WASHINGTON—Boeing Co has temporarily halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner jets as the U.S. planemaker conducts additional analysis on a fuselage component, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday. Deliveries will not resume until the FAA is satisfied that the issue has been addressed, the agency said. “The FAA is working with Boeing to…
Air India’s Purchase of 200 Boeings Will Create Over a Million US Jobs: Biden
Air India has struck a deal with Boeing to purchase 200 aircraft. The purchase is expected to support more than a million jobs across 44 states and strengthen U.S.–India relations, according to President Joe Biden. “The United States can and will lead the world in manufacturing,” said Biden in a statement on Feb. 14. The…
Air India’s Purchase of 200 Boeing Aircraft Will Create Over a Million US Jobs: Biden
Air India has struck a deal with Boeing to purchase 200 aircraft. The purchase is expected to support more than a million jobs across 44 states and strengthen U.S.–India relations, according to President Joe Biden. “The United States can and will lead the world in manufacturing,” said Biden in a statement on Feb. 14. The…
Boeing Says Parts Shortages Persist, Hampering Plane Production
Boeing Co. is still facing parts shortages as the supply chain remained unstable and unpredictable, its finance chief said on Wednesday. Boeing aims to increase production of its bestselling 737 MAX narrowbody jetliner from a stable rate of about 31 jets a month to 38 by the end of the year. The timeline for the…
Air India Reveals Orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus Jets
LONDON—Air India unveiled orders Tuesday for 470 Boeing and Airbus passenger jets as it races to tap surging demand for increasingly affordable air travel from the nation’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers. India’s largest international airline and second-largest domestic carrier is buying 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion. It marks the U.S. plane maker’s…
Judge Rejects Bid to Nullify Boeing Deal Over Max Crashes
DALLAS—A federal judge has rejected an effort by families of passengers who died in Boeing 737 Max crashes to reopen an agreement that allowed Boeing to avoid prosecution for fraud in how it won regulatory approval for the plane. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth said that he has sympathy for families of the…
Shuttered South African Airline Comair Sues Boeing Over 737 MAX Purchases
WASHINGTON—A shuttered South African airline sued Boeing Co. for fraud over its agreement to buy eight 737 MAX planes and seeks damages of at least $83 million. Boeing “placed profits over safety and led with a plan of deception,” Comair’s suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle said. Boeing declined to comment. Comair…
Boeing to Slash 2,000 Jobs, ‘Streamlining’ Will Include Work Outsourced to India
American aviation firm Boeing intends to lay off two thousand jobs this year as part of a reduction in certain support services, with a part of the work shifted to India, after the firm had earlier committed to hiring 10,000 workers in 2023. “We expect about 2,000 reductions primarily in Finance and HR through a…
Boeing Plans to Cut About 2,000 Finance and HR Jobs in 2023
SEATTLE—Boeing plans to make staffing cuts in the aerospace company’s finance and human resources departments in 2023, with a loss of around 2,000 jobs, the company said. “We expect about 2,000 reductions primarily in Finance and HR through a combination of attrition and layoffs,” Boeing said in a statement Monday. “While no one has been…
US Seeks $1.1 Million United Airlines Fine Over Boeing 777 Preflight Checks
WASHINGTON—The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said it is proposing to fine United Airlines $1.1 million for allegedly conducting Boeing 777 flights without making required preflight fire system warning checks. The FAA said Chicago-based United is believed to have flown more than 102,000 flights of its Boeing 777 aircraft between June 2018 and April…
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