Boeing Co. reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday as charges and expenses on its problem-plagued 787 Dreamliner and Starliner spacecraft programs dampened a ramp-up in 737 MAX deliveries amid rebounding air travel. The 737 MAX and 787 jetliners are integral to Boeing’s ability to recoup billions of dollars in lost sales from the pandemic and…
United Airlines Expects Boeing 777S to Return to Sky in Q1 of 2022
CHICAGO—United Airlines said on Wednesday its Boeing 777-200 planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines are expected to return to service as early as in the first quarter of 2022. The Chicago-based carrier had to ground the wide-body jets after a United flight to Honolulu suffered an engine failure and made an emergency landing…
Hundreds of Boeing Workers Protest in Washington State After Company Tells Workers They Must Be Vaccinated
Hundreds of Boeing Co employees protested in Washington state on Friday after the company told workers they must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Roughly 200 workers gathered in protest outside of the company’s Renton and Everett locations just days after the planemaker announced the new mandate. On Oct. 12, the planemaker announced that employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 in line with…
US Lawmaker Blames Boeing Leaders for Culture That Led to Crashes
WASHINGTON—A senior U.S. House Democrat who oversaw a massive investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX said on Friday the indictment of a former chief technical pilot should not be the end of the accountability in the two fatal crashes that killed 346 people. “Senior leaders throughout Boeing are responsible for the culture of concealment that…
Boeing Workers Stage Protest Near Seattle Over US Vaccine Mandate
EVERETT, Wash.—Waving signs like “coercion is not consent,” and “stop the mandate,” some 200 Boeing Co employees and others staged a protest on Friday over the planemaker’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for U.S. workers. Boeing said on Tuesday it will require U.S. employees to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 under an executive order issued by President…
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American consumers spending more, but are they buying more stuff? Or are things just more expensive? In the first prosecution related to the Boeing 737 MAX accidents, a former pilot has been charged with lying to the U-S government. And Bitcoin hits an all-time high today, topping 62-thousand dollars. What’s behind the surge?
Boeing Finds New Defect in Continuing Struggle to Produce Dreamliner 787
WASHINGTON—Boeing Co. said Thursday that some titanium 787 Dreamliner parts were improperly manufactured over the past three years, the latest in a series of problems to plague the wide-body aircraft. The quality issue does not affect the immediate safety of flights, the company said, adding it had notified the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Boeing is…
Boeing Tells Workers They Must Get COVID-19 Vaccine by December
Boeing has told employees they must be vaccinated against COVID-19, a spokesperson confirmed. The policy will apply to roughly 125,000 employees in the United States, of which about 57,000 are in Washington state, The Seattle Times reported. Employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 in line with the deadline set by President Joe Biden requiring federal employees as well…
Boeing Delivers 35 Airplanes in September, 787 Dry Spell Continues
SEATTLE—Boeing Co. said on Tuesday that airplane deliveries rose to 35 in September as it benefited from an uptick in domestic travel, but its 787 program remains hobbled by structural defects. That was 13 more planes than in August and 24 more than in September last year. Of the 35 jetliners delivered last month, 26…
Beijing Abandoned Its Commitment by Blocking Boeing Airplane Purchases: US Commerce Chief
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sept. 28 that China was holding back domestic airlines from purchasing “tens of billions of dollars” of U.S.-manufactured Boeing Co. airplanes. “There’s tens of billions of dollars of planes that Chinese airlines want to buy but the Chinese government is standing in the way,” she said in a…
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