FOCUS-Boeing's Chicago HQ a 'ghost town' as priorities shift
Twenty years ago, just days before the 9/11 attacks on the United States crippled the aerospace industry, Boeing Co (BA.N) moved its headquarters from its historic Seattle manufacturing hub to a stylish downtown Chicago skyscraper.
'Road to space': billionaire Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt
VAN HORN, Texas, July 20 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, soared some 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps usher in a new era of space tourism.
EXCLUSIVE-FAA says new Boeing production problem found in undelivered 787 Dreamliners
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Monday that some undelivered Boeing (BA.N) 787 Dreamliners have a new manufacturing quality issue that the largest U.S. planemaker will fix before the planes will be delivered.
EXCLUSIVE-Boeing plans new 737 MAX output jump in late-2022, sources say
Planemaker Boeing Co (BA.N) has drawn up preliminary plans for a fresh sprint in 737 MAX output to as many as 42 jets a month in fall 2022, industry sources said, in a bid to extend its recovery from overlapping safety and COVID-19 crises.
EXCLUSIVE-Boeing faces new hurdle in 737 MAX electrical grounding issue -sources
U.S. air safety officials have asked Boeing Co (BA.N) to supply fresh analysis and documentation showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems would not be affected by electrical grounding issues first flagged in three areas of the jet in April, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
EXCLUSIVE: Boeing nears 737 MAX order from Southwest worth billions - sources
Boeing Co is close to a multibillion-dollar deal to sell dozens of its 737 MAX 7 jets to Southwest Airlines Co, in potentially the company’s largest 737 MAX order since the aircraft’s safety ban was lifted, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
INSIGHT-Boeing, hit with $6.6 million FAA fine, faces much bigger 787 repair bill - sources
SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co will pay $6.6 million to U.S. regulators as part of a settlement over quality and safety-oversight lapses going back years, a setback that comes as Boeing wrestles with repairs to flawed 787 Dreamliner jets that could dwarf the cost of the federal penalty.
ANALYSIS: Boeing alters course in speedy response to engine blowouts
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two years ago, after a second fatal 737 MAX crash in five months, Boeing Co worked behind the scenes to urge aviation regulators not to ground the jet. But Saturday’s engine failure on a United Airlines 777, which produced jarring footage of an engine on fire and chunks of metal littering a Denver suburb - but no injuries - triggered a very different response inside Boeing.
FOCUS-An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift space venture Blue Origin into hyperdrive
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Freed from his daily obligations at Amazon.com Inc, Jeff Bezos is expected to turn up the heat on his space venture, Blue Origin, as it faces a pivotal year and fierce competition from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, industry sources said.
Lurching from crisis to crisis, Boeing delays 777X with demand hobbled
(Reuters) - Boeing Co took a hefty $6.5 billion charge on its all-new 777X jetliner as it posted a record annual loss on Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of a two-year safety crisis over its 737 MAX.
Boeing to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. criminal probe into 737 MAX crashes
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE/CHICAGO (Reuters) -Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its 737 MAX jetliner.
EXCLUSIVE-Boeing hires pilots for airlines to help relaunch 737 MAX - sources
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co is hiring up to 160 pilots to be embedded at airlines in its latest bid to ensure its 737 MAX has a smooth comeback after a 20-month safety ban, according to a recruitment document seen by Reuters and people familiar with the move.
FOCUS-Boeing 737 MAX jets undergo round-the-clock effort to clear inventory
The future of Boeing Co’s freshly approved 737 MAX is in the hands of nearly 700 workers toiling behind the gray doors of a three-bay hangar at a desert airport in Washington state.
EXCLUSIVE-FAA in final stages of Boeing 737 MAX review; could approve as early as Nov. 18
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is in the final stages of reviewing proposed changes to Boeing Co’s 737 MAX and expects to complete the process in the “coming days,” the agency’s chief told Reuters on Monday.
Why NASA's moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk have a lot riding on U.S. election
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s differences with rival presidential candidate Joe Biden extend far beyond planet earth.
EXCLUSIVE-Virgin Hyperloop picks West Virginia to test high-speed transport system
SEATTLE, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Virgin Hyperloop has picked the U.S. state of West Virginia to host a $500 million certification center and test track for billionaire Richard Branson’s super high-speed travel system, the company told Reuters.
EXCLUSIVE-Boeing in talks with Alaska Airlines for potential 737 MAX order -sources
The talks are part of a series of negotiations between Boeing and several airlines over jet orders or compensation after the 737 MAX was banned worldwide following two fatal crashes.
FOCUS-Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina: sources
Boeing is nearing a decision to shift more 787 Dreamliner production to South Carolina, industry sources said, a cost-cutting strategy accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic that would deplete its iconic factory north of Seattle.
FOCUS-COVID floors aero suppliers after years of planemaker blows
Before the 737 MAX and COVID-19 crises rocked aviation, Boeing BA.N offered a major 737 supplier, Teledyne Controls, a take-it-or-leave-it deal.