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
Three people were taken to hospital after Japan Airlines Co. evacuated passengers from a Boeing 737 aircraft just before a domestic flight as smoke entered the cabin of the plane. Smoke came out of th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
... tion from Boeing Co.'s 737 and Airbus Group's A320 series. Bombardier now has 678 total orders and commitments for the CSeries, including 243 firm orders. Despite the boost from the Air Canada order, ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
China's Okay Airways has signed a commitment for 12 Boeing 737 jets worth US$1.3 billion at list prices. The order, signed at the Singapore Airshow, includes 11 737 Max jets, the upgraded version of B ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
... S.E. and Boeing Co. look to score a successful run thanks to, China, the new world power in aviation. The heyday of multi-billion orders from India and nations in Southeast Asia is giving way to conc ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
US regulators are investigating whether Boeing Co. properly accounted for the costs and expected sales of two of its best known jetliners. Acting on a whistleblower’s complaint, the US Securities and ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-12
Iran is planning to buy 160 European planes, including eight superjumbos, and a specified number of Boeing passenger aircraft in a spending spree fueled by the lifting of crippling western sanctions t ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
Boeing Co. will cut production of its 747-8 jumbo jet in half and take a US$569 million charge in the fourth quarter as it faces dwindling sales, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the planemak ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... deal with Boeing to buy a whopping 300 commercial airliners for US$38 billion and reaching an agreement with President Obama over curbing cyber-espionage, Xi’s visit didn’t achieve much tangible resul ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... d several Boeing-made laser and electromagnetic (non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse) weapons to be installed on fighter jets that can render the entire power grid and all electronic targets dysfunction ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... of three Boeing 747-200F planes to come and collect them. The planes are parked at three separate bays at KLIA in Sepang, outside the Malaysian capital, the Star newspaper ad showed. “If you fail to ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... uopoly of Boeing and Airbus, and planes are thus sold with a fat markup. Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson once shared his secret about how to become a millionaire: start with a billion dollars ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
