Tag: Boeing
BoeingBoeing and Embraer sign agreement on safety, efficiency and productivity
US Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer signed an agreement Monday to work cooperatively on aircraft safety, operational efficiency and manufacturing productivity.
Boeing to open an aerospace research and technology centre in Sao Paulo
US air industry giant Boeing announced today that it will establish a research and technology centre in Sao Paulo that will work with Brazil’s leading researchers and scientists to develop aerospace technologies.
Norway’s discount carrier orders 222 Boeing and Airbus, totalling 21.5bn dollars
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA ordered 222 Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS airliners valued at 127 billion Kroner (21.5 billion dollars) as Europe's fourth-biggest discount carrier steps up its competition with state-backed SAS AB.
Southwest Airlines makes largest aircraft order: 208 Boeing single-aisles 737
The US Southwest Airlines ordered single-aisle 737s with a catalog value totaling 19 billion dollars from Boeing Co., the largest aircraft order ever and the first to include the more fuel-efficient MAX variant.
First carbon-composite airliner flies makes its first commercial link
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the world’s first carbon-composite airliner, flew to Hong Kong from Tokyo carrying its first paying passengers this week.
Delta decides to buy American and orders 100 Boeing 737 worth 8.5bn dollars
Delta Air Lines Inc. agreed to buy 100 Boeing Co. 737 single-aisle jets with a catalogue value of 8.5 billion dollars as the carrier postponed plans to buy another 100 smaller jets from Brazil’s Embraer SA or Canada’s Bombardier Inc.
American Airlines places world’s largest aircraft order: 460 Boeing and Airbus
American Airlines has made the world's largest aircraft order, with a plan to buy 460 planes from Boeing and Airbus and options to acquire 465 more. The deal is worth 40 billion US dollars at list prices, with options taking the total to 81bn.
Boeing forecasts Latam air-carriers will require 2.180 airplanes in next 20 years
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Latin America will require 2,180 new airplanes worth approximately 210 billion US dollars over the next 20 years as air travel in the region out paces the world average.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental begins first successful flight test program
The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully began its flight test program Monday taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington state, before more than several thousand employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders.
Brazilian Contract for Jet Fighters, Another Chip in the EU/Mercosur Trade Talks
French resistance to the resumption of Mercosur European Union trade talks caused great disappointment among the block’s members, but Brazil believes it has a strong bargaining chip for a greater opening of the European agriculture market: the several billions US dollars fighter planes contract for the Brazilian Air Force.
