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The CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) today became a new Boeing customer, announcing an order for 10 Next-Generation 737s. Deliveries of the new airplanes are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2001...

The Boeing Company today announced first quarter 1999 deliveries as follows: Major Programs 1st Quarter 737 Classic 14 737 Next-Generation 61 747 14 757 17 767 11 777 23 MD-80 2 (2) MD-90 5 MD-11...

The Danish Naval Materiel Command (NMC) has contracted to purchase the Boeing Advanced Harpoon Weapon Control System (AHWCS). The NMC also has committed to upgrade its Harpoon Block IC missiles to...

Lauda Air, based in Vienna, Austria, continued its fleet expansion into the new year with the order of six Next-Generation 737s and one 767-300ER(extended range), The Boeing Company confirmed...

The Boeing Company today announced fourth quarter and full-year 1998 deliveries as follows: Major Programs 4th Quarter Full Year 737 Classic 24 (6) 116 (6) 737 Next-Generation 74 165 747 21 (3) 53 (3)

The Boeing Company today announced it will reduce production rates for some of its commercial airplane programs based upon updated assessments of the Asian economic crisis and its impact on air...

The Boeing Company today announced third quarter and nine months 1998 deliveries as follows: Major Programs 3rd Quarter Nine Months 737 Classic 25 92 737 Next-Generation 41 91 747 11 32 757 12 35 767

Heller Financial, a Chicago-based company that manages a portfolio of airplanes, has acquired two new 737-300s, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group announced today. Heller will take delivery of the...

The first-ever Boeing 717-200 lifts off the runway at the Long Beach Airport in California on its historic first flight. The airplane took off at 12:35 p.m. and landed at 4:42 p.m. at the Boeing...

The Boeing Company has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for the procurement of four CH-47D Chinook helicopters to be delivered to the Egyptian air force. The delivery to Egypt is under...

On June 30 the Canadian Department of National Defence contracted to purchase 13 Boeing Advanced Harpoon Weapon Control Systems (AHWCS). Canada, one of 25 countries with Harpoon in its inventory,...

Arkia Israeli Airlines, based in Tel Aviv, has placed an order for two 757-300 airplanes, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) confirmed today. The package, valued at $250 million, also...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) announced today a series of financial goals for use in measuring the company's progress toward increasing shareholder value. "Meeting these goals will enable us to...

The Boeing [BA: NYSE] Company has selected Alliant Techsystems to produce composite structures for its new Delta IV family of rockets now in development. The long term contract, which is under...

The Boeing Company provided an update today on jetliner production status, reporting new monthly and quarterly delivery records. Boeing delivered 61 commercial airplanes in June, the highest...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) today announced production rates on its airplane models for 1999. These rates will result in production of 51 airplanes per month by the first quarter of...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) updated the status of production for its 7-series commercial jetliner series today, focusing on trends in production health and the potential impact of the...

Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing Co. has confirmed an order for two Next-Generation 737-700s - the fifth and sixth 737-700s to be purchased by the company. The two new 737-700s are scheduled...

Air Berlin, a German inclusive-tour charter operator, has converted a pair of options placed earlier into a firm order for two 737-800s, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group confirmed today. Air...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group today confirmed an order by United Airlines for one Boeing 747-400, six Boeing 767-300, and 16 Boeing 777-200 jets. The new 747-400s will increase United's fleet...

The second model in the Next-Generation 737 airplane family, the 737-800, has cleared its last major milestone prior to beginning service with European airlines. Europe's Joint Aviation...

Phil Condit, Boeing chairman and chief executive officer, announced today that first quarter earnings will include a $350 million pretax charge to earnings on the Next-Generation 737 program....

Worldwide travel aboard the Boeing 777 just got a little easier. The twin-engine jet has been awarded type certification from the Aviation Register (AR), the aviation regulatory agency for the...

The Boeing Company announced today that it delivered 108 commercial jet transports during the first quarter of 1998, ending March 31. The deliveries during the three-month period consisted of 34...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group today reported its progress on the 7-series production-recovery efforts. The company also confirmed that it plans to deliver approximately 550 airplanes in 1998,...

Continental Airlines has exercised options from a previous Next-Generation 737 order and will purchase 15 Boeing 737-900s, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group confirmed today. The twinjets are...

The second model of the Next-Generation 737 family, the 737-800, has earned type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The certification formally recognizes that the...

Boeing engineers have released for production 90 percent of the design drawings necessary to build the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ). This means that the BBJ program is moving from its development...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) continues to stabilize production of 7-Series jetliners. In preparation for the next production-rate increase in April, BCAG and its supplier team have...

Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), which comprise the aviation regulatory authorities of 27 countries, today recommended type validation of the Boeing Next-Generation 737-700. Actual type...

The Boeing Company announced today that it delivered 102 commercial jet transports during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1997. The deliveries in the fourth quarter consisted of 39...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group plans to finish the year with approximately 335 7-series airplanes tendered for delivery. In November, Boeing tendered for delivery 24 of the 25 7-series airplanes...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group confirmed today a previously announced order for six additional Boeing 737-300s by Deutsche BA. Scheduled for delivery the first quarter of 1998 through 1999, the...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has returned its 747 line to full production after completing the initial phases of a multi-month recovery effort. Boeing announced several weeks ago its plan to...

After completing the review of the cost impact of the production recovery plan announced on Oct. 3, 1997, Phil Condit, Boeing chairman and CEO, reported today that Boeing will report a loss for...

At a news conference here today, Executive Jet, Inc., of Montvale, N.J., and Boeing Business Jets of Seattle, Wash., announced the formation of a joint venture that will introduce the Boeing...

The sale of two Boeing MD 600N helicopters and the selection of the Boeing MD Explorer helicopter by two United Kingdom police agencies were announced recently at Helitech '97. The MD 600N...

The Boeing Company announced today that it delivered 89 commercial jet transports in the quarter ended September 30. The deliveries in the third quarter consisted of 33 737s, 8 747s, 10 757s, 11...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group announced plans today to address challenges resulting from the steepest production increases since the dawn of the Jet Age. The challenges, which include parts...

The Boeing Company announced today that it delivered 92 commercial jet transports in the quarter ended June 30. The deliveries in the second quarter consisted of 35 737s, 12 747s, 12 757s, 12 767s...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group today confirmed that Icelandair will be the second customer for the new Boeing 757-300 and the first to use the big jetliner in regularly scheduled service....

Boeing Business Jets President Borge Boeskov and Golfer Greg Norman today announced that Norman will purchase a Boeing Business Jet 737 airplane and serve as a spokesperson for the Boeing...

Boeing Commercial Airplane Group today announced production rate changes on a number of its airplane models. The rate changes, which take effect in 1998, will result in a production rate of 43...

The Boeing Company announced today that it delivered 68 commercial jet transports in the quarter that ended March 31. The deliveries consisted of 25 737s, 10 747s, 12 757s, 11 767s and 10 777s....

Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, has ordered five 777-200s, valued at approximately US$685 million, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group today confirmed Premier Li Peng...

The Boeing Company announced today that it delivered 62 commercial jet transports during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1996. The fourth-quarter deliveries brought 1996 commercial jet...