Those Incredible Disappearing Airplanes
BusinessWeek
But until now, neither it nor its U.S. rival Boeing Co. had said it would reduce the number of aircraft rolling off the assembly lines. Now, however, both companies are being hit with a wave of order cancellations and delays. In January, Bo...
Sanford signs incentive package for Boeing
The Times and Democrat
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has signed an incentive package passed as part of a successful bid to lure airline maker Boeing to build an assembly plant in the state.
Tough break for Everett may spur union to retool relationship with Boeing
The Post and Courier
EVERETT, Wash. -- Matt Gettmann began working in finance at Boeing Co. last year, and it wasn't long before he found himself watching, stunned, as union members prepared for what became an eight-week strike.
Could Charleston help Boeing's tanker bid for the Northwest?
KING5 Seattle
The players are the same, including the competition, which plans to build their airplane in Alabama. But now that Boeing will be building Dreamliners in South Carolina, that may divide southern loyalties among that region's congressional de...
Boeing's flight of fancy to fly soon
USA Today Blogs
Boeing said today that the much-delayed 787 Dreamliner will make its first test flight by year's end -- and said it still expects its 787 production to be profitable, Dow Jones Newswire reports. The first delivery, to All Nippon Airways, is...
Business briefs: 60 in state get layoff notices from Boeing
Everett Herald
Boeing handed out 60-day layoff notices Friday to about 60 people in Washington state and a total of 500 companywide, officials said. The company had planned to cut some 10,000 positions, but so far this year has cut only about half that nu...
Boeing is ready for SC, but is our workforce ready for them?
WIS News 10 Columbia
Now that Governor Mark Sanford has signed off on an incentive package designed to help Boeing build a second production line in South Carolina, putting together the workforce comes next.
Former federal judge played pivotal role in landing Boeing
The Greenville News
COLUMBIA — As state legislative leaders shuttled in and out of a second-floor Statehouse office on Wednesday to talk over final details of an incentives package they hoped would lure Boeing to build a major new facility in the state, one fi...
Details of Boeing-IAM talks show big gap, as S.C. ready to sweeten ...
Seattle Times
Boeing's board met Monday without reaching a decision on a second 787 production line, as details emerged on the bargaining positions of Boeing and the Machinists. In South Carolina, lawmakers prepared to sweeten the deal, but an attempt to...
Boeing envisions stronger partnership in Korea
Korea Herald
Boeing, the world's largest aircraft manufacturer, has enjoyed strong sales in the Korean commercial and defense industries and believes there is room for more. William Oberlin, who has been at the helm of Boeing Korea since 2002, expects m...
Boeing raises Kinston presence
Kinston Free Press
Despite two rejections, local official said they saw Boeing’s interest as affirming the Kinston area’s potential as an aerospace manufacturing center. The Chicago-based company considered Kinston and the Global TransPark for its 787 Dreamli...
Boeing's decision a setback for unions
Washington Post
Boeing's decision to open a second assembly line for its 787 jetliner in South Carolina is another blow for organized labor, experts say, signaling that major manufacturers are increasingly willing to look for non-union workforces during a ...
Boeing Rolls the Dice With New 787 Plant
TheStreet.com
Boeing, by building a second 787 plant in Charleston, S.C., is gambling again in order to address the labor risk at its production facility in Everett, Wash.
