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Boeing and Tata sign pact for defence partnership
15 Jul 2015
Tata Advanced Systems has a contract to manufacture aerostructures for Boeing's CH-47 Chinook and AH-6i helicopters
Boeing strikes $7.4-bn 747-8 freighter deal with Russian cargo major
18 Jun 2015
Global aircraft giant Boeing has signed a preliminary pact to supply 20 advanced 747-8 jumbo freighters to Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group, a global leader in heavy cargo transportation
Boeing’s new 787 performs hair-raising vertical take off
13 Jun 2015
Boeing Inc unveiled a teaser video on Thursday of its new 787-9 Dreamliner, which demonstrates some of the aircraft's astounding maneuvering capabilities, including a tantalising near-vertical takeoff
Delta to acquire 20 Embraer E190s, 40 new 737-900ERs upon pilot ratification of tentative agreement
11 Jun 2015
Boeing in $6.6-bn aircraft deal with Panama’s Copa Airlines
11 Apr 2015
Boeing will supply 70 Boeing 737 Max airplanes to Panama’s flag carrier Copa Airlines in a deal valued at approximately $6.6 billion, making it the biggest commercial transaction ever between a Panamanian and a US-based company
SpiceJet seeks to speed up delivery of new Boeing aircraft
02 Apr 2015
Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd, even as it struggles to keep lessors from taking back aircraft, has initiated talks with Seattle-based Boeing Company to advance the delivery of the 40 Boeing 737-MAXs it had ordered in January last year
Boeing reports Q4 net profit of $1.47 billion
29 Jan 2015
Boeing delivered record 723 jetliners in 2014
07 Jan 2015
Boeing strikes $6-bn deal with Air China
23 Dec 2014
Boeing will deliver 60 Boeing 737s, including the Next Generation 737s and its newest 737 Max aircraft, to Air China over a period between 2016 and 2020
Japanese firm books 80 Boeing 737 Max worth $8.5-bn
11 Nov 2014
Asian lessors have placed orders worth billions this year as economic growth in China, India and Southeast Asia has spurred demand for more aircraft
Diagnostics enables reliable deliveries by drones
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 30 Aug 2014
New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
Boeing in $56-bn deal to sell 150 777X planes to Emirates
09 Jul 2014
Design of the 777X is underway and production is set to begin in 2017, with he first delivery targeted for 2020
Maruti joins Boeing, Abbott, Honeywell to back India’s IPR regime
04 Jun 2014
The support comes against a backdrop of US industry and trade lobbies objecting to India's rejection of patents for Bristol-Myers Squibb's Sprycel and Novartis AG's Glivec
SpiceJet orders 42 Boeing 737 MAX planes in $4.4 bn deal
12 Mar 2014
Indian budget airline SpiceJet has signed a “swap deal” in which the new order has been placed by swapping existing orders of 12 Boeing 737 planes
Boeing launches ultra-secure smartphone
28 Feb 2014
The ‘Boeing Black’, developed by the aircraft maker’s little-publicised communications arm, is claimed to be spy-proof – but it is for sale only to top US government agencies
Air India’s plaints against Dreamliner justified, admits Boeing
11 Feb 2014
Boeing said today that Air India Ltd is unhappy with the performance of its 787 Dreamliners, which have suffered a number of glitches before and after their commercial launch
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