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-- 787 technologies to increase passenger and freighter capabilities, improve fuel efficiency, reduce noise and emissions, provide unmatched operating economics SEATTLE, Nov. 14, 2005 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today officially launched the new Boeing 747-8 program, which includes the 747-8 Intercontinental passenger airplane and the 747-8 Freighter airplane. Cargolux, based in Luxembourg, has ordered 10 747-8 Freighters and will take delivery of the first 747-8F in third-quarter 2009. It also holds purchase rights for 10 additional airplanes. Cargolux currently operates an all-Boeing fleet of 13 747-400 freighters. Nippon Cargo Airlines, based in Japan, has ordered eight 747-8...

Boeing is expecting a record number of commercial-jet sales this year that would put it ahead of Airbus for the first time in five years. The star prize that could seal the victory is an extraordinary order with a list-price value of at least $16 billion from Australian carrier Qantas. During the next two months, Boeing and Airbus will wrestle fiercely to finalize several massive orders, including key contests over Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Dubai-based Emirates. With the Qantas order, which may be awarded in stages that stretch into next year, the stakes go beyond the big price...

GLASGOW, Mont. -- At a remote airfield in northeastern Montana, where the quiet is usually broken only by the singing of Western meadowlarks, a Boeing 777-300ER jetliner made some symbolic noise of its own Wednesday. But it was the lack of noise from the big plane that will help advance aviation. The Boeing Co. and some of its partners, including NASA, are testing new methods and technology that can make commercial jetliners quieter when landing and taking off -- a growing concern at airports from Sea-Tac to Singapore and Paris. Passengers also will benefit from the ongoing efforts as cabin...

Luxembourg, 20th July 2005. - The Board of Directors of Cargolux has authorized Management to enter into negotiations with Boeing for the procurement of a minimum of 10 Boeing B747 Advanced Freighters (ADV F) for delivery beginning as of 2009. The Board decision is the culmination of a thorough and lengthy selection process. For some time, Cargolux had encouraged aircraft and engine manufacturers to build a new generation aircraft offering better economics and environmental protection. More recently, Cargolux had launched an in-depth analysis of all factors relevant to the decision, leading to the selection of a successor aircraft to...

With fighter jets and executive planes buzzing around the giant Airbus A380 at the Paris Air Show, like flies and midges around a shire horse on a humid summer's day, it was the giant's dignified, slow ascent that made the greatest impression. As the world's largest passenger plane took to the air at the Paris Air Show on Monday, onlookers at its competitor Boeing's chalets on the side of the runway were awestruck. Boeing is entering the air show with tremendous momentum Boeing spokesman Tod Hullin "It's a great aircraft," said one Boeing executive, with others nodding in agreement. But...

LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) - Qatar Airways plans to buy up to 60 of European planemaker Airbus's new A350 mid-size jets in a deal that could be worth $10.6 billion, the Middle Eastern airline said at the Paris Air Show on Monday. Doha-based Qatar also said it planned to buy at least 20 of Boeing Co's larger 777 plane for around $4.6 billion. The deal will give a big boost to Airbus as it tries to build up enough orders to proceed with its A350 project, a rival to Boeing's successful mid-size 787 plane. "The Airbus A350 will be the...

PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) could start delivering a stretch version of its jumbo 747 in 2008, the planemaker's head of commercial aircraft said on Sunday in the latest sign the company will approve the new plane model. "We're getting very good interest in the Advanced (7)47," Alan Mulally said at an upbeat press briefing a day before the opening of the Paris Air Show, the aerospace industry's top showcase. The 747 Advanced would be Boeing's closest competitor to archrival Airbus's (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) flagship double-decker A380 plane -- a star debutante at...

Boeing issued a new challenge to its arch-rival Airbus yesterday, saying it expected to regain its status as the world's biggest supplier of airliners by 2008 at the latest. Alan Mullaly, head of the American group's commercial planes division, delivered a series of damaging blows to its opponent on the eve of the biennial air show at Le Bourget, Paris, which was meant to be a showcase for the European company's A380 super-jumbo. First, he said Boeing was in talks with another 27 airlines over potentially 427 more orders for its new 787 Dreamliner - raising the prospect of nearly...

SEATTLE -- In the neck-and-neck race for dominance in commercial aircraft, bad news for Airbus is usually good news for The Boeing Co. The question is how bad and how good. On Wednesday, when Airbus confirmed that deliveries of its new A380 superjumbo passenger jet will be two to six months late, some analysts called it a hiccup that probably won't hurt the company -- or help its U.S. rival -- that much. Others wondered if the delay might be a sign of big underlying problems that could threaten the future of the world's largest plane. "I think the...

Airbus is widely expected to win the prize for hoopla at this year's June 13-19 Paris Air Show, by parading its giant new A380 there, and also by launching its new A350 twinjet with an anticipated order from Emirates airline. But there's at least a chance that Boeing will grab headlines with a dramatic move of its own -- in the form of a launch order for the 747 Advanced, a new version of Boeing's largest and most venerable commercial aircraft. The reconfigured airliner would feature more powerful and more efficient engines derived from Boeing's new 787. But even if...

The giant flies Just as Airbus's super-jumbo makes its maiden flight, Boeing bounces back WHEN the new A380 took off from Airbus's French production base in Toulouse on April 27th, it should have been the European aircraft manufacturer's big week. The successful first test-flight of a 555-seat super-jumbo was quite an event. Instead, Airbus's American rival Boeing almost stole the show. On April 25th, Boeing said that, if all the options are taken up in a new order for widebody jets from Air Canada, the value at list prices would be around $15 billion—making it one of the biggest aircraft...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has selected General Electric Co.'s (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) next-generation jet engine to power the plane maker's proposed 747 Advanced airplane, GE said on Monday. The choice of General Electric's GEnx engine comes as Boeing mulls a 747 Advanced to strengthen its jumbo jet offerings to prevent Airbus' (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) A380 from taking control of the large end of the market. If Boeing chooses to launch the new plane, GE would be the exclusive engine supplier for the new 747, which promises to be slightly larger, fly further and...