Airbus looks set to leapfrog Boeing and score a surprise last-minute win on orders when it unveils 2010 commercial results next week, industry sources said on Friday. Get the full story »
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JPMorgan upgrades Boeing to ‘overweight’
Financial-services firm JPMorgan upgraded Boeing Co. on Monday to overweight from neutral, saying the manufacturer’s stock price likely reflects the risk in its military business and 787 Dreamliner development program. Get the full story »
Boeing to resume 787 test flights after fire
Boeing will resume flight tests of its long-delayed 787 jet Thursday, six weeks after they were suspended because of an in-flight electrical fire in the plane’s power distribution system.
The company says it installed an updated, interim version of the software that controls the system in the first of six test flight aircraft. Get the full story »
Boeing to announce 787 test flight return soon
Boeing Co. said on Wednesday that it will soon announce the resumption of test flights for its 787 Dreamliner plane, which have been halted since last month due to technical problems. “Probably the next announcement from Boeing would be an announcement of a return to flight tests. We expect that announcement very soon,” Boeing Japan President Mike Denton told reporters. Get the full story »
7th delay likely coming for Boeing Dreamliner
From the Financial Times | Boeing is expected to announce by the end of the year that its troubled 787 Dreamliner will officially be delayed a seventh time. The program was halted last month following a fire aboard a test aircraft. More than a month after the incident, Boeing is yet to issue a new certification target or restart flight testing. A new timetable would likely move first deliveries to May 2008, more than three years behind their original scheduled delivery. Get the full story>>
United postpones first 787 service
With another delay to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner looming, United Airlines has postponed launching service from Houston to Auckland, New Zealand, the first North American flight slated to feature the ground-breaking jet
The new United had planned to launch those flights on Nov. 16, 2011, to be flown initially under the brand of merger partner Continental Airlines, said Julie King, spokeswoman for the Chicago-based carrier. But with uncertainty shrouding the 787’s commercial debut, the world’s largest airline decided to push back its New Zealand expansion effort to 2012. Get the full story »
Boeing puts 3-week hold on 787 assembly
Boeing Co. puts a three-week hold on assembling new 787s. Boeing said on Monday that the hold began late last month. It says it is not asking the companies that make parts for the 787 to slow or stop production. Get the full story »
Boeing supplier shifts workers away from 787
A key supplier for Boeing’s new 787 is shifting workers to other planes, in another sign that delays to the 787 are likely. Spirit AeroSystems says some of its workers in Wichita, Kan., will now work on Boeing’s 737. Some will keep working on the 787, but at a slower rate. Get the full story »
Repaired Boeing 787 flies back to Seattle
The Boeing 787 that made an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas, because of an electrical fire during a test flight is safely back in Seattle. Get the full story »
Boeing 787 delays give edge to rival Airbus
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co.’s delays in readying its new 787 Dreamliner jumbo jet for delivery have been giving competitors an advantage, an executive for rival Airbus said Thursday.
“It’s true that all the delays with the 787 have helped us,” Airbus Senior Vice President for Latin America Rafael Alonso told reporters on the sidelines of an airline forum, noting the Airbus A330 as the main beneficiary. “In the case of the 787, we think their problems aren’t resolved yet, we don’t know how it’s going to continue developing.” Get the full story »
Morgan Stanley: Boeing may delay 787 to 2012
From Bloomberg | Boeing Co. may push back the 787 Dreamliner’s entry into service for the seventh time, adding as much as a year to the delay for the composite-plastic jet, Morgan Stanley said.
Boeing: Still no timetable for more 787 flights
Boeing's long-delayed 787 Dreamliner takes to the sky at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, in this December 15, 2009 file photo. (Paul Joseph Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
Boeing Co. said Tuesday that it is still investigating last week’s electrical fire that forced an emergency landing of one of its 787 Dreamliner test planes and it has not yet decided when flight tests will resume.
The aviation industry is awaiting word on whether the fire will trigger another delay for first delivery of the light-weight, carbon-composite Dreamliner, which is still in development and nearly three years behind schedule.
Boeing has not updated its target for first delivery to Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co Ltd , which is planned for the middle of the first quarter of 2011. Get the full story »
Boeing says 787 test flight fire traced to insulation
Two days after an in-flight fire aboard one of Boeing Co.’s new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the company said the origin of the fire had been traced to insulation blanketing located underneath the cabin floor. Get the full story »
Nov. 10, 2010 at 10:18 a.m.
Filed under: Airlines, Airplanes, Manufacturing, Stock activity, Updated Boeing delays more 787 test flights, shares drop
One test model Boeing 787 passes another on the tarmac before a flight from Boeing Field Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Chicago-based Boeing halted test flights of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner on Wednesday, a day after smoke in the cockpit forced an emergency landing in Texas.
“We have decided to not fly the other airplanes until we better understand the incident,” said Boeing spokeswoman Loretta Gunter. “Whether this lasts all day or shorter or longer remains to be seen. The teams will focus on ground test objectives in the meantime.”
The incident, which involved a runway evacuation of those on board the flight, knocked shares 3.4 percent lower to $66.90 in early trade on the New York Stock Exchange as investors pondered the likelihood of another delay to the program, which is already nearly three years behind schedule. Get the full story »
Boeing denies report of new Dreamliner delay
Boeing Co. on Friday said it still plans to deliver its first long-delayed 787 Dreamliner in the first quarter of 2011.
The statement followed a report in Aviation Week, citing people familiar with the situation, saying the world’s second-largest plane maker has told some customers they could face delays of as much as 10 months.
Shares of Boeing fell more than 2 percent in after-hours trading on Friday after a published report said the plane maker has told several early customers of the 787 Dreamliner of more delivery delays. Get the full story »
