Articles Tagged with ''Boeing''

EVERETT, WA—Boeing has begun operating a temporary assembly line here to boost production of its 787 Dreamliner.

CHICAGO—Boeing has received orders for 94 passenger jets worth $8.4 billion from two Asian airlines.

RENTON, WA—Boeing is grappling with how to pack a third assembly line into its assembly plant here, which needs to build 737s at a record pace.

SEATTLE—Pushing for faster production of its 787 Dreamliner, Boeing is cutting the amount of work needed to make the planes ready to fly after they leave the assembly line.

WICHITA, KS—Spirit Aerosystems is preparing to produce up to 60 fuselages a month to keep up with demand from Boeing’s 737 assembly plant in Renton, WA.

EVERETT, WA—Boeing has completed construction of a temporary additional 787 assembly line here—known as the “surge line”—but won’t build new Dreamliners on it until the fall.

SEATTLE—Boeing’s commercial airplane division will speed up production of its new 787 Dreamliner to five per month beginning this fall.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—The first Boeing 787 assembled in South Carolina rolled off the line here Friday.

WICHITA, KS—A Spirit Aerosystems assembly plant here that makes fuselages for Boeing was shut down after a tornado damaged roofs and knocked out power Saturday night. The company is assessing damage at the facility and said it was too early to tell how production might be affected.

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA—Boeing has opened its newly renovated Chinook assembly plant here. The aerospace giant invested $130 million to upgrade the plant.