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Boeing unveiled the adjustment to its order backlog in monthly orders and deliveries data that also showed it had delivered 41 jets to customers in March

Boeing says 141 jet orders in limbo amid war in Ukraine

Boeing has moved orders for 141 of its airplanes into accounting limbo due to the war in Ukraine and international sanctions against Russia, among other contractual issues, meaning it no longer expects the jets to be delivered.

Business • 12 Apr 22

VSMPO-Avisma, a subsidiary of Russia's Rostec State Corporation, is the world's largest titanium producer

Boeing suspends buying titanium from Russia

Boeing said today it has suspended buying titanium from Russia, a move that could have ramifications for the planemaker's relationship with its largest supplier of the commodity, VSMPO-Avisma.

Business • 07 Mar 22

Apple has stopped sales of iPhones and other products in Russia

Boeing, Exxon, Apple join Western firms spurning Russia

Boeing has suspended maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines and US energy firm Exxon Mobil said it would exit Russia, joining a growing list of Western companies spurning Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Business • 02 Mar 22

Boeing said it would stop all major operations in Russia

Boeing suspends operations in Russia

US airplane manufacturer Boeing said it was suspending parts, maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines as the effect of sanctions in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ripple across the global aviation industry.

Business • 02 Mar 22

The planemaker sank to a loss after two quarters of profits because of the charge

Boeing sinks to loss on charges related to 787s delays

Boeing has said it incurred $4.5 billion charges in the fourth quarter on its sidelined 787 program, obscuring the US planemaker's long-awaited return to positive cash flow fueled by rebounding 737 MAX deliveries.

Business • 26 Jan 22

Airbus delivered a total of 611 jets in 2021, up 8% from the year before

Airbus keeps top planemaker spot with 8% delivery rise

Airbus kept its crown as the world's largest jetmaker for the third year running as it outstripped Boeing by delivering 611 jets in 2021, up 8% from the year before, company data shows.

Business • 11 Jan 22

Deliveries rose 8% to 611 units, company data shows

Airbus delivers 611 jets in 2021 to remain no1 producer

Airbus kept its crown as the world's largest commercial airplane supplier for the third year running in 2022 as deliveries rose 8% to 611 units, company data shows.

Business • 10 Jan 22

Factors in Airbus's favour in recent months have included a gradual thawing of relations between French and Dutch arms of the airline group and tensions over recent Boeing 787 delays

Airbus lands Air France-KLM jet order

Airbus has completed a triple crown of aircraft orders at the expense of rival Boeing today with a deal to supply 100 narrowbody jets to Air France-KLM subsidiaries in the airline group's largest purchase based on number of jets.

Business • 17 Dec 21

Qantas Airways has chosen Airbus as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet in Australia

Qantas to switch domestic fleet to Airbus

Australia's Qantas Airways said today it has chosen Airbus as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet, switching from Boeing in a major win for the European planemaker.

Business • 16 Dec 21

Lufthansa eyes Boeing freighter as cargo grabs spotligh

Germany's Lufthansa is in talks with Boeing on buying a possible new freighter version of the 777X jetliner, while welcoming competition with a new Airbus A350 cargo plane, its chief executive Carsten Spohr said.

Business • 19 Nov 21

A makeshift memorial to those who died at the crash site (file pic)

Boeing to compensate families of 737 MAX crash victims

Boeing has agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash, according to a filing in US District Court in Chicago.

World • 10 Nov 21

The Boeing 747 MAX fleet was grounded after the two crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia

Boeing investors reach deal to settle 737 MAX case

Boeing investors have reached an agreement with current and former company officers to settle a lawsuit over the safety oversight of the 737 MAX, two people familiar with the matter have said.

Business • 05 Nov 21

Boeing said its core operating profit stood at $59m in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $754m a year earlier

Boeing posts quarterly profit on 737 MAX boost

Boeing managed to eke out a small adjusted profit in the third quarter, helped by a ramp-up in deliveries of its once best-selling 737 MAX jets amid a rebound in global air travel.

Business • 27 Oct 21

Reports say the defect is on 787s built over the past three years

Boeing says certain 787 parts improperly manufactured

Boeing said today a supplier told the planemaker that certain 787 Dreamliner parts were improperly manufactured, the latest in a series of problems to plague the wide-body aircraft.

Business • 14 Oct 21

Boeing said today that Ryanair could always come back if it wanted more planes

Europe's low-cost carriers to drive jet demand - Boeing

Planemaker Boeing said that European low-cost carriers would help drive demand for new aircraft in the region over the next 20 years, as airlines replace their ageing fleets with more fuel-efficient jets.

Business • 21 Sep 21

The rosier view underpins moves by the aerospace giant to prepare for growth in travel demand and military services

Boeing raises jet demand forecast on pandemic recovery

Boeing has revised up long-term demand forecasts, as a snapback in commercial air travel in domestic markets like the United States tempers the more gloomy industry predictions seen at the height of coronavirus lockdowns last year.

Business • 14 Sep 21

Ryanair ready to wait 'years' for Boeing to cut prices

Ryanair is willing to wait years if necessary to place a new major order with Boeing as prices are too high, group chief executive Michael O'Leary told Reuters in an interview.

Business • 08 Sep 21

Airbus said it remains on course to meet an annual goal of 600 deliveries that would preserve its crown as the world's biggest aircraft maker

Airbus maintains lead over Boeing in deliveries

Airbus delivered 40 jets in August to bring supplies of its new jets to 384 since the start of the year, remaining broadly on course to meet an annual goal of 600 deliveries that would preserve its crown as the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer.

Business • 08 Sep 21

Ryanair ends talks with Boeing on a major new order for 737 jets due to a disagreement over pricing

Ryanair ends talks with Boeing for 737 MAX 10 order

Ryanair has ended talks with Boeing on a major new order for Boeing 737 jets due to a disagreement over pricing, the airline said in a statement today.

Business • 06 Sep 21

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the airline was set to exceed its target of flying 10.5 million passengers in August

Ryanair Group CEO O'Leary sees 'very strong recovery'

Ryanair has nudged up its passenger target for the autumn amid signs of a "very strong recovery" in European short-haul flights, group chief executive Michael O'Leary said today.

Business • 31 Aug 21

The recovery in aviation has helped Boeing's finances to bounce back sooner than expected

Boeing to cut fewer jobs after surprise profit

Boeing landed its first quarterly profit since 2019 due to a recovering commercial aviation market that will enable the company to cut fewer jobs than initially planned, according to results released today.

Business • 28 Jul 21

Boeing said it would shift temporarily below the current rate of five jets per month

Boeing cuts 787 production as new problem discovered

Boeing said today it would cut its 787 production rate as it works through a new production-related structural defect in its troubled twin-aisle airliner programme.

Business • 13 Jul 21

United Airlines is the most exposed US airline to international travel, which suffered heavily during the coronavirus pandemic

United Airlines confirms 270 Boeing and Airbus order

United Airlines has today confirmed its largest ever order for Boeing and Airbus jets, lining up 270 planes worth more than $30 billion at list prices as the US giant pursues post-pandemic domestic growth.

Business • 29 Jun 21

Britain and US have agreed to resolve a long-running trade dispute over Airbus and Boeing after a similar deal between the US and the EU yesterday

Britain and US reach truce in aircraft trade dispute

Britain and US have today agreed to resolve a long-running trade dispute over Airbus and Boeing and turn their attention to tackling Chinese subsidies, echoing a five-year tariff truce announced by Washington and Brussels.

Business • 17 Jun 21

Ryanair is the largest European customer of the MAX, with 210 firm orders of the 197-seat MAX200 model

Ryanair set to receive first Boeing 737 MAX

Ryanair's first Boeing 737 MAX jet was en route to Dublin from the US planemaker's base in Seattle today, flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed.

Business • 16 Jun 21

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