March
Trump awards ‘F-47’ fighter jet contract to Boeing
Orders for what will become the US Air Force’s most sophisticated fighter are expected to generate hundreds of billions of dollars over multiple decades.
‘What a ride’: Stuck astronauts splash down to Earth in SpaceX capsule
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ended a dramatic mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight nine months ago.
January
Boeing’s bumpy year cascades into real pain for Qantas, Virgin
From safety issues to a supplier crunch, the big aircraft manufacturers are having trouble producing enough planes. That means more delays and fuller flights.
October 2024
Boeing seeks more than $37b to avert cash crunch
The troubled plane-maker is looking to shore up its balance sheet and boost access to cash, as it tries to avoid demotion to junk status.
Boeing to shed 17,000 jobs as financial woes deepen
The aviation giant will slash 10 per cent of its workforce amid mounting losses, manufacturing disruptions and a month-long machinists strike.
July 2024
How Boeing ‘shorted safety’ to chase profits – and cost hundreds their lives
As the plane maker showered shareholders with billions, a tragic crisis was brewing.
June 2024
Boeing’s new crisis: astronauts left ‘stranded’ by its spacecraft
The Starliner ship has suffered helium leaks and thruster problems. Its delayed return from the International Space Station comes at the worst time for the US company.
April 2024
Bonza cuts flights amid trouble registering aircraft
The budget airline, backed by Miami’s 777 Partners, is cutting some routes to the tourism hub, where one of its Boeing 737 MAX-8 planes remains grounded.
What every manager can learn from Boeing’s strife
The flight path is depressingly familiar as a succession of its leaders, in thrall to Jack Welch’s GE management teachings, dismantled a once-great plane maker.
First Max, now Dreamliner. Boeing hit with new safety claims
An engineer whistle-blower says sections of the plane’s body are being assembled in a way that could weaken the aircraft. Boeing says there is no safety issue.
What’s worse than old planes? Not having any at all
Qantas and Virgin Australia face long waits for new jets – a crucial part of their strategy to bring down costs and keep customers happy.
Boeing heard all the warnings, it just wasn’t listening
The aircraft manufacturer deliberately moved its headquarters to be away from day-to-day business. It was a disaster.
March 2024
Boeing’s CEO and chairman to step down amid safety crisis
Boeing will part ways with its CEO, chairman and head of commercial airplanes as it tries to weather a long-running crisis over its 737 Max jets.
Boeing’s final chance to ‘clean house’ and end crisis
Stephanie Pope, Dave Gitlin and Patrick Shanahan are among possible contenders to take over as CEO as the aircraft maker struggles to restore confidence.
‘We have to save company from itself’: union seeks Boeing board seat
A union representing 32,000 workers at factories in the US state of Washington has begun contract negotiations with Boeing.
February 2024
Planes are getting smaller. Will that send fares soaring?
The first A380 arrived in Sydney some 16 years ago. But the era of massive jets was short-lived. And that could crunch supply and create airport bottlenecks.
January 2024
Virgin Australia confident Boeing woes won’t hit Max deliveries
United has removed the MAX-10 from its internal planning, but the local carrier says its much smaller order will be delivered on time.
Boeing’s legacy vanished into thin air. Saving it will take years
The aircraft maker’s name and its troubled 737 Max model are linked to some of the worst aircraft safety and design failures in recent aviation history.
US launches investigation of Boeing over 737 Max accident
“This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again,” the US Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Boeing CEO admits error, says midair blowout ‘can never happen again’
CEO Dave Calhoun’s remarks were Boeing’s first public acknowledgment of errors since a so-called door plug snapped off the fuselage of a nearly full 737 Max 9.