Archive for April, 2008

Boeing to deliver wide-body jets to India (Business Standard India)

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing today said the company will deliver more wide-bodied 777 aircraft to India in 2009, besides the 787 Dreamliner. The company was to deliver nine such airplanes in the current calendar year, of which it has already supplied two aircrafts.
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Boeing won’t back down, but civility is key in tanker dispute (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Boeing will try to avoid throwing any “needless sharp elbows” in its disagreement with the U.S. Air Force over the tanker decision, Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Jim McNerney said Monday.
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Spirit AeroSystems lowers 2008 earnings, revenue forecasts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. lowered its full-year earnings and sales forecasts Tuesday, citing delays in 787 deliveries from Boeing.
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Boeing to deliver more wide-body jets to India next year (rediff.com)

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said on Tuesday the company will deliver more wide-bodied 777 aircraft to India in 2009 than in the current year, besides the 787 Dreamliner.
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BOEING MOVES 787 DREAMLINER STATIC TEST AIRFRAME TO TESTING RIG (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) – Boeing moved the 787 Dreamliner static test airframe from its Final Assembly facility in Everett to its structural test rig last Friday evening.
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Boeing Moves 787 Dreamliner Static Test Airframe to Testing Rig (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) - Boeing moved the 787 Dreamliner static test airframe from its Final Assembly facility in Everett to its structural test rig last Friday evening.
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McNerney says Boeing will watch its tone in tanker disagreement (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Boeing will try to avoid throwing any “needless sharp elbows” in its disagreement with the U.S. Air Force over the tanker decision, Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Jim McNerney said Monday.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again (Slashdot)

An anonymous reader writes “It’s not just that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may be unsafe or vulnerable to hacker attacks. At this point, it seems everyone would be happy for it to arrive in any state. The 787’s carbon-fiber construction and next-generation technology have pushed back their delivery schedule once again, this time requiring a […]

Boeing shows off signs of 787 progress (Everett Herald)

The first two jets get a short parade as production continues. EVERETT — Signs of progress on the Boeing Co.’s delayed 787 Dreamliner were paraded out of the company’s Everett factory Friday.
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Kansas talks set tone for Boeing union (Everett Herald)

EVERETT — Boeing Co. engineers in Everett will keep an eye on how their union negotiates salaries and bonuses when it meets with a supplier this summer.
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