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Boeing and its largest union are entering the last week of contract negotiations before a threatened strike by more than 30,000 workers who build the planes that carry millions of airline ...
More than 33,000 Boeing employees ended their strike a month ago. But planes have only just recently started moving along the assembly lines that were idled by the two-month work stoppage.
Boeing said it remained committed to reaching a compromise to end the strike, which has halted production of its best-selling 737 MAX as well as its older 767 and 777 wide-body programs.
The strike was set to cost Boeing $108 million per day in lost revenue, amounting to as much as $5.5 billion in losses should the work stoppage last 50 days, investment bank TD Cowen said in a ...
The 787th Boeing 787 Dreamliner produced, operated by China Southern Airlines. This article lists the orders and deliveries for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. As of December 2024, the largest airline order is by United Airlines for 221 aircraft. [a]
Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and ...
In aviation, a tailstrike or tail strike occurs when the tail or empennage of an aircraft strikes the ground or other stationary object. This can happen with a fixed-wing aircraft with tricycle undercarriage , in both takeoff where the pilot rotates the nose up too rapidly, or in landing where the pilot raises the nose too sharply during final ...
During the late 1990s, Boeing considered replacement aircraft programs due to slowing sales of the 767 and 747-400.Two new aircraft were proposed. The 747X would have lengthened the 747-400 and improved efficiency, and the Sonic Cruiser would have achieved 15% higher speeds (approximately Mach 0.98) while burning fuel at the same rate as the 767. [2]