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Several Boeing planes found to have wing defects

The American aviation giant have now found a wing defect on some of their planes including some 737 MAX aircrafts

Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. (Reuters/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing seeks to exit crisis mode as it reports results

The company will report earnings on Wednesday for the first time since a deadly March 10 plane crash plunged the company into crisis-mode

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Ethiopian Airlines ‘has flown’ black boxes of crashed Boeing to Paris

Ethiopian Airlines said Thursday that the black box flight recorders from the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed have been flown to Paris for analysis.

A worker assists his colleague during the lifting of a turbine engine of the Lion Air flight JT610 jet, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 4, 2018. Picture taken November 4 2018. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

Boeing issues advice over sensors after Indonesia crash

The planemaker says local aviation officials believe pilots may have been given wrong information by the plane’s automated systems

The decision by the rescue practitioners to place workers on leave and suspend domestic flights follows heated negotiations between the rescue practitioners and labour unions earlier in the week regarding the airline’s retrenchment process.

​Going green: SAA flies high in its maiden tobacco-fuelled flight

SAA has successfully flown a Boeing using biofuel. The power source will be more sustainable when it’s processed in South Africa.

Investigators probe Dreamliner fire at London’s Heathrow

Investigators have been searching for the cause of the fire onboard a Dreamliner – raising questions about the safety of Boeing’s next-generation jet.

The company says that the tests went according to plan.

Boeing puts grounded Dreamliner through its paces

Boeing has completed the first successful tests of its troubled Dreamliner 787 since the jet was grounded following battery fires.

Dreamliner grounded indefinitely by US, others

Europe, Japan, India and the US have grounded Boeing’s Dreamliner a day after a second incident in which one of the jets made an emergency landing.

Boeing employees work inside the nose cone of a plane

How plane giants descended into global ‘price war’

Boeing is playing down expectations of massive orders in Farnborough, but eyes will be on briefings by the new Airbus and Boeing top management.

Boeing: Africa needs to replace ageing fleet

Boeing forecast on Tuesday that Africa would need about 700 aircraft worth $80-billion over the next 20 years to deal with increased air traffic.

Farnborough orders top $28-billion

Virgin America announced plans to buy 40 new Airbus A320 aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow on Thursday.

Brazil wants strategic deal with Russia

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is hoping to make inroads into Brazil’s emerging oil and defence industries during a visit there this week.

Navy inspecting Boeing jets after ‘cracks’ found

The US navy will inspect hundreds of fighter jets built by Boeing after discovering ”fatigue cracks” on more than a dozen aircraft deployed overseas.

Boeing workers vote to strike, but walkout delayed

Boeing’s largest labor union said its members had rejected the plane maker’s contract offer and voted to strike.

Aviation vaunts green agenda amid protest fears

The aviation industry flaunted a green agenda under tightened security amid fears of environmentalist protests at an air show on Wednesday.

Gulf nations splash out on Boeing, Airbus jets

Persian Gulf countries have announced deals worth $15-billion for the latest fuel-efficient aircraft and other planes made by Boeing and Airbus.

Boeing boss Carson upbeat for the industry

One of the aviation industry’s top executives on Sunday shrugged off suggestions that this year’s Farnborough airshow would be a bleak affair.

Gulf plane orders to ease oil price gloom

An order for up to 100 planes from Etihad Airways to be split between Airbus and Boeing looks set to dominate the opening of the Farnborough air show.

Kenya Airways profit falls on election crisis

Kenya Airways said on Friday its 2007/08 annual profit after tax fell to 3,9-billion Kenya shillings from 4,1-billion due mainly to the impact of the East African nation’s…

BA’s Paris-New York service opens for business

British Airways risks further undermining its relationship with pilots on Thursday as it starts selling tickets for its transatlantic OpenSkies airline. The Paris-to-New York…