aircraft manufacturing

The new line in Everett, Washington, will supplement three existing lines in nearby Renton.

Some deliveries will be delayed as repairs take place.

A new final assembly building will help the manufacturer increase production of its 787 Dreamliner.

The crash of Air India Flight 171 on Thursday marked the first fatal crash and the first hull loss for a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

The FAA has extended a program that allows Boeing to perform certain agency tasks, like inspections, for another three years.

It all happened within a week: I accepted the invitation on Monday and last Friday a small group of journalists and I were set to travel to Embraer’s main factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, a few miles outside Sao Paulo city, in Brazil. The journalist group was really small, as our ride there was quite […]

In an unexpected and shocking outcome, the U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously in favor of Canadian builder Bombardier, stating that the 108-seat CS100 does not represent a threat to the sales of Boeing’s 737-700. The dispute started in April 2017, when Boeing filed a complaint with the US Commerce Department claiming that its 737-700 […]

Earlier this week, United Technologies Corp agreed to purchase Rockwell Collins, Inc. for approximately $23 billion. This proposed merger has the potential to significantly shake things up within the aircraft-parts manufacturing industry. United Technologies Corp is among the largest aircraft-parts manufacturers in the world, producing a considerable amount of aerospace systems including aircraft engines, which […]