Boeing this weekend moved its Joint Strike Fighter X-32B concept demonstrator closer to first flight with completion of a key phase of installed engine runs. As part of the build-up to...

The Boeing Company today welcomed Polynesian Airlines, the national carrier of Samoa, as the newest airline to join the Next-Generation 737 Spares Exchange Program. The program, launched in...

The structural fabrication operations formerly owned by Boeing in St. Louis today opened for business as GKN Aerospace Services -- St. Louis. This follows GKN's announcement on Oct. 19 that it...

The Boeing Company today announced the promotion of Sherry Nebel, 46, to vice president, Communications, for the company's recently announced new business unit, Connexion by BoeingSM. The...

The T-45 Training Systems (T45TS) team is the recipient of a recent Department of Defense Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative, or COSSI, award. The team - consisting of the U.S....

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has accepted two of The Boeing Company's maintenance software products as equivalent to paper or microfilmed documentation, a move that will help airlines...

SEATTLE, Jan. 4, 2001 - Boeing today confirmed a previously announced intent-to-order from Continental Airlines for 15 Boeing 757-300 single-aisle airplanes. With this order, Continental joins a...

The U.S. Navy has ordered a sixth Boeing 737-700C (Convertible) model for its Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift Replacement Aircraft program. The U.S. Naval Reserve is the first customer for the...

The Boeing Company has selected the Smiths Industries PowerPC-based Central Processing Unit as a cornerstone element for the company's military aircraft avionics modernization initiatives,...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes today announced 489 commercial airplane deliveries in 2000, almost matching the 490-airplane delivery estimate made earlier in the year. Commercial Airplanes President...

The Boeing Company today announced fourth quarter and full year 2000 deliveries across its commercial, military and space operations. The company reported delivering 130 commercial jet transports...

The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander are on their way to the Equator, in preparation for launch of the XM-1 satellite. The 37.5-minute launch window will open at 2:35 p.m....

When Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) flew its newest Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 home to Sweden in December, the Stockholm-based carrier set a new company record. The 737-800 was the 41st...

For the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter team, 2000 was a year of unprecedented accomplishments culminating in a record-setting supersonic flight. Frank Statkus, Boeing vice president and JSF program...

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

Through a follow-on contract awarded to The Boeing Company by the U.S. Air Force, the C-17 Flexible Sustainment program will continue through the year 2003. The three-year performance-based...

The Boeing Company has completed the share repurchase program authorized by its Board in April 1998 under which the company bought back approximately 15 percent, or 145.9 million shares, of the...

A decision yesterday made by NASA to exercise an existing contract option to launch the Mars Exploration Rover 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket in 2003 capped a banner year for the Boeing Delta...

The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32A concept demonstrator breaks the sound barrier for the first time on Dec. 21, 2000. Lt. Col. Edward Cabrera, U.S. Air Force lead test pilot assigned to the...

The Comanche team, on Dec. 18 capped off a year of successful flight testing with the first flight of a new empennage on RAH-66 Comanche Prototype No. 1. In addition to the new empennage,...

The Boeing Company today confirmed that Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has ordered three additional Boeing Next-Generation 737 jetliners. The Sweden-based carrier exercised options for three...

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Ryan accepted the 70th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III for the U.S. Air Force in a ceremony here Tuesday. The general addressed several hundred Boeing...

The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Boeing a $50 million contract to develop and produce Engine Infrared Suppression Systems, or EIRS, for its C-130 aircraft. The work will be...

Transavia, the Amsterdam-based charter and scheduled airline, has exercised an option to purchase two additional Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s. Including today's announcement, Transavia will...

Hapag-Lloyd Flug, the German holiday airline, has exercised options to purchase three additional Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners, The Boeing Company confirmed today. These are existing...

Transavia, the Amsterdam-based charter and scheduled airline, has exercised an option to purchase two additional Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners, The Boeing Company confirmed today....

The Boeing Company recently delivered to the U.S. Air Force the final three of 18 F-15C aircraft it refitted with Raytheon's APG-63(v)2 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, providing...

Boeing delivered a new 757-200 airplane to Azerbaijan Airlines today loaded with 11,000 pounds of medical supplies. Northwest Medical Teams donated the supplies to assist people who are in poor...

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Philip "Rowdy" Yates, the U.S. government's lead test pilot for the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter program, flies the company's X-32A concept demonstrator Dec. 19 as it refuels for...

Boeing announced today it has signed a contract with Federal Express to modify 19 MD-11 passenger airplanes to freighters. As part of the agreement, Boeing Airplane Services will perform the...

The 737th Next-Generation 737 produced by Boeing lands at King County International Airport in Seattle, its final stop before entering service with launch customer Southwest Airlines. The...

El Al Israel Airlines' first 777-200ER made its debut in the airline's beautiful white, blue and silver livery when it rolled out of the Boeing paint hangar in Everett, Wash., in the early hours...

The U.S. Air Force and The Boeing Company today issued a Request for Information, or RFI, proposing a new joint government-industry purchasing strategy for the BC-17X, a derivative of the Air...

LanChile Airlines is purchasing two new Boeing 767-300 Freighters and is leasing an additional 767-300 Freighter through GE Capital Aviation Services. The new airplanes will help the airline,...

LanChile Airlines has ordered two Boeing 767-300 Freighters and is leasing an additional 767-300 Freighter through GE Capital Aviation Services. The new airplanes will help LanChile expand its...

The Boeing Company has completed major upgrades on the United Kingdom and French Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleets. They were finished within budget and ahead of schedule....

Boeing Airplane Services and The BFGoodrich Company today announced the expansion of its landing gear overhaul alliance to include Next-Generation 737 landing gear. The original 15-year landing...

The National Center for Advanced Technologies has presented the prestigious Defense Manufacturing Excellence Awards for 2000 to Jim Sinnett, vice president, Phantom Works Strategic Development,...

British Airways customer service employees gathered at Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group headquarters in Renton, Wash., Dec. 8 to commemorate their first year of operations at Seattle/Tacoma...

Mexico will require 360 new airplanes worth approximately $18 billion over the next 20 years, according to a Boeing commercial aviation forecast. The Mexican market represents one-quarter of the...

American Airlines yesterday took delivery of its 50th Boeing Next Generation 737-800, sporting the same vintage Astrojet livery that American's first 727s had in 1964. In addition to its...

Phil Condit, chairman and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), today announced that Thomas R. Pickering, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, will join the...

Lufthansa German Airlines, which has taken delivery of more Boeing jetliners than any other airline outside the U.S., flew a new milestone Boeing 747-400 home to its Frankfurt headquarters today....

The Boeing Company and Safair (PTY) LTD signed an agreement today to acquire two Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 airplanes. Today's agreement marks progress toward a 10-airplane acquisition...

Boeing yesterday completed structural mode interaction (SMI) testing of its X-32B concept demonstrator, moving a step closer to first flight. The X-32B, which is expected to fly during the first...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) released the newest version of MyBoeingFleet.com, its secure e-business site on the World Wide Web, on Dec. 9. The site, which Boeing launched in May 2000 as part of...

Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive officer Phil Condit announced that the company's Board of Directors today authorized a new share repurchase program and raised the company's quarterly dividend....

Even Hollywood couldn't produce a more perfect setting for the Dec. 7 delivery of British Airways' 40th 777, all decked out as Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer for its debut. Although it wasn't...

Those with discriminating taste and a keen eye for quality tend to collect prized objects, and British Airways certainly fits this category. Just look at the way their collection of Boeing 777s...

British Airways, already the largest Boeing 777 customer outside the United States, today took delivery of its 39th and 40th 777, both 777-200ERs (extended range). The airline will receive five...