Boeing and its largest union said Sunday they reached agreement on a new contract that, if ratified, will avoid a strike that threatened to shut down aircraft production by the end of the coming week. Boeing said 33,000 workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and...
On November 22, 2013, Boeing issued an advisory to airlines using General Electric GEnx engines on 787 and 747-8 aircraft to avoid flying near high-level thunderstorms due to an increased risk of icing on the engines. The problem was caused by a buildup of ice crystals just behind the mai...
Boeingand its largest union said Sunday they reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that, if ratified, will avoid a strike that threatened to shut down aircraft production by the end of the coming week. Boeing said 33,000 workers represented by the International Association of Machinist...
The Boeing saga wears on. In the latest news, the aerospace giant has pled guilty to criminal charges over its handling of the safety issues tied to fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX aircraft. According toa report from The Washington Post, the guilty plea enables Boeing to avoid going to ...
And Trump on Friday raised the tariff on aircraft to 15 percent from 10 percent as part of those sanctions. The European Union has threatened to follow through with penalties against the United States for support granted to Boeing, but the American firm said the statetax reformwould resolve the...
A software bug that shut-down one engine on a GE Aviation-powered 787 last July has prompted Boeing to ask the US Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily exempt the 787-10 from a safety requirement.
... It's a self-imposed pressure to reduce our footprint on manufacturing's time and processes." The Seattle plants produce components and assemblies for Boeing commercial and military aircraft, and perform final painting for these jets. Final assembly for 737 and Business Jet products is done...
This is where that higher MTOW comes in useful. Unless the MTOW can be enhanced, passenger seats would need to be blocked. To avoid this, Boeing cleverly up-gauged the aircraft’s essential components to those of its bigger brother in order to give it the uplift it needs to still fly wi...
Boeing has been under intense scrutiny from the public and federal regulators amid mounting concerns about the safety of its 737 MAX aircraft, which was involved in an air crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) in mid-March, in which all 149 passengers and eight crew members died. ...
Ryanair warns of fewer flights next summer due to Boeing aircraft delays Budget carrier is one of several airlines increasingly frustrated by the global shortage of new planes Tuesday, 15 October, 2024 Explainer Has Boeing done enough to avoid the credit rating junk yard?