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Airbus posts profit, plans new jet assembly line in Alabama
Airbus said Wednesday that its profit in the first three months of 2022 more than tripled to 1.22 billion euros ($1.28 billion), helped by an increase in aircraft deliveries as airlines recover from t...
CEO reportedly laments red ink incurred from Air Force One deal as Boeing posts $1.2 billion first-quarter loss
Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $1.2 billion in the first quarter as it took large write-downs and lost money in both its civilian-airplane and defense businesses. The loss was bigger than Wall Str...
Boeing Looked for Flaws in Its Dreamliner and Couldn’t Stop Finding Them
For years, Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration handled 787 Dreamliner deliveries as though the perfect was the enemy of the good. The FAA allowed the plane maker to deliver the wide-body je...
Boeing Stock Falls. Its New 777X Jet Is Likely to Be Delayed.
Text size A demonstration flight for the Boeing 777X at the 2021 Dubai Airshow. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images Boeing’s newest model twin-aisle jet—the 777X—probably won’t be in service until 20...
Boeing Stock Climbs Higher, Shrugging Off India’s 737 MAX Pilot Ban
Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...
Boeing Stock Shrugs Off Concerns Over 737 MAX Simulator
Text size A Boeing 737 MAX jet. Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images The Indian aviation regulator has barred 90 pilots from flying Boeing 737 MAX jets due to concerns over the simulators used to trai...
Joby Reports a Profit From No Sales. The Stock Is Soaring.
Text size Courtesy Joby Aviation Electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation managed to produce a profit in the fourth quarter even though it doesn’t have any sales just yet. Shares were rising sharply Frid...
Alaska Air Is Converting 2 More Boeing Jets Into Freighters. Here’s Why.
Text size Alaska Air sees capacity rising by 1% to 3% in 2022 compared to 2019. Photograph by Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images Alaska Air Group unveiled plans Thursday to convert two Boeing 737-800 pass...
Boeing Stock: What Wall Street Is Saying After the China Plane Crash
Text size The Boeing logo Scott Olson/Getty Images A China Eastern Airlines 737-800 tragically crashed Monday, sending shares of Boeing lower. Wall Street is hopeful that Monday’s crash wasn’t a MAX-l...
FAA Official Testifies Former Boeing Pilot Lied About 737 MAX
FORT WORTH, Texas—A Federal Aviation Administration training specialist said a former Boeing Co. BA -3.59% pilot lied to her about how a 737 MAX flight-control system worked before two of the jets cra...
Dow ends 200 points lower after Fed’s Powell leaves door open to larger rate hikes
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Samuel Corum/Getty Images Stocks fell Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell left the door open to the prospect of bigger rate hikes to bring down i...
Regulators won’t let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight
Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority to the aircraft maker, which hasn’t been able to deliver any new Dream...
Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 Faces Delays. It Might Not Be a Major Problem.
Text size A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner. Ellen Banner-Pool/Getty Images Boeing stock is lower Monday morning. The company’s regulatory woes might be creating another overhang in the shares. The new iss...