Tag: Boeing

• Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

  

  A brand-new Boeing 737 MAX intended for China's Xiamen Airlines was returned to the aircraft manufacturer due to escalating trade tensions driven by US President Donald Trump's tariff war. Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, prompting China to impose 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, making delivery of these aircraft financially unviable for Chinese airlines.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  The new Boeing model facing security issues

  

  Aircraft manufacturer Boeing keeps coming across unexpected hurdles. Now they have detected a quality problem with the 787 Dreamliner model, which has led to delays in the delivery of the newer units, in addition to drawing increased scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Superjumbo era comes to an end: Last Airbus A380 takes off on its test flight

  

  The era of the Superjumbo is coming to an end as the last Airbus A380 ever built has taken off for the first test flight time, departing from the company's headquarters in Toulouse, France, headquarters on Thursday.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Successful first flight test of pilotless fighter jet, a Boeing and Australian Air Force project

  

  Boeing Co and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) said on Tuesday they had completed the first flight test on a pilotless fighter-like jet designed to operate in conjunction with crewed aircraft.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 07:53 UTC

  Boeing will pay US$ 2,5bn to resolve investigation related to the 737 MAX crashes

  

  Boeing Co will pay over US$ 2.5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into criminal conspiracy charges related to two deadly 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said, but the plane maker will not be required to plead guilty.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil's aircraft manufacturer Embraer, reports losses of US$ 315 million

  

  Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer reported second-quarter losses of US$ 315 million on Wednesday, as sales plunged due to the coronavirus pandemic and a proposed joint venture with Boeing collapsed.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Boeing customers cancelled order for 355 of 737 MAX jets in first half of 2020

  

  Boeing customers cancelled orders for 355 of its 737 MAX jets in the first half of 2020, the US planemaker said on Tuesday, as the damage done by the jet's grounding and the coronavirus crisis to the airline industry continued to mount.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazil's Embraer union files lawsuit against the company's board over the collapsed deal with Boeing

  

  A union representing workers at planemaker Embraer filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to dismiss the company's board, after a US$4.2 billion deal with Boeing Co collapsed amid the pandemic, leaving the Brazilian jet-maker scrambling for a new path forward.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Norwegian Air Shuttle cancels purchase of 97 jets from Boeing

  

  Norwegian Air Shuttle has notified Boeing that it is terminating purchase agreements for all 97 of its remaining jets on order with the US planemaker. The decision covers 92 of Boeing's 737 Max planes, five 787 Dreamliners and a related maintenance pact, Norwegian said in a statement on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Boeing confirms elimination of 12,000 US jobs, and more in “coming months”

  

  Boeing confirmed it was eliminating more than 12,000 US jobs, including 6,770 involuntary layoffs, as the largest US planemaker restructures in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing also disclosed it plans “several thousand remaining layoffs” in the coming months but did not say where those would take place.