PT Garuda Indonesia, the country's biggest carrier, will buy 10 Boeing Co. 777-300ER planes valued at as much as $US2.8 billion at list prices to resume services to Europe....

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Pressure is growing on Boeing to provide its revised production schedule for the 787, as speculation grows that the programme has suffered another lengthy delay.

Analyst Goldman Sachs has reported today that it does not expect the first 787 to be delivered before the third quarter of next year, representing another delay of at least six months.

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Boeing on Wednesday announced a third delay in delivery of its much-anticipated 787 Dreamliner, saying the aircraft will now be ready in late 2009...

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Qantas and Air New Zealand are among the first airlines to publicly demand compensation - expected to run into tens of millions of dollars - from Boeing for further delays to the delivery of the more fuel-efficient Dreamliner jet....

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U.S. Federal regulators on Monday ordered inspections for hundreds of ]Boeing jetliners over potential problems with wing de-icing systems, certain planes' main landing gear and the oxygen masks used by passengers....

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More than a million new pilots and maintenance staff will be needed by the airlines in the next 20 years, says Boeing...

Hang onto your luggage, Boeing wants to fly you into space -- at least into low-Earth orbit....

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US aerospace giant Boeing has announced a contract worth $US3.7bn to sell 50 of its 737 planes to state-owned Russian Technologies....

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Boeing Co. will begin poring over plans today from Rolls-Royce Group Plc aimed at avoiding further delays to the 787 Dreamliner following the blowout of an engine in testing last month, the head of its jetliner division said....

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The world's largest plane maker, Boeing, reports a bounce back into profit in the third quarter and takes a net 221 plane orders....

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Boeing halts test flights of its 787 Dreamliner after smoke in the cockpit forced an emergency landing in Texas....

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Further test flights have been suspended, following an onboard fire earlier this week. The incident on Tuesday saw a loss of primary electrical power onboard the B787, but backup systems allowed the crew to land safely.

Boeing said in a statement yesterday (November 10) that it had now suspended further test flights until it could ?better understand? the cause of the fire. Analysis of in-flight data is expected to take several days.

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Boeing Co said on Tuesday that it took an order for 38 Next-Generation 737 airplanes and purchase rights for seven additional 737s from leasing company CIT Aerospace....

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Boeing postpones the delivery date for the first of its new 787 Dreamliners again, this time until the third quarter of 2011....

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China and the US sign a trade deal that includes the $US19bn purchase of 200 Boeing aircraft according to a US official....

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Delivery of the long-awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner has slipped to the third quarter of 2011, following an in-flight fire during testing late last year

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