... Corp. and Boeing Co., the country's two largest defense contractors. Trump said he talked with the CEOs about lowering costs for two high-profile programs: Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jets and Boei ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-23
... deal with Boeing for 80 jets, has reached agreements with foreign leasing firms to finance a total of 77 aircraft, including 42 from Airbus and 35 from Boeing, Kashan said. "There will be at least two ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
Iran has signed a US$16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets and is said to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes, Reuters reports. It would be the biggest package of firm contracts w ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... p accused Boeing Co. of trying to rip off American taxpayers in the planned construction of jets to replace the existing Air Force One fleet. “I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number,’’ Trump ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
Airbus Group flew the biggest version of its A350 wide-body jet for the first time Thursday, boosting the twin-engine model’s capacity. This comes as the four-turbine Boeing Co. 747 and the European m ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
China is challenging Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co. in the global market for air planes. That ambition is slowly taking shape in a hangar in Shanghai, accordmg to Bloomberg. The state-owned Commercial ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
... remaining Boeing 747-400 passenger plane, the 21-year-old B-HUJ operating as CX8747, over the city’s pearlescent harbor at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, the last time it will do so as it speeds up the phase ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... gion. The Boeing 777 broke apart in mid-air, flinging wreckage over several kilometers of fields in rebel-held territory. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
... rnal. The Boeing 777 widebody jetliner, which originated in the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram, skidded to a stop o the runway, resting on its belly amid plumes of thick black smoke. Video footage ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-04
... An empty Boeing 747, in comparison, weighs 400,000 pounds. To help steady it during takeoffs and landings, the plane was guided by runners and bicyclists. The pilots faced a nine-month delay a year a ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
... up SE and Boeing Co. in the market for planes with more than 150 seats. Friedmann Pacific Asset Management Ltd. will invest in an aircraft operator in Indonesia as part of the deal, China Aircraft Lea ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
Boeing Co. has signed a prelimnary agreement to sell 30 aircraft to China’s Xiamen Airlines in a deal worth US$3.39 billion. The order is for 737 Max 200 planes, Bloomberg reports. The airline, which ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-12
... say. The Boeing 777 jet, which was carrying 222 passengers and 19 crew, made an emergency landing at Changi at about 6:50 am local time. The plane's right engine caught fire after the jet touched dow ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-27
... - for 100 Boeing 737 airliners. The ruling Communist Party must have given its go-ahead or even pushed for the deal. What Obama offered in return is lifting the arms embargo that had been in place sin ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... Lockheed, Boeing Co. and Saab AB are seeking to secure India's next big fighter jet contract, which may be announced next year. India still needs hundreds of warplanes after Prime Minister Narendra Mo ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
Boeing Co. has won a US$11.3 billion order from Vietnam’s only private airline, trumping rival Airbus Group SE in a battle over Asia's surging market for low-cost carriers. Bloomberg is reporting that ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
Boeing Co. is planning to slash up to 8,000 jobs this year in its commercial airplane division, a move that could save US$1 billion in costs and help it better compete with European rival Airbus. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-31
... es of the Boeing 737-800 plane, operated by Dubai-based budget carrier FlyDubai, were recovered but suffered damage, the Wall Street Journal reported. They wanted to know why Flight FZ981 circled for ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
... aken four Boeing 747s and five Airbus A340s out of operation since the beginning of 2015 and plans to bring forward the retirement of three more 747-400s to this year from 2017, the report said. Catha ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
... Airlines, Boeing, engine manufacturer Rolls Royce and insurance companies range from 10 mllion yuan (US$1.5 million) to 70 million yuan per family, French news agency AFP reported, citing Zhang Verdic ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
