Category: Boeing

Boeing CEO Says Planemaker Could Be Forced to Cancel 737 MAX 10: Aviation Week

WASHINGTON—Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told Aviation Week in an interview that the planemaker could be forced to cancel the 737 Max 10 over potential regulatory issues. Boeing has a December deadline to win approval for the 737 MAX 10—the largest member of its best-selling single-aisle airplane family. Otherwise, it must meet new cockpit alerting…


Dubai Plane Finishes 13 Hour Flight to Australia With Large Hole in Side

An Emirates flight from Dubai flew for more than 13 hours to Australia with a large hole on its left side. It took off on July 1 and landed safely at night but passengers noted a surprising discovery on arrival. The Middle Eastern airline says the hole was created when one of the Airbus A380’s…


Boeing Expects Supply Chain Problems to Last Through Most of 2023

DOHA—Boeing expects supply chain problems to persist almost until the end of 2023, led by labor shortages at mid-tier and smaller suppliers, partly due to the faster-than-expected return of demand, its chief executive said on Wednesday. Boeing said last month that production of its 737 aircraft had been slowed by shortages of a single type…


Boeing Working to Stabilize 737 MAX Factory: Executive

RENTON, Wash.—Boeing Co. has, for the moment, sidestepped one particular supply chain snag that curbed 737 MAX output and deliveries last month, and is working to stabilize production at its targeted monthly rate, an executive said on Wednesday. “We’ve been ramping up to 31 a month,” Dennis Eng, 737 Program Business Operations Director, told reporters…


Boeing’s New Air Force One Risks Delay Over Tight Labor Market: Watchdog

The next-generation presidential aircraft being built by Boeing Co. risks further delay due to a tight labor market for mechanics and lower-than-expected security clearance rates, the investigative arm of Congress said on Wednesday. The need for Boeing to switch to an alternative supplier for some interior work was also cited in the report issued by…


Boeing Starliner Capsule Returns to Earth, Capping Key Uncrewed Test Mission

Boeing Co.’s Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station (ISS) and landed in New Mexico on Wednesday, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA’s next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit. Less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, the CST-100 Starliner capsule plunged through…


Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Docks With Space Station in Uncrewed Flight Test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule docked for the first time with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing a major objective in a high stakes do-over test flight into orbit without astronauts aboard. The rendezvous of the gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with the orbital research outpost, currently home to a seven-member crew, occurred…


Ryanair Cautious About ‘Fragile’ Recovery, Berates Boeing

DUBLIN—Ryanair said on Monday it was impossible to give detailed 2022 guidance beyond hoping for a return to “reasonable profitability” amid uncertainties over COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, knocking its shares despite a smaller annual loss. Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers also became the latest Boeing customer to criticise the planemaker. Chief Executive Michael…


Boeing Sees Progress on 787, China, but Supply Chain Risks Loom

SEATTLE—Boeing Co. said on Wednesday it would study an equity raise after unlocking deliveries of its 787 and returning its cash-cow 737 MAX to service in China, but flagged supply chain risks amid broader certification and industrial problems. Resuming deliveries of 787 Dreamliners and clearing inventories of its 737 Max are vital for Boeing’s ability…


Boeing Leaves Chicago as City Struggles With Crime, Other Problems

Boeing said it is moving its headquarters from Chicago though it will still maintain a “strong” presence in the city, whose reputation as a major hub that welcomes corporations and their staff stands in contrast to a recent upsurge in crime. The plane-making giant said in a May 5 statement that it will relocate its…