The third U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter battalion to be certified combat-ready has returned to its home base at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. The Apache Longbow battalion, which...

The first Next-Generation 737-900 for launch customer Alaska Airlines is undergoing final preparations leading to its scheduled delivery in Seattle this May. The 737-900 is the fourth and newest...

In a signing ceremony to be held today at the Satellite 2001 Conference in Washington, D.C., officials from Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Alenia Spazio, a Finmeccanica company, will sign a Memorandum of...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes is focusing its new product development efforts on a design that allows faster, higher and farther travel. The airplane will travel at Mach 0.95 or faster. Cruise...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes is focusing new product development efforts on a faster, faster, longer-range airplane, President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally announced today. "This is the...

The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32B demonstrator lifts off on its maiden flight from the company's facility in Palmdale, Calif. Following a series of initial airworthiness tests, the X-32B, with...

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command recently announced the selection of the Boeing-Bristol Team's Excalibur target system to provide tactical ballistic missile training targets (TBMTT) for...

Boeing Business Jets today announced it has signed a service contract with the DeCrane Aircraft Systems Integration Group (PATS) in Georgetown, Del. Able to perform warranty work on behalf of...

Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (BSS), the world's leading satellite manufacturer, has contracted with the Sea Launch Company for the launch of two SpacewayTM satellites. BSS is a unit of The...

New Skies Satellites N.V. has placed an order with Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (BSS), for its most capable satellite, the Boeing 702. This is the first BSS satellite to be procured by New...

C Squadron of the Australian Army's 5th Aviation Regiment, based at Townsville, took delivery of two new Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters in an acceptance and transition ceremony here today. Maj....

Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials announced that PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) has come to a principal agreement with Boeing to launch PSN's M2A satellite aboard a Delta IV expendable launch vehicle...

TAROM Romanian Air Transport took delivery of its first Next-Generation 737-700 today at Boeing Field. The Romanian airline has ordered four 737-700s and four 737-800s to serve its expanding...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials today announced that a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle will carry an image-collecting satellite into space for EarthWatch Incorporated later this year. A Delta...

Extensive ground environment tests conducted on the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter Joint Strike Fighter X-32B demonstrator last week confirmed the aircraft's short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing...

South African Airways' first Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 with production-installed winglets rolled out of the paint hangar in Seattle, last week. The airline will be the first carrier to...

Royal Air Maroc and The Boeing Company today signed a definitive agreement for 20 Boeing Next-Generation 737s, 10 of which are subject to reconfirmation, delivering between 2003 and 2013. The...

The Boeing Company recently received a Stellar Team Award from the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation. The award recognized the company's efforts in the Delta III rocket's...

Darleen Druyun, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Management, accepted on behalf of the U.S. Air Force the newest Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes leadership today reaffirmed to employees its commitment to manufacturing airplanes in the Puget Sound area. Also, employees were informed of recent company decisions to...

Boeing today delivered to Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) its 50th new direct-purchase Boeing Next-Generation 737 jetliner in just three years. With this milestone delivery, the Stockholm,...

Boeing this week successfully cleared the last ground-test hurdle for flight certification of its Joint Strike Fighter X-32B concept demonstrator. Final engine runs, in the...

Boeing today announced several major changes to its corporate architecture: elevating three senior business unit executives to chief executive officers, setting plans for a new, leaner corporate...

GECAS has accepted its milestone 50th Boeing Next-Generation 737, a 737-700 that entered the fleet of Aloha Airlines. The new jetliner is the fourth 737-700 to be operated by Aloha. The...

Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phil Condit will hold a news conference here today to make a corporate announcement. What: News conference in Washington, D.C. When: Wednesday, March...

The air travel market always has valued improvements in safety, economic efficiency, and quicker, easier ways of flying. That is what drove the transition from propeller to jets, it is what has...

The U.S. Army has authorized The Boeing Company to begin procuring long-lead items for 35 Egyptian Army AH-64A Apaches that will be upgraded to the next-generation AH-64D Apache configuration. The...

In the future, the tubular fuselage of the airplane will be assembled in Wichita, Kan., and shipped by train to Renton. Final assembly remains in Renton as it has been for the history of this program.

Helios Airways Ltd. of Larnaca, Cyprus, today took delivery of its first Next-Generation 737-800 airplane, the first of two being delivered to Helios this year. The airplane is the first new...

This Boeing Next-Generation 737-800, delivered to Helios Airways, is the first new Boeing jet to be flown by an airline operating out of Cyprus. ###

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the appointment of Randy Brinkley as president of Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), reporting to the Office of the President, Boeing Space &...

The Common Booster Core (CBC) for the Boeing Delta IV family of rockets successfully passed a critical test on Saturday. Boeing engineers say the results mark a major milestone for the Delta IV...

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $69 million contract to The Boeing Company for low-rate initial production of 15 Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) systems and spares. The contract...

The Boeing Company today named Morrie Goodman, 49, as vice president of communications for its new Air Traffic Management business unit. "I am delighted Morrie is joining our team," said John...

A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket today successfully lifted off from the Odyssey Launch Platform on the Equator at 2:33 p.m. PST, placing the XM-2 digital audio radio satellite into Geosynchronous...

The Sea Launch vessels arrived yesterday at the launch site on the Equator, at 154 degrees West Longitude. The Sea Launch team immediately began preparations for launch, ballasting the Launch...

The Boeing Company today confirmed Uzbekistan Airways' selection of two Boeing 767-300ER airplanes. Deliveries are scheduled for August and September of 2002. The airline currently has three...

With Seattle's recent earthquake, Boeing employees still haven't forgotten the hardship experienced by people in India and El Salvador due to their respective and damaging earthquakes in January....

A major milestone for the Boeing Longer-Range 767-400ER (extended range) program was met this week when low-speed wind-tunnel testing was completed at the University of Washington in Seattle....

Boeing engineers have brought passengers one step closer to more comfortable longer-range flight with the completion of 25 percent of all structural engineering releases for the new Longer-Range...

Boeing engineers have reached the 25-percent milestone for all structural design releases on the new Longer-Range 747-400, allowing factories and suppliers to begin fabricating tooling and...

Boeing senior executives will discuss the company's performance and outlook with institutional investors at the annual Boeing Investor Conference, to be held in Seattle on March 22-23. The...

The Boeing Company announced today that six suppliers to its commercial airplanes operations have been honored for outstanding performance in 2000. "These suppliers have earned this distinction...

Boeing Aircraft Trading revealed its new Web site, as well as offered the newest member of the Boeing family - the 767-400ER (extended range) - as the main attraction at the International Society...

BAE Systems Australia has joined The Boeing Company's team of defense contractors that is offering the AH-64D Apache multi-role combat helicopter for the Australian Army's armed reconnaissance...

The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32B concept demonstrator, with Boeing lead STOVL test pilot Dennis O'Donoghue in the cockpit, completed maximum-thrust engine runs in the STOVL mode over the...

Boeing has largely returned to full productivity following the February 28th Earthquake in the Puget Sound area. A few buildings or areas within building remain closed for cleanup or deeper...

The launch of STS-102 to the International Space Station (ISS), the eighth shuttle mission to visit the orbiting laboratory, serves as a crew rotation flight. Space Shuttle Discovery will deliver...

The Boeing Business Jet 2 (BBJ 2), seen here taking off from Renton Municipal Airport, has a maximum range of 5,750 nautical miles (10,650 kilometers) and requires less than 7,000 feet (2,135...

Boeing Business Jets today announced the delivery of its first Boeing Business Jet 2 (BBJ 2). Scheduled to deliver on Feb. 28, its undisclosed customer was on board the BBJ 2 just 10 minutes...

The Boeing Company has formed a new organization focused on providing air-refueling tanker aircraft to military customers around the world. The 767 Tanker Programs organization is part of the...

AeroInfo Systems Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today released the next generation of its aircraft maintenance-planning software, featuring the ability to push more information more...

Tig Krekel, president of Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), and Joe DeSarla, executive vice president of BSS, have announced their intention to leave The Boeing Company to pursue other opportunities....

Air 2000 flies the Boeing 757-200 on short- and medium-length routes, primarily in Europe. The single-aisle 757-200, which can fly up to 7,300 kilometers without refueling, can take off and land...

CIT Aerospace, a division of The CIT Group (NYSE: CIT: TSE: CIT.U), a leading global source for financing and leasing, has placed a firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-700 and five 757-300...

Boeing today confirmed European leisure airline Air 2000 intends to acquire up to eight Boeing 757-200 jetliners. Speaking at ITB Berlin, Toby Bright, Boeing Commercial Airplanes senior vice...

What role does the type of airplane play in overall passenger satisfaction on a flight? Airplane type plays an important role, according to Klaus Brauer, project director of Passenger Revenue...

The X-31 thrust-vectoring aircraft, first used in the 1990s to successfully demonstrate enhanced combat maneuverability, has taken flight again in a new program called VECTOR, focused on...

Boeing estimates the European leisure travel market will grow from 3 to 5 percent annually over the long term despite flat growth in the near term, and expects to benefit from the consolidation of...

Air Berlin, a German airline that provides scheduled tourism service, has ordered two Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners and announced plans to order two more, The Boeing Company confirmed...

Air Berlin's newest Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 is pictured at Boeing Field in Seattle. The Berlin-based carrier has ordered two more 737-800s and announced plans to order a further two...

Boeing employees celebrated the roll out of the first 757 Special Freighter (SF) for DHL Worldwide Express. DHL is expected to take delivery of the airplane next week at Boeing Airplane Services'...

GOL Airlines (GOL Transportes Aereos) of Brazil -- one of The Boeing Company's newest customers -- operated its first month of revenue service with 100 percent technical dispatch reliability using...

Three new Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners for German airline Hapag-Lloyd wait at Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash., before being flown home to Hannover, Germany. Boeing delivered all three...

Boeing today celebrated the roll out of the first 757 Special Freighter (SF) for DHL Worldwide Express. DHL is expected to take delivery of the airplane next week at Boeing Airplane Services'...

The Boeing Company is quickly returning to full operations and reopening facilities after the February 28 earthquake that had affected some Puget Sound operations. Officials from King County...

GENERAL Q. Which plants are operating and which ones are shut down? A. We are updating this information regularly. Please check the internal and external company web sites for the most current...

As part of its continuing commitment to Latin America, Boeing Commercial Airplanes will establish a Sales office in Mexico City in July. Alfredo Herrera-Vaillard, director of Sales for Mexico and...

Paul Casey (left), vice chairman of Hawaiian Airlines, receives a model of the new Boeing 717 from Jim Phillips, vice president and general manager of the Long Beach Division, during a ceremony in...

Boeing continues recovery operations in the Puget Sound area after yesterday's earthquake. Company officials report that approximately 20 employees were treated for injuries ranging from muscle...

The Boeing Company has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to continue support for F/A-18 Hornet, F-14 Tomcat and SH-60 Seahawk aircraft at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, including those...

The Preston Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced it has sold a third Total Airspace & Airport Modeller (TAAM) license to The MITRE Corporation's Center for...

Azteca Airlines, a new regional airline based in Mexico City, has ordered two Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 airplanes, making it the first airline in Mexico to operate the advanced 737. Azteca...

Boeing has received a contract worth $25.5 million to install a global positioning inertial navigation system (GINS) capability into the mission system and flight deck of the French Air Force's...

Passengers are seen boarding the El Al Israel Airlines 777-200ER (extended range) in Everett, Wash., for the flight to New York following the delivery ceremony Feb. 22. The flight carried a few...

The final MD-11 delivered from the Boeing Long Beach Division takes off to enter revenue service with Lufthansa Cargo. With its departure, 30 years of trijet production at the facility ends. ###

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today announced Carol A. Sexton, 43, has been named Assistant Treasurer - Corporate Finance and Banking. Effective immediately, Sexton will lead and manage the...

The Boeing Company is one of six companies chosen to receive a national community service award from the Points of Light Foundation. The award recognizes Boeing and its employees for their...

The Boeing 717 is now certified for sale to operators in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Ukraine, according to Tom Croslin, chief project engineer of the 717 program, at the Long...

The Comanche Team has completed an important digital battlefield technology test that demonstrates the power of integrated warfighting capabilities. Test engineers and technicians at the Boeing...

The government of Israel has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the United States Department of Defense for the purchase of nine AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters. Once...

The first Boeing 757 Special Freighter (SF) lifted off Thursday for its first flight since undergoing passenger-to-freighter modification at Boeing Airplanes Services' Wichita facility. The...

Responding to customer demand for enhanced network schedules and more frequency to travel destinations, Asiana Airlines recently added a new intermediate-size airplane to its fleet with its first...

The first Boeing 757 Special Freighter (SF) lifted off Feb. 15 for its first flight since undergoing passenger-to-freighter modification at Boeing Airplanes Services' Wichita, Kan., facility. The...

The Boeing Company and Japan Airlines (JAL) announced today that JAL will be the launch customer for the Global Airline Inventory NetworkSM. The network is an innovative service in which Boeing...

The Boeing Company today confirmed Singapore Airlines' intent to order 10 777-200s with options for 10 more. According to Singapore Airlines, the order is valued at approximately $4 billion. The...

Asiana Airlines recently added a new intermediate-size airplane to its fleet with its first Boeing 777-200ER (Extended Range). The airline is leasing the new 777 through International Lease...

The multi-role AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter will be in the spotlight this week at Australian International Airshow 2001, performing a series of loops and rolls designed to demonstrate...

Capt. Poul Moller, left, and Capt. Lars Moller were at Boeing Field in Seattle Feb. 12 to collect two new Boeing Next-Generation 737s and deliver them home to Denmark. Besides being father and...

A presentation by Mike Sears, Boeing senior vice president and chief financial officer, to the SG Cowen 22nd Annual Aerospace Conference on Feb.14, will be webcast on the Internet. Randy Baseler,...

A Boeing Delta II rocket launched the latest additions to the Iridium satellite constellation Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 9:44 a.m. PST. The Delta II launch vehicle deployed...

The Boeing Company announced today that it has made a $5 million investment in Alexander Hutton Venture Partners, a venture capital fund focused on technology companies in the Northwest. The...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $36.4 million contract for the fiscal year 2001 production of the Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response, or SLAM-ER. An affordable inventory upgrade,...

For the first time ever, The Boeing Company will be an exhibitor at the ITB Berlin travel and tourism trade fair in March -- and will showcase three of its commercial airplane families that are...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials announced that NASA has exercised a launch service contract option for a Delta II rocket to launch a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...

Qualification test firings of the unique engines designed by Boeing to propel America's X-33 space plane into high-speed, suborbital flight in 2003 began yesterday at NASA's John C. Stennis Space...

Pat Finneran, Boeing vice president and general manager of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Programs, recently took over the helm as president of the James S. McDonnell USO based at Lambert-St. Louis...

F-15E1 in flight in December with Litening II pod.

Boeing on Saturday completed one of the most successful flight-test programs in history when its X-32A concept demonstrator landed here after its 66th flight. Since it first flew on Sept. 18, the...

Oman Air announced today a combined purchase and lease commitment for a fleet of five Boeing Next-Generation 737s (four 737-700s and one 737-800). Oman Air also announced a commitment for two...