Zunum unveils its electric airplane design for 2022 – and adds to its team in Chicago Zunum Aero is fleshing out its plan to build an electric-powered airplane that could be delivered to airlines as early… Read More
Boeing wins seven more contracts for its growing data analytics business Seven more companies have joined the list of customers for data analytics services from Boeing AnalytX, bringing the total of… Read More
Passenger Drone joins the fray in global race to market autonomous flying cars “Taking autonomous to the sky: You knew it was coming.” Swiss-based Passenger Drone is following up on the tag line… Read More
Beyond the jetpack: Boeing backs GoFly’s $2M contest for personal flying machines For decades, if not centuries, people have been dreaming about flying free like a bird — and now there’s a $2… Read More
Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger on innovative thinking, intellectual curiosity and that fateful day on the Hudson Just a second while I pick my jaw up off the floor. OK, there we go — today on the… Read More
Boeing claims edge in WTO battle over jet subsidies; Airbus says game isn’t over An appeals panel for the World Trade Organization has reversed an earlier ruling against an $8.7 billion Washington state tax… Read More
Seattle startup Emerald promises charter flights on 737 jets at $15K an hour, but details are up in the air Seattle-based Emerald Corporate Jets is taking the wraps off a charter jet service that offers flights on 737 jets, priced… Read More
At Boeing town hall, House Speaker Paul Ryan talks about taxes, tech – and Trump EVERETT, Wash. – House Speaker Paul Ryan came to a town hall with workers at Boeing’s biggest airplane factory today to… Read More
Why Boeing 787 pilots just traced a giant Dreamliner airplane across the country It wasn’t a stunt: When Boeing’s test pilots flew a 787 Dreamliner jet for 18 hours and nearly 10,000 miles,… Read More
Boeing’s newly created avionics unit marks a reversal of old-school outsourcing trend The Boeing Co. is creating an avionics unit that will build the kinds of electronics and aircraft control systems now… Read More
NASA gives OK for design of super-quiet supersonic experimental airplane NASA says it’s cleared a significant milestone on the path to reviving supersonic passenger jet travel in the U.S. with… Read More
Alaska Airlines sets up flight to chase total solar eclipse – with a two-seat giveaway Alaska Airlines has scheduled a flight from Portland to chase views of the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse over the… Read More
NASA and Honeywell boost supersonic flight by tackling sonic boom problem The historic Concorde supersonic airliner set a record flying from New York to Seattle in just under four hours, but… Read More
20-year view: Boeing expects air traffic boom to boost global airplane market EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing’s 20-year outlook for the airplane market is as sunny as ever, even though some analysts worry… Read More
Amid talk of slowdown, Boeing makes a splash with Paris launch of 737 MAX 10 jet This week’s Paris Air Show started off with a zoom, in the form of Boeing’s launch of the 737 MAX… Read More
Paris Air Show teasers show off Boeing’s ballet … and Neva’s flying car in Seattle? If you like airplanes, you’ll love Boeing’s teaser video for the Paris Air Show, which puts a 787-10 Dreamliner and… Read More
What it’s like to fly in the 77-year-old Breitling DC-3 as it circles the globe The Breitling DC-3 airplane is on track to make history as the oldest plane to fly around the world —… Read More
360-degree virtual tour gives you amazing views of Boeing’s jet factory in Renton More than 5 million guests have toured Boeing’s airplane factory in Everett, Wash., which ranks as one of the Puget Sound… Read More
How Boeing plans to test the technologies for future self-flying passenger airplanes EVERETT, Wash. – The Boeing Co. says it’s on a path that could ultimately lead to self-flying commercial passenger airplanes, starting with… Read More
Find out what happens when robots team up with humans for Boeing’s 777X EVERETT, Wash. – Some manufacturing workers may worry that robots will be stealing their jobs, but not Boeing’s Jordan Northrup. He’s… Read More
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Kevin McAllister heeds lessons from steel-town upbringing RENTON, Wash. – Six and a half months into his tenure as Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ president and CEO, Kevin McAllister… Read More
President Trump lays out controversial plan to privatize air traffic control system President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to turn the nation’s air traffic control system over to a private, non-profit… Read More
Video: Want to fly like a CEO? Rent Deer Jet’s 787 Dreamliner for $70,000 an hour Now anybody can fly like a VIP: All you have to do to take Deer Jet’s super-elegant 787 Dreamliner for… Read More
Alaska Airlines plans flights from Everett’s Paine Field to dodge Sea-Tac traffic jam Bugged by I-5 traffic to Sea-Tac? Alaska Airlines is promising a work-around: The Seattle-based airline says it will start running regularly… Read More
Boeing and Air Force demonstrate new airborne networking system for fighter jets The Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force say they’ve shown that a new type of communication pod for F-15… Read More
27 hurt when Aeroflot 777 jet hits clear air turbulence on Moscow-Bangkok flight More than two dozen passengers on an Aeroflot Boeing 777 jet reportedly sought medical treatment after a scary run-in with… Read More
Germany’s Lilium shows off all-electric VTOL airplane – but how far will it go? Lilium’s all-electric prototype airplane looks impressive as it makes a vertical takeoff and landing in a demonstration video – but… Read More
Boeing will send layoff notices to hundreds of engineers, and more job cuts lie ahead The Boeing Co. signaled that hundreds of employees involved in aerospace engineering in Washington state and other locations will be… Read More
Geek of the Week: Museum of Flight’s Matt Hayes has hand in the history and eye on future of aviation As a young boy growing up in rural Western New York, Matt Hayes had an interest in aviation and astronomy… Read More
Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 jet makes first flight The newest sibling in Boeing’s 737 family, the MAX 9, made its first flight today from the company’s assembly plant… Read More
