congress • Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • fuel tankers • Northrop Grumman • Department of Defense • manufacturing • debriefing • Patty Murray

US, Euro Alliance Landed Air Force Deal for Airbus

$40B contact took years of careful planning

Mar 3, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Years of careful strategy and an alliance between executives was the key to Airbus nailing a $40 billion deal to build Air Force planes, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Pentagon’s decision last week is “a transformational shift in the way weapons systems are acquired. It’s an... More »

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Pentagon • Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • EADS • airplane • Ralph Crosby Jr.

Boeing Stunned, Angry Over Bid

Mobile, Ala. rep thrilled over promised tanker facility

Mar 1, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - From lawmakers to Boeing workers, Washington state is outraged today that the Air Force handed a $35 billion contract to foreign firm Airbus and Northrop Grumman, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. One worker called it "a sad day for Boeing," and a senior senator  blasted the Air Force... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Alabama • Washington state • Northrop Grumman Corp

Air Force Picks Foreign
Bid to Build Tankers

Northrop Grumman and Airbus will build $40B fleet in France

Feb 29, 08 9:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The Air Force shocked observers yesterday by handing a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers to a foreign company, the Los Angeles Times reports. Northrop Grumman and Airbus—which plan to build the 179 tankers in France—beat out Washington state's Boeing. Outraged lawmakers from Washington state... More »

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John McCain • California • Pentagon • Boeing • France • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • Kansas • Alabama • Washington state • Government Accountability Office • US Air Force • Made in America

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