Korean Air orders 5 of Boeing's 747-8 jets
AP - 43 minutes agoSouth Korea's biggest airline, is ordering five of Boeing's new 747-8 jumbo passenger jets.
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South Korea's biggest airline, is ordering five of Boeing's new 747-8 jumbo passenger jets.
(Reuters) — Boeing Co. is urging airlines to conduct a major retrofit on more than 220 of its 777 jets in light of a series of incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to some engine parts, the company said on Friday. Boeing issued the service bulletin on Nov. 25, instructing ...
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SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- Korean Air Co. (003490.SE) said Friday that it has placed an order to buy five passenger jets from Boeing Co. (BA) for $1.5 billion to enhance services on its long-haul services to the Americas and Europe.
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(Reuters) — Korean Air said on Friday it would purchase five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental jetliners worth $1.5 billion at list prices in a potentially key deal for the successor to the jumbo jet. South Korea's top carrier becomes only the second airline after Germany's Lufthansa to order the ...
CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- In the U.S. and Europe, the credit crisis has sidelined many banks from the aircraft-finance business, but state-owned banks in China, with plenty of cash on hand, are ready to pick up the slack.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top aerospace companies were up at the close of trading: Boeing rose $.91 or 1.7 percent, to $54.68. Goodrich rose $.38 or .6 percent, to $61.36. Northrop Gruman rose $.98 or 1.8 percent, to $55.89. Raytheon rose $1.11 or 2.2 percent, to $52.65.
EVERETT — The Boeing Co.'s rival for a $35 billion tanker contract threatened Tuesday to drop out unless the Pentagon makes significant changes to its contest.
European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it took 225 jet orders in the first 11 months of 2009, offsetting 31 cancellations and putting it ahead of The Boeing Co.
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. has shipped 13 fuselage sections to Boeing Co. for the 787 Dreamliner and is 'beginning to get a little bit of a drumbeat going' in production, Spirit CEO Jeff Turner said ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top aerospace companies are mixed at noon: Boeing rose $.50 or .9 percent, to $54.27. Goodrich fell $.29 or .5 percent, to $60.69. Northrop Gruman rose $.77 or 1.4 percent, to $55.68. Raytheon rose $1.07 or 2.1 percent, to $52.61.
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CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Boeing has delivered two of its "Wedgetail" airborne early warning and control aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force at its Williamtown air base.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top aerospace companies are up at 10 a.m.: Boeing rose $1.53 or 2.8 percent, to $55.30. Goodrich rose $.54 or .9 percent, to $61.52. Northrop Gruman rose $1.36 or 2.5 percent, to $56.27. Raytheon rose $1.04 or 2.0 percent, to $52.58.