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Boeing hit with first strike in 15 years, thousands of employees to be furloughed
Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have engaged in two days of talks with federal…
Boeing declares $12billion loss for 2020
Boeing has released its 2020 results and as expected, the net loss was humongous, with the planemaker recording a loss…
Family of late diplomat Abiodun Bashua sues Boeing
The family of Nigerian diplomat, Abiodun Bashua, killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia has…
Boeing posts $636m loss, first in 20 years
Boeing reported on Wednesday its first annual loss since 1997 , as the company continues to grapple with the fallout…
Airbus topples Boeing as world’s largest planemaker
Airbus has toppled embattled Boeing to become the world’s largest planemaker for the first time since 2011 after delivering a…
Boeing CEO Muilenburg quits
Embattled Boeing has announced that Dennis Muilenburg has resigned from his position as CEO and Board director.
400 pilots of 737 Max 8 planes sue Boeing
A class-action lawsuit by an estimated 400 pilots against Boeing reportedly accused the US aviation giant of covering up the…
Ethiopian Airlines crash: Kenyan family files lawsuit against Boeing
A Kenyan family has filed a lawsuit in Chicago against American aviation giant Boeing over March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash…
Ethiopian Airlines questions Boeing’s ‘aggressive’ software
An Ethiopian Airlines executive questioned whether Boeing had told pilots enough about “aggressive” software that pushes a plane’s nose down,…
U.S. grounds 737 MAX jets, Boeing shares fall again
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an emergency order to ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft…
South Korea airline orders $4.4bn 40 Boeing
Jeju Air Co Ltd, South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, purchased 40 Boeing (BA.N) 737 Max 8 planes worth 4.4 billion…
Boeing issues fresh advice to Pilots after Indonesian crash
Boeing Co said on Wednesday it had issued a safety bulletin reminding pilots how to handle erroneous data from a…
Indonesia meets Boeing, U.S. representatives over plane crash
Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with representatives of the crashed plane producer, Boeing,…
Boeing unveils concept for hypersonic passenger jet
U.S. aerospace leader Boeing has unveiled its plans for what could be the world’s first hypersonic airliner, capable of flying…
Nigeria carries out C-check on Boeing 737 aircraft after 14 years
Fourteen years after the liquidation of the former national carrier, Nigeria Airways, a company from the country has successfully carried…
New Boeing 737 MAX 9 makes maiden flight from Austria
A new version of Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 jetliner,737 MAX 9, took off from Seattle, Australia for the first time…
Boeing to cut over 4,500 jobs
Boeing will eliminate about 4,000 jobs in its commercial airplanes division by the middle of this year, the company’s spokesman,…
Boeing joins probe of missing Malaysian plane
Boeing said Monday it has joined an official US team investigating the still-mysterious disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines 777 aircraft,…
Boeing says Dreamliners at risk of engine problem
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Boeing is believed to have warned airlines on a ‘risk of engine icing problems’ on its new 747-8…
Emirates makes $100bn jumbo orders for Boeing, Airbus planes
Emirates Airline placed an order on Sunday for 150 Boeing 777X long-haul aircraft on Sunday, in a contract the Dubai-based…
Want a job as pilot? Head for Asia
Asian airlines that are now recruiting pilots abroad will need more than 180,000 over the next two decades, according to…
Boeing Offers To Revive Nigerian Aviation Industry
Efforts to reposition the Nigerian Aviation Industry appears to be yielding positive results as Boeing, aircraft manufacturer, has entered into…
We Saw Hell, Says Arik Air Passenger
A passenger with Arik Air flight W3 596 who sat by the engine side of the aircraft when the plane…