Boeing (BA) said today Etihad Airways has ordered 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner airplaces, and two Boeing 777 Freighters.
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On a recent day, four jetliners -- two Boeing 737s, an Airbus A320 and a Boeing widebody 767 -- were parked in the massive Gore hangar, their tail markings and aircraft registration numbers shrouded under plastic to protect the identities of their owners.
Wood argues, however, that a big chunk of Boeing's seven-year backlog would need to evaporate quickly for the market's fears--and Boeing's current price--to be justified.
The planes will be overhauled by a Saudi-based Boeing-Saudi joint venture, Alsalam Aircraft Co.
Eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana may have sold her Boeing 747-200 jumbo jet, but the family's fleet of planes included, at least until recently, a DC-10, a blue-and-red Boeing 737, a Canadian Challenger 601 and a BAC-111.
Ryanair, which has has always favoured Boeing aircraft and remains one of the few all-Boeing carriers, said it had received a discount on the price, but did not reveal how deep a discount.
Bad weather forced the wide-body Boeing 767-400 to sit several hours in a JFK conga-line of jets waiting to takeoff.
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Other large air freighters already flying include the Russian-built Ilyushin Il-76, the U.S.-made Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and, largest of them all, the Antonov An-225 -- also Russian.
The recent initial public offering allows EasyJet to take delivery of 32 next-generation Boeing 737-700s, pushing, by 2004, the average age of EasyJet's 44 planes below three years.
Ryanair, which only ten days ago had announced plans to open five new routes out of Budapest airport, said on Friday that it would increase that to 31 routes, basing a fleet of brand-new Boeing 737-800s at Budapest from February 17th.
The demand for larger-scale private and corporate jets has been such that the major aircraft manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing, now offer modified versions of their passenger aircraft -- the Boeing BBJ (Boeing Business Jet) and Airbus CJ (Corporate Jet).
Mr Pratt added that high fuel costs had hurt Cathay's profitability, especially on long-haul routes, which it said were dominated by "older, less fuel-efficient, Boeing 747-400 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft".
Over the years the company has been called upon to design bespoke interiors for aircraft including the BBJs and CJs, and widebody aircraft including the Lockheed L1011 Tristar, Airbus A340-600 and Boeing 747-400.
The Obama Administration is not going to build a Death Star and I do not have a problem with that but the Obama Administration is also refusing to fund a second development air-frame for the Boeing anti-ballistic missile laser battle station and that I regard as a serious policy error.
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That would put the firm among the top 10 biggest spenders on lobbying in 2007--among the ranks of General Motors, Freddie Mac and Boeing--according to CRP's most recent lobbying analysis.
El Salvador wants to rid itself of its guerilla war reputation and glean a new image: fruit-filled jungles, coffee plantations, Pacific beaches and the multimillion dollar business of repairing Boeing-made jetliners.
Both of these are based on short-haul, narrow-bodied types -- the Boeing 737 series and Airbus A320 series -- both of which seat fewer than 200 people in commercial passenger configuration.
Worldwide, airlines have been slowly but steadily putting into operation two next-generation aircraft -- Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 -- both of which have shells made heavily of composite materials, such as carbon-fibre reinforced plastic, instead of aluminium.
At this Boeing-like company, the new chief executive is female and intent on shaking things up.
Boeing-made 787s have been grounded worldwide since mid-January on the order of various aviation authorities.
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It was against this background that Mr Van Miert stepped in to examine the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger.
It is an auspicious time for three emerging rivals to the Boeing-Airbus duopoly to seek to establish themselves.
It was 1969, and a Saturn V rocket assembled by Boeing--Seattle's biggest employer--had just delivered the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon.
Ida scrubbed the bathrooms and corporate offices at Boeing--a company at which her son would one day be appointed to the board.
Like the ex-Boeing auditor, this woman had worked for many years for the same company, and had lost her job in a downsizing.
As I think you remember, on his Asia trip he worked with Boeing -- there was an announcement of a major trade deal that represents a significant growth in that industry.
Negotiations are on-going, but the airlines have already agreed to commit 10 Boeing 747-400 freighters to the venture, according to Reuters.
Most famous of these, of course is Air Force One, the official jet transport -- though actually there are two Air Force Ones, both modified Boeing 747-400s -- of the President of the United States of America.
In fact, with the exception of Microsoft, Seattle looks distinctly like an old-style lumber and defense town dominated by giants like Weyerhaeuser, Boeing and cut-rate retailer Costco.
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