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MSNBC
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Boeing Co. blew past an order record it set two years ago, selling 1,413 commercial jets in 2007 while delivering 441 planes, its best showing in six years.
The single-aisle 737 remains its best-seller, followed by the new midsize, long-haul 787 Dreaml..
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CNN
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Until this week, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner had been living up to its name. Orders had been flooding in, the aircraft was packed with technological firsts, it promised to carry its passengers faster and further and use 20 per cent less fuel to cut carbon emi..
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BusinessWeek
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In awarding the contract for refueling planes, the Air Force told Boeing one thing, then did another, and made crucial math errors, an auditor's report says
A new, fuller account of the June 18 auditor's ruling that gives Boeing (BA) another shot at a..
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BusinessWeek
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The planemaker hopes high fuel costs will drive sales of its new fuel-efficient jets. But airlines may not be able to afford them
U.S. carriers are mothballing planes as the airlines crumple under the weight of soaring fuel prices. But Boeing (BA) is c..
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BusinessWeek
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After a long silence, Boeing CEO James McNerney admits the company may have moved "a little too far, too fast" on the 787 Dreamliner
As Boeing (BA) has suffered repeated delays on its much-ballyhooed 787 Dreamliner commercial jet, some company insiders..
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MSNBC
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Federal regulators on Monday ordered inspections for hundreds of Boeing jetliners over potential problems with wing de-icing systems, certain planes' main landing gear and the oxygen masks used by passengers.
None of the three airworthiness directives..
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BusinessWeek
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Given assembly and design issues, deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner aren't likely until 2009. Some dissatisfied customers are discussing compensation
Customers of the much-anticipated but late-to-the-gate 787 Dreamliner are waiting for Boeing to make of..
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BusinessWeek
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The aerospace giant responds to Boeing in what's turning out to be an epic PR battle over a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have turned up the heat in the tanker war.
In full-page advertisements that ran in major ne..
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BusinessWeek
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The company's formal protest of the tanker contract hints of shortcomings in its bid and capitalizes on U.S. fears about outsourcing
Boeing (BA) executives filed their formal bid to overturn a $35 billion contract for air refueling tankers that was awa..
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BusinessWeek
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Despite its dismay over losing a huge Air Force contract, Boeing doesn't want to delay a plane the military needs
Boeing (BA) executives, bewildered at losing a multibillion-dollar contract for a fleet of refueling tanker aircraft, are girding for batt..
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BusinessWeek
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Homeland Security confirms that Boeing's 28-mile prototype of electronic border surveillance will not be expanded
The major Presidential candidates talked up its innovative approach to securing the U.S.-Mexico border. Aerospace and defense giant Boeing..
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MSNBC
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They are giving themselves a respectable margin this time,’’ said Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at Teal Group, a Fairfax, Va.-based aerospace research company. “It’s better to get it good than get it on time.”
The bad news, h..
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BusinessWeek
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After the ceremonial debut of its carbon-fiber jetliner, the planemaker has Airbus and delivery dates to contend with
Five years ago, Boeing (BA) bet its future on plastics. On July 8, the company showed the airline industry just how that gamble is abo..
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BBC News
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US plane manufacturer Boeing has unveiled its 787 Dreamliner - the firm's first all-new jet since 1995.
It is the only big commercial aircraft made mostly of carbon fibre rather than aluminium and is billed as the most environmentally friendly ever bui..
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FOX News
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Boeing Co. announced 35 new orders for its 787 Dreamliner on the eve of its Sunday unveiling of the new commercial jet.
Air Berlin ordered 25 and ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company of Kuwait is taking 10, Boeing said Saturday. Together, the orde..
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BBC News
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Boeing has announced 35 new orders for its 787 Dreamliner, hours before the plane is unveiled at the US manufacturer's plant in Seattle.
The new orders, from Air Berlin and a leasing firm, mean Boeing now has 677 orders from 47 customers for the midsiz..
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CNN
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German low-cost airline Air Berlin said Saturday it ordered 25 of Boeing Co.'s new 787 Dreamliner planes in a deal worth $4 billion at list prices. The deal, announced at a Boeing event in Seattle the day before the first 787 is unveiled, is the biggest s..
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BBC News
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US aerospace giant Boeing made 114 commercial plane deliveries in the three months to the end of June, its largest total since 2001.
With its year-to-date total now at 220 deliveries, Boeing said it was on track to deliver 440 to 445 planes in 2007...
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BusinessWeek
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The Pentagon may be ceding too much power to Boeing and other contractors
At the core of the Bush Administration's campaign to transform the U.S. Army into a leaner, more technologically advanced fighting force is something known as Future Combat Syste..
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BusinessWeek
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The European planemaker, well behind Boeing these days, rolls out one vital sales order after another at the Paris Air Show
For über aircraft salesman John Leahy, pitching Airbus jets to potential buyers over the past two years hasn't been a picnic. B..
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