As Boeing plans 4,500 job cuts as competition with Airbus gets hotter, Moscow and Beijing have signed a deal to produce a new wide-body passenger aircraft by end of June, reports Life News citing Russian ministerial sources. Read more Europe gets its first modern Russian-made airliners The projec[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boeing’
November 30th, 2015 - 9:41 am § in Misc.
Boeing Gets $$ from WAstate
Reuven Carlyle: For the first time, due to a law I crafted in 2013 in strong partnership with former Sen. Rodney Tom, the state is beginning to release details of tax benefits received for new tax exemptions. Responsibly opening the books of which companies benefit from how much tax value is a vit[...]
November 17th, 2015 - 11:58 am § in Misc.
Billionaire’s Supersonic Jet Advances With Factory Plans, Seattle?
BLOOMBERG: Aerion, the supersonic-jet maker backed by Texas billionaire Robert Bass, plans to choose a manufacturing site during the first half of next year as it targets delivering the first faster-than-sound business aircraft in 2023. The timeline unveiled Monday fleshes out how Aerion and partne[...]
September 9th, 2015 - 9:42 am § in China, The Ave Scene
Boeing vs China?
China says its home-grown large aircraft are a new driving force for China’s manufacturing sector CHINA DAILY MAIL Chinese government’s primetime TV news CCTV yesterday gave first place to its report on China’s three new large aircraft. It said that China’s efforts in developing large air[...]
July 26th, 2015 - 10:03 am § in Misc.
MadeWith Pride .. but no unions!
Why is this better than making planes in Thailand?[...]
July 17th, 2015 - 1:51 am § in Misc.
How Iran Could Make Seattle Much Richer!
“Last month at the Paris Air Show, Akhoundi said Iran was prepared to spend about $20 billion to purchase about 400 new planes over the next decade.” The AP reports that Iran’s president has pointed to a possible windfall from the nuclear deal with world powers – his countr[...]
June 29th, 2015 - 6:14 pm § in Politics
GOP Congress kills “Boeing Bank”
The Ex-Im Bank will die tomorrow, because conservative Republicans oppose it “on ideological grounds.” (Click here for story) Ex-Im is jokingly called “Boeing Bank” because more than half its transactions finance the sale of Boeing airplanes, which are America’s #1 expo[...]
April 27th, 2015 - 8:26 am § in America
Union Representatives Threatened at Gun Point in South Carolina
South Carolina: Union reps threatened at gunpoint, Boeing vote canceled The Machinists union is delaying its attempt to organize Boeing workers in South Carolina. The union announced Friday that is withdrawing a petition to hold a union vote. For the uninitiated into South Carolina’s to[...]
December 17th, 2014 - 9:47 am § in Uncategorized
Airbus Made a Bad Bet
The A380 was AIRBUS’ big bet. The Mega Jumbo Jet was countered by the smaller and more efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Now the Jumbo is suffering from a lack of sales. Boeing was right, there is simply not enough demand for a 500-seater long haul airline. No airline has ordered A380s a[...]
November 29th, 2014 - 5:59 pm § in The Ave Scene
Can Boeing Make a Remote Control 747 As Good As This Airbus?
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