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Aircraft Manufacturing

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Final Score for 2011: Airbus, 1,419 New Orders; Boeing, 805 New Orders

    For the fourth consecutive year, Airbus has won the new-orders battle with Boeing. The European jet maker believes its success over its American rival can be largely attributed to strong demand for its revamped single-aisle plane.

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Southwest to Buy $19 Billion Worth of Boeing Jets in Largest Aircraft Order Ever

    ​If Boeing pays its sales agents on commission (and Lord knows they should), then there are some serious bonus checks being cut right now.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Is Boeing Heading from Second Place to First Loser?

    image sourceThe 737 is dead! Long live the 737!​Imagine this scenario: Sometime in the mid-1990's, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox managed to muscle out or swallow up every other team in Major League Baseball, and since then have played every game of every season, from spring train ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Alan Mulally Makes a Killing

    Why leaving Boeing may have been the Ford CEO's best decision yet.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    WTO: Boeing Received Some $24 Billion in Illegal Subsidies From U.S. Government

    ​The latest ruling in the Europe/America-gives-illegal-money-to-its-principal-aircraft-manufacturer saga has been handed down. And the score stands at 1-1.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Airbus to Make See-Through Planes; Your Move, Boeing

    ​European plane-maker Airbus recently asked its engineers to lock themselves in a room, eat their weight in peyote and dream up the Aircraft of the Future. What they came up with were morphing seats that conform to a person's shape, holographic projections that can change a private cabin into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Boeing Lays Off the Only Guy Who Knows How to Install the Wings

    ​The Onion hits Boeing with a parody that, like any good satire, hits a little close to home mid-Recession. "With the airline industry continuing to suffer under the ongoing recession, the Boeing Company was forced Monday to lay off Al Freedman, the only guy left at the corporation who knows h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Boeing's Dreamliner Grounded Because of Faulty Italian Part

    ​Boeing's five 787 Dreamliner planes are captives to the tarmac for a few days as engineers re-inspect a part imported from an Italian manufacturer. Brackets on the plane's horizontal tail were incorrectly assembled, which could have led to some in-flight nastiness. That noise you hear is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Patty Murray v. Richard Shelby: Brawl of the Week

    ​Patty Murray has resumed a fight she picked last December with the state of Alabama over who should get to build 179 tankers for the Air Force. Murray joined Gov. Chris Gregoire in Everett this week, to trumpeting Boeing as the best company to build the planes. According to the company, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Boeing 787 Dreamliner Wing Break Test

    Boeing Co.​ Da-yum. That's what Boeing's 787 Dreamliner looks like in the midst of its ultimate wing load test. In order to pass (which it did) the Dreamliner had to withstand an upward flex of 25 feet. Which made it look about as much like a bird in flight as is possible for a carbon fiber e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Video: Building the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

    In roughly five hours chief pilot Mike Carriker will gun the throttle, thus marking the inaugural flight of Boeing's newest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner. In honor of this historic flight, and to give you a greater sense for how long it's been in the works, here's a video of the Dreamliner's constr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Dubai Debt Threatens Boeing

    Dubai, the very picture of modesty and moderation, feels the credit crunch.​Have global economy. Have global economic problems. Boeing's recent move to South Carolina may have saved the jet-maker a couple bucks on non-union labor. But it looks like that money might be needed immediately now t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    GM Hands Boeing Perfect Opportunity to Restore Company Goodwill

    Saab--to be reborn from a maker of jets?​We, along with every other editorial voice in the Northwest, have repeatedly bashed Boeing for opting to build its 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina. But now struggling General Motors is handing Boeing a perfect PR gesture to earn the goodwill of enginee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Irish Bookies Bet on Boeing Dreamliner to Fly First

    Tony the Bookie will gladly take action on Boeing. After all, business is business.​God bless the Irish. More specifically, god bless the Irish who think that nothing is too weird to wager on. Paddy Power, the country's largest bookmaker, is now taking bets on which airline will be the first ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    Boeing's Race to the Bottom

    Washington state still has an unfortunate habit of paying workers a decent wage.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Sen. Lindsey Graham Thinks Boeing Chose South Carolina Beacuse of its Manners

    Don't let the elementary school crossing guard look fool you: Sen. Lindsey Graham knows how to play hard ball.​A couple days after Boeing's decision to locate its second 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Charleston it seems everyone has a different opinion on why the jet maker chose South Caroli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Boeing, South Carolina, and the Race to the Bottom

    Buh-Bye​Boeing's announcement that it will locate its 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina has led to predictable condemnation of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire. It seems she just didn't do enough to kowtow to the aerospace giant. Republicans, who portray themselves as stout protecto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Breaking: Boeing Dreamliner Headed to South Carolina

    That's the word from Jon Ostrower at Flight Blogger. Ostrower's scoop comes courtesy of a release from Snohomish Country Executive Aaron Reardon.The Boeing Company's announcement to locate a second 787 line in North Charleston, S.C., signals that other states want what we have - a strong manufacturi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    What's "Justice" Got to Do With the Boeing/Airbus Tanker Battle?

    Hey, he got more!​In case you didn't know, Boeing and Airbus are battling to win a tanker contract from the US government. Boeing's supporters, like Patty Murray, are crying foul over the subsidies Airbus gets from European countries--subsidies deemed illegal in a preliminary ruling by the Wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Where Do Old Boeing Jets Go?, Revisited

    ​Sometimes they take a while to enter the marketplace, but once Boeing jets leave, they're put to all sorts of uses you might never imagine. Previously, we learned they're used as luxury homes and hotels, as well as boats and restaurants. Today, we learn that they're also recycled into beer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Boeing Rendition Flights OK'd by Obama

    ​It appears the Boeing Co. will continue to have a job transporting sometimes-innocent American prisoners to sometimes-torturous foreign prisons. It's called rendition, and the Obama government says it will continue the Bush adminstration practice of outsourcing terrorism suspects to third cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Boeing News Roundup: Jim Cramer Says Buy!

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Deep Pockets Still Love Stevens

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Citizens Against Government Waste to Boeing: Up Yours

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Boeing: Airbus' Bird Is Too Big, and Too Costly

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Inslee on Tanker Flap: "Bigger Is Not Always Better"

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    Boeing Files Protest: Airbus Pick 'Flawed'

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Boeing Fiasco?

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Boeing, County Politics, City Politics, Quote

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Business, The Police, Media

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    'Go Boeing!'

    And other impartial e-mails from the Air Force.

  • News

    July 28, 2004

    Airbus America

    The European plane maker wants to build aerial tankers in the U.S. So Washington state is wooing Airbus to locate here, as it did with Boeing, right? Right? Wrong.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    The State's Two-Timing Consultant

    Taxpayers paid Deloitte Consulting $715,000 to help woo Boeing—which just happens to be a $5 million Deloitte client.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Bad News Boeing

    Since Phil Condit took over, it's been one thing after another. And the bigger Boeing's grown, the more unmanageable it's become.

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Let Go of Boeing

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    News Clips— Broken contract?

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    June 6, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • Music

    August 9, 2000

    Whadchagit?

    Locke is doing 'whatever it takes' to land the 7E7. But how bad would it be if he failed? Ask Renton.

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    The next generation

    The bitter strike at Boeing underscores sweeping cultural changes at the company.

  • News

    June 17, 1998

    Boeing

    Business the island way

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