Aircraft Manufacturing

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  • Airbus Receives Major Order For 255 A321 Aircraft
    Airbus
    Indigo Partners, which holds stakes in airlines such as Wizz Air, Jetsmart, and Volaris, ordered 255 new aircraft from Airbus.
  • Oops!...Boeing Did It Again: Widens Inspections For Flaws In 787 Dreamliner
    Boeing
    Boeing is widening inspections of 787 Dreamliners following the discovery of component manufacturing defects.
  • Boeing Back In Trouble Weeks From A 737 Max Takeoff
    Boeing
    The agency has accused Boeing of knowingly allowing quality control lapses at its assembly lines.
  • Boeing To Cut 16,000 Jobs After Reporting First-Quarter Loss
    Boeing Earnings
    The pandemic combined with its already low sales numbers due to the ongoing grounding of its planes has forced Boeing to further slash its workforce and scale down production.
  • US Grants GE Permission To Sell Engines For Use In New Chinese Jet
    General Electric Co
    The license will allow GE to supply its CFM LEAP-1C jet engine to be used in China new COMAC C919 passenger jet.
  • Boeing Reports Annual Loss For The First Time Since 1997
    Boeing 2019 Earnings
    Boeing reported a net loss of $636 million for 2019; a stark contrast from the $10.5 billion in profit it gained during the previous year.
  • New Boeing CEO Facing EU Regulatory Probe Over Embraer Deal
    Boeing-Embraer Deal
    Apart from trying to resolve its ongoing global grounding crisis, Boeing's new CEO, David Calhoun, will be facing added pressure as the EU intensifies its investigation into its Embraer deal.
  • Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Booted Amid Ongoing 737 Max Crisis
    Boeing CEO Muilenburg
    After a series of setbacks that costs Boeing billions of dollars, the company's board of directors has now decided on a change of leadership.
  • China's Domestically-Built COMAC C919 Jet Aces Flight Tests In Shanghai
    COMAC C919 Jet
    The fifth version of the COMAC C919 narrow-body twinjet airliner successfully completed its maiden flight in Shanghai.
  • Airbus To Bolster Chinese Business To Support Increasing Asian Demand
    Airbus China
    Airbus announced this week its plans to significantly boosting its business in China with the expansion of key facilities.