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Boeing Boeing: 787 testing more than half done

By JOSHUA FREED AP Business Writer Published: Apr 3, 2013 at 12:48 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 3, 2013 at 2:21 PM PDT

Boeing says it has finished more than half of the testing on its proposed battery fix for the 787, with the rest of the ground and flight tests coming in the next several days.

Boeing Boeing conducts another test flight of 787 jet

By Associated Press Published: Apr 1, 2013 at 3:49 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 1, 2013 at 3:49 PM PDT

The company said Monday's flight was designed to test system upgrades and not to check operation of the plane's batteries.

Boeing United delays Denver-Toyko route again on Boeing 787 snag

By Associated Press Published: Mar 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM PDT

United Airlines is delaying its new Denver-Tokyo service - again - because its new Boeing 787 jets remain grounded.

Boeing Boeing Co.: 787 Dreamliner is 'very close' to flying

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writer Published: Mar 28, 2013 at 8:26 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 AM PDT

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said his company is "very close" to getting its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet back flying again.

Boeing Boeing 787 makes test flight to check battery (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Associated Press Published: Mar 25, 2013 at 10:58 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 12:55 PM PDT

A Boeing 787 made a 2-hour test flight Monday on a test flight to see if a redesigned battery system would work properly while the plane was in the air.

Boeing Boeing plans to lay off 800 machinists in work force cutback

By KOMO Staff Published: Mar 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 22, 2013 at 2:34 PM PDT

The Boeing Co. said Friday it plans to lay off about 800 employees from the ranks of machinists by the end of the year as part of a work force reduction strategy.

Boeing Investigators scold Boeing over 787 comments

By JOSHUA FREED AP Business Writer Published: Mar 22, 2013 at 7:31 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 22, 2013 at 9:25 AM PDT

It appears that Boeing's comments about the smoldering batteries on its 787 have annoyed the National Transportation Safety Board.

Boeing Boeing worker mentors 'Barefoot Bandit' in prison (Photo Gallery)

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Published: Mar 21, 2013 at 7:06 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 21, 2013 at 2:38 PM PDT

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 spring.

Boeing Congress silent on Dreamliner woes

By JOAN LOWY Associated Press Published: Mar 19, 2013 at 7:05 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013 at 7:05 AM PDT

As Boeing, its airline customers and federal safety regulators struggled over the past two months to solve problems with the new 787 Dreamliner's fire-plagued batteries, one player has been strangely silent: Congress.

Boeing Ryanair gives Boeing a boost with big 737 order

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press Published: Mar 19, 2013 at 6:55 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013 at 9:28 AM PDT

Ryanair has made the biggest-ever order of Boeing planes by a European airline, announcing Tuesday it will buy 175 aircraft in a major boost for the U.S. aerospace giant.

Boeing Boeing tech workers OK contract on re-vote (Video)

By Associated Press Published: Mar 18, 2013 at 11:06 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013 at 6:50 AM PDT

The union for 7,400 Boeing technical workers counts ballots Monday night in the re-vote on a contract that would replace pensions with a 401(k) retirement plan.

Boeing Airbus gets biggest order ever from Indonesia

By SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press Published: Mar 18, 2013 at 8:43 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 18, 2013 at 8:43 AM PDT

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 said should inspire the struggling French economy and all of Europe.

Boeing Boeing boosted CEO's 2012 pay 15 percent

By JOSHUA FREED AP Business Writer Published: Mar 15, 2013 at 5:03 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 15, 2013 at 5:03 PM PDT

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney's compensation rose 15 percent last year to $21.1 million, as the company rewarded him for better-than-expected profits and faster airplane production.

Boeing Boeing: 787 battery testing should wrap up in 1 to 2 weeks

By JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer Published: Mar 15, 2013 at 1:11 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 15, 2013 at 1:11 PM PDT

Boeing said Friday that it expects to finish testing its battery fix for the 787 within two weeks. Then it will be up to the Federal Aviation Administration to decide when the planes fly again.

Boeing Boeing: 787 flights to restart 'within weeks, not months' (Video)

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer Published: Mar 14, 2013 at 8:36 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 15, 2013 at 7:52 AM PDT

Boeing Co. Chief Project Engineer Michael Sinnett outlined a fix centered on a new design for the lithium-ion battery system that has layers of safeguards to prevent overheating and measures to contain malfunctions.