Airbus leads Boeing in 2011 orders, deliveries
Airbus continued to dwarf Boeing for commercial airplane orders through the first nine months of 2011, while maintaining a smaller lead in deliveries. Airbus netted orders for 1,038 airplanes from...
View ArticleKing County starts pitch for Boeing 737 MAX line
King County Executive Dow Constantine launched his pitch Wednesday for Boeing to assemble its re-engined 737 MAX in the county. “The factories are here. The workforce is here. The ability to move goods...
View ArticleAre airplane assembly rates like ‘Dorian Gray’?
Boeing and Airbus’ plans to keep raising production rates to monetize big backlogs look great, but there’s an increasingly frightful portrait in the attic, according to a prominent aerospace analyst....
View ArticleBoeing sees demand for existing, re-engined 737s
There’s enough demand for current Boeing 737 airliners to justify continuing to churn out more while the company also markets a version updated with new engines, Chairman, President and CEO Jim...
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