Category: Boeing

Delta Sees Place for Boeing’s 737 MAX Jet in Its Fleet: Airline Weekly

CHICAGO—Delta Air Lines sees a place for Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane at the carrier as it looks to reshape its fleet over the next decade, Airline Weekly reported on Thursday, citing comments by Delta’s chief executive. “No news to report [but] we’re constantly talking to [Boeing],” Airline Weekly quoted Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian as…


Boeing Lifts China Jet Demand Estimate Over 2 Decades to $1.47 Trillion

BEIJING—Boeing Co. raised its forecast slightly on Thursday for China’s aircraft demand for the next 20 years, betting on the country’s quick rebound from COVID-19 and future growth in its budget airline sector and e-commerce. Chinese airlines will need 8,700 new airplanes through 2040, 1.2 percent higher than its previous prediction of 8,600 planes made…


Europe’s Low-Cost Carriers Will Help to Drive Demand for New Planes Over Next 20 Years: Boeing

European low-cost carriers will help drive demand for new planes in the region over the next 20 years, as airlines replace their older fleets with more fuel-efficient jets, planemaker Boeing said on Sept. 21. Boeing said that it expects airlines in Europe to order 7,100 new single-aisle planes between now and 2040. Single-aisle planes are typically…


Boeing to Build Navy Aircraft at MidAmerica, Invest $200M

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in a project that could add more than 150 jobs on the company’s southwest Illinois campus, according to an announcement scheduled for Friday. Boeing plans to build the MQ-25 Stingray, the…


Boeing to Build Navy Aircraft at MidAmerica, Invest $200 Million

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in a project that could add more than 150 jobs on the company’s southwest Illinois campus, according to an announcement scheduled for Friday. Boeing plans to build the MQ-25 Stingray, the…


Boeing Delivers 22 Jets in August, 737 MAX ‘White Tails’ Nearly Gone

SEATTLE/PARIS—Boeing Co. delivered 22 airplanes in August amid revived domestic travel and won orders for seven 787s in a respite for a program hobbled by industrial defects and a halt in deliveries. The closely watched monthly snapshot comes as Boeing tries to recoup billions of dollars in lost sales from the coronavirus pandemic, and move…


Factbox: Boeing’s Latest Commercial Jet Market Forecast

PARIS—Here are the highlights of Boeing’s annual Commercial Market Outlook (2021-2040) released on Tuesday, compared with the two previous editions. 20-Year Forecast Publication date: 2019 2020 2021 Traffic 4.6 percent 4.0 percent 4.0 percent GDP 2.7 percent 2.5 percent 2.7 percent Starting Fleet 25,830 25,900 25,900* Deliveries 44,040 43,110 43,610 Regional 2,240 2,430 2,390 Single-aisle…


Boeing Raises Jet Demand Forecast on Pandemic Recovery

Boeing revised up long-term demand forecasts on Tuesday, as a snapback in commercial air travel in domestic markets like the United States tempers the more gloomy industry predictions seen at the height of coronavirus lockdowns last year. The rosier view underpins moves by the aerospace giant to prepare for growth in travel demand and military…


India’s SpiceJet Settles With Boeing MAX Aircraft Lessor CDB Aviation

BENGALURU—Budget airline SpiceJet said on Monday it has settled with another lessor of Boeing Co’s MAX aircraft, CDB Aviation, as it looks to start operating the aircraft by the end of September after India cleared the 737 MAX to fly last month. The 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two fatal crashes…


Exclusive: Ryanair Ready for Long Wait for Boeing to Cut MAX Price, Says O’Leary

ROME—Ryanair is willing to wait years for Boeing to drop its prices before placing a big new plane order with the U.S. company, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told Reuters, while he also downplayed the chance of a deal with rival Airbus. The Irish airline, one of Boeing’s biggest customers, said on Monday it had ended…