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Boeing conducts another test flight of 787 jet
Boeing Co. conducted another test flight of its 787 passenger jet over the West Coast. The company said Monday's flight was designed to test system ...
Risk and reward at the dawn of civilian drone age
The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as ...
United delays Denver-Toyko service as 787s sit
United Airlines is delaying its new Denver-Tokyo service — again — because its new Boeing 787 jets remain grounded. United said Friday that service ...
Lion takes on AirAsia with record jet orders
Indonesia's top discount carrier, which catapulted into the global aviation spotlight with record deals to buy Airbus and Boeing planes, is taking the ...
Boeing worker mentors 'Barefoot Bandit' in prison
Jonathan Standridge and Colton Harris-Moore made an odd couple as they sat together in the visiting room of a Washington state prison one day last ...
Obama, lawmakers bring Irish culture to US
President Barack Obama and top lawmakers brought a wee bit of Ireland to Washington, donning green ties and a festive mood in a belated celebration ...
Boeing wins major 737 jet order from Ryanair
There's finally some good news for Boeing: European discount airline Ryanair announced Tuesday it will buy 175 of the company's popular 737 jets, the ...
Airbus gets biggest order ever from Indonesia
Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian's Lion Air worth €18.4 billion ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande ...
Boeing aims to wrap up 787 testing in 2 weeks
Boeing unveiled its fix for its troublesome 787 battery on Friday and is aiming to wrap up testing within two weeks. The company hopes to get quick ...
Boeing: Commercial 787 flights to restart in weeks
Boeing said Friday it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks" even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery ...
US CEOs optimistic about economy, wary of hiring
Chief executives at the largest U.S. companies are much more optimistic about their sales prospects than they were three months ago, though many ...
FAA approves Boeing plan to fix 787's batteries
A Boeing plan to redesign the 787 Dreamliner's fire-plagued lithium-ion batteries won approval Tuesday from the Federal Aviation Administration, ...
Airlines seek alternative for grounded 787
The prolonged grounding of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has forced some airlines to seek alternative arrangements, including renting other planes to fill ...
Stocks creep up; Dow rises for seventh day running
The stock market crept higher Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its seventh straight day of gains. Boeing was the Dow's top stock, ...
Boeing 787 battery fire was difficult to control
The smoking, hissing battery smoldering away inside the belly of the parked 787 in Boston had already injured one firefighter. The airport fire ...
787 delays force Thomson Airways to change plans
Thomson Airways passengers expecting to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on holiday trips in May and June will be put on other aircraft because of ...
Boeing ready to move on 787 fix, if FAA approves
Boeing said Monday that it is set to move quickly to get its 787s back in the air if it gets federal approval for a fix for the batteries that have ...
Middle East is new global travel crossroads
It's 1 a.m. and the sprawling airport in this desert city is bustling. Enough languages fill the air to make a United Nations translator's head spin.
ANA president sees Boeing progress on batteries
The president of All Nippon Airways, Boeing's biggest single customer for its troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Friday that he believes the U.S.
Boeing reports 787 battery fix to Japan regulators
Boeing CEO Ray Conner met with Japan's transport minister and other officials in Tokyo on Thursday to explain his company's proposal for resolving ...
Japan's ANA cancels 787 flights through May
Japan's All Nippon Airways is scrubbing its planned 787 flights through May as the Boeing Co. plane remains grounded. ANA has 17 of the planes — more ...
Israel, US successfully test anti-missile system
Israel and the U.S. on Monday carried out a successful test of the next-generation Arrow 3 missile defense system, for the first time sending an ...
AP sources: Boeing proposes battery fix for 787s
Boeing attempted a major step Friday toward getting its 787 Dreamliners flying again, proposing a fix for the plane's troubled batteries that could ...
Poland's LOT airline working on rescue plan
Poland's LOT airline said Friday it will present a plan to stave off bankruptcy next month after the government indicated that there will be no more ...