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| 9:15PM 11/24/2010
Boeing says that foreign debris probably caused the electrical fire that forced a Qantas flight into an emergency landing earlier this month.
| 12:00PM 11/15/2010
Qantas, the Australian airline with a fatality-free flying record, suffered another flight mishap Monday. The latest problem was with an Argentina-bound Boeing 747 that experienced smoke in its cockpit an hour after takeoff.
| 8:51AM 11/12/2010
Japanese low-cost airline Skymark may buy as many as 15 Airbus A380s as it expands into international flights.
The planes would be delivered starting 2014 and would initially fly to destinations including London, Frankfurt and New York, Bloomberg News reported. Skymark has already signed a...
| 10:30PM 11/09/2010
After seven missed delivery deadlines for Boeing's troublesome 787 Dreamliner, the company has run into another setback: In a test flight Tuesday, the electrical-equipment bay caught fire. Can the company turn the development nightmares into a happy ending?
| 5:12PM 11/09/2010
During his trip to India, President Obama announced a set of measures to increase trade between India and the U.S. That means new opportunities for a number of companies and a chance for smart investors to profit.
| 11:17AM 11/08/2010
It's looking more and more like the explosion of a Roll-Royce engine on a Qantas-owned Airbus A380 last week wasn't an anomaly, but a sign of an as-yet unidentified design flaw. So how deep are the problems at Rolls-Royce, and which of its competitors are most likely to benefit from its troubles?
| 7:00AM 11/08/2010
Saudi Arabian Airlines placed an order for 12 Boeing (BA) 777-300 "Extended Range" planes in a deal worth $3.3 billion.
The deal gives the Saudi carrier, which is in the process of privatization, an option for another 10 777s, Reuters reported. Saudi Arabian Airlines also ordered eight Boeing...
| 10:15AM 11/05/2010
Qantas has a lot riding on its reputation for safety, which only raises the stakes for the airline after the engine explosion on one of its Airbus A380s Thursday. It temporarily grounded its six A380s, but the airline needs a long term solution. Is that old workhorse the Boeing 747 the answer?
| 9:00PM 10/20/2010
The U.S. State Department says it will sell as much as $60 billion worth of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia over the next two decades in an attempt to protect the Middle East against the threat of Iranian military expansion. Boeing and United Technologies could benefit from the deal.
| 6:50AM 9/28/2010
The long-awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be ready for service early next year.
Rolls-Royce, which supplies some of the engines used in the 787 Dreamliner, will meet with Boeing (BA) this week to work out plans to recover from an engine blow-out last month, Bloomberg News said.
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