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Boeing is thinking of moving the entire B737 Max aircraft production line out of their Everett Production Facility. Democrat, loser, Governor, Inslee is begging Boeing to remain in Washington State!!! Boeing is considering facility sites in Texas, Florida, South Carolina where the political and economic conditions are much more favorable to corporations such as Boeing Commercial Aircraft. The Boeing B787 aircraft was moved out of Seattle to the state of South Carolina where "All" B787 aircraft are built!!! Democrat, Governor, Inslee is killing the manufacturing business in the failing, riot infested, State of Washington!!!

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Dow Jones)--Boeing Co. on Wednesday announced it would build a second final assembly line for its troubled 787 Dreamliner jet in South Carolina, a move that spurns the powerful aircraft machinists' union that had been negotiating with Boeing to locate the work at the current factory near Seattle. Boeing has been laying the groundwork for a new factory in South Carolina for months and could begin construction at a facility it owns in North Charleston, S.C., as early as Nov. 2. The factory is expected to be operational by July 2011.

Discussions between the Machinists union and Boeing over the second 787 production line for Everett are effectively dead, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Boeing now appears close to choosing Charleston, S.C., as the location of the second line. The person close to the negotiations said an announcement could come within days. Boeing management has turned down further talks over the potential 10-year no-strike agreement the company had sought, the person said. "The union wants to continue talking," said this source, who is not aligned with the union. "The Boeing Co. does not want to talk any further....

PAUL KANGAS: At its annual meeting in Chicago today, the Boeing Company assured shareholders its hot-selling 787 will take off late next year. The fuel-efficient jet has been plagued with production problems and some analysts think there could be further delays down the road. Diane Eastabrook has more from Chicago. DIANE EASTABROOK, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: Boeing Company Chairman and CEO James McNerny kicked off the company's annual meeting today touting Boeing's recent earnings successes. But McNerney quickly turned his attention to the topic on the minds of most Boeing shareholders: the delayed delivery of the new 787 Dreamliner. JAMES...

Russian carrier S7 Airlines is to become the first in the country to order the Boeing 787, with an agreement for up to 25 of the type. The Moscow-based airline is to take 15 of the type, says a source familiar with the situation, and has secured purchase rights on a further ten aircraft. Deliveries are expected to take place from around 2014. No engine selection has been disclosed. S7 Airlines has been undergoing a fleet-replacement programme. Its long-haul operations are conducted by Airbus A310, Tupolev Tu-154 and Ilyushin Il-86 aircraft.

Speaking in Sydney, Boeing VP-Marketing Randy Baseler told ATWOnline that the program is on time for a rollout in July with first flight scheduled for August. He said the company will begin final assembly of the first 787 early in the second quarter. "The schedule for the 787 is very aggressive, 6-18 months more aggressive than any other Boeing airplane, but we are progressing right on track," he said. A recent Morgan Stanley report indicated that the manufacturer has stuck to its schedule on new programs. It has produced 21 new or derivative commercial jets since the 747-200 in 1971...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways launched a long-awaited competition on Tuesday to replace its fleet of 114 long-haul Boeing aircraft, a move that could generate crucial orders for Boeing's rival Airbus. Europe's third-biggest airline, which wants to take delivery of the first new planes by early 2009, said it was too soon to say how many planes it would acquire, although analysts said the bill would be at least $7 billion. An early order date could benefit Boeing, since Airbus is struggling to launch its proposed new mid-sized A350 model -- now set for 2012 deliveries at the earliest --...

Departing Airbus chief executive Christian Streiff has delivered a full explanation to French daily newspaper Le Figaro detailing why he is no longer in the job after just three months. In a frank appraisal of what he found at the troubled Franco-German company, Streiff warns that he does not believe the dual management system can cope with the crisis facing it. Interview : The former Airbus chief executive explains the reasons for his departure. LE FIGARO: Why are you resigning? Christian STREIFF. I have gradually come to the conclusion that the management style of Airbus did not allow for the...

Job cuts threatened as Airbus chief quits A planned meeting between unions and bosses at Airbus has been cancelled following the resignation of the plane-maker's chief executive, it was announced today. advertisement Officials expressed disappointment and raised fresh concerns about job losses after the new head warned of "painful" cuts. Louis Gallois, who took over last night after the resignation of Christian Streiff, said a recovery plan for Airbus would involve job losses. "There will be job cuts," he told France's Europe 1 radio station, saying they were more likely to be in administrative and managerial roles. Airbus sources say...

The fate of a rescue plan for Airbus hung in the balance over the weekend amid a power struggle between its chief executive and his bosses at European Aeronautic Defense & Space over how much independence Airbus's management should retain. According to three people with direct knowledge of the situation, the disagreements between the two sides are significant enough that Christian Streiff, who became chief executive at Airbus in July, is poised to resign after losing the support of top EADS executives. One person said Streiff could depart as early as Monday.

With more pre-flight orders than any widebody in history, the 787 has transformed Boeing’s fortunes. But the twinjet is a game-changer in other ways, from its technology to its design and engineering process, with the US giant integrating systems of systems from dozens of global partners. In this 30-page special, Guy Norris delivers the inside track on the programme as the 787 races to first flight next year.

Boeing has completed a large prototype 787 wing section, and now engineers will try to destroy it. On the first day of the Farnborough Air Show outside London, Boeing released details and photos of the 50-foot-long section — the longest piece of the new jet's structure yet built and the first largely plastic wing for a jet airliner. Boeing's message at the year's premier aviation showcase: The 787 will soon be a reality, not just a computer-generated image. In a pre-show briefing to Seattle journalists, 787 program chief Mike Bair fairly gushed about the way the wing's structural components had...

Airbus, desperate to pull out of the worst dive in its commercial history, on Monday released details of a radically redesigned midsize plane in a $10 billion project to compete with the Boeing 787. snip. . . Airbus intends to begin development of the new jet in October, and the plane is expected to enter service in mid-2012.

Airbus today revealed the cost of developing a rival to Boeing's mid-sized 787 jet soared to $10 billion (£5.5bn) after the struggling European planemaker announced a radical revamp of its A350 project at the Farnborough International Airshow. Following pressure from airline executives who were unenthusiastic over earlier designs, Airbus will scrap a fuselage it has used for decades and will offer three wider-body (XWB) variations of A350 – rather than the two originally planned. The revisions mean the cost of the A350 XWB, designed to take on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, have now almost doubled to $10 billion. The original estimate...

Boeing acknowledges 787 problems By LAURENCE FROST, AP Business Writer 22 minutes ago Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is overweight and experiencing delays with some suppliers, the company said Sunday, while stressing that the long-range, fuel-efficient jet remains on budget and on schedule. Rival Airbus, however, announced this weekend that the widely expected redesign of its planned A350 — billed as a competitor to the 787 — will nearly double the development cost of the plane. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Alan Mulally, speaking in London on the eve of the Farnborough Air Show, declined to say where 787 supply problems were...

European aerospace firm, EADS, will this week launch a drive to restore its credibility before the world’s aerospace industry at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire. The centrepiece will be a flying display by the A380 super-jumbo – the world’s biggest airliner – along with a series of presentations by Airbus, the airliner manufacturing subsidiary that accounts for 80% of EADS profits. Instead of launching the A350 medium-sized long-haul plane with which it hopes to compete with Boeing’s hot-selling B787 Dreamliner, as it had earlier hoped, Airbus’s new boss Christian Streiff, will update airlines on overhauling the A350 design. Thomas...

Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:42 AM ET By Jason Neely, European Aerospace & Airlines Correspondent LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Airbus will expand its offering of two new mid-sized planes to three in order to catch up with surging rival Boeing Co. , industry sources said on Friday. Worried that its pair of proposed A350 models aimed at competing with the Boeing 787 due in 2008 will do little to slow sales of Boeing's larger 777, France-based Airbus will add a third, larger model. "They are definitely looking at doing three," one industry source said, adding that the new planes...

Picture: Boeing plans plain grey natural laminar flow nacelles for 787s in bid to reduce fuel burn By Guy Norris in London Boeing plans to reduce airframe drag on the 787 by standardising on a specific thickness of grey paint (pictured below) for the engine inlet which it says will preserve natural laminar flow over a larger area. The benefits of laminar flow over the nacelle include increased range, improved fuel economy, and even reduced aircraft weight. These benefits add up to improved operating economics as well as reduced emissions. By using a seamless paint layer applied according to tight...

EXECUTIVES of Europe’s aircraft manufacturer Airbus were engaged this weekend in another crisis. They had hoped to unveil the design of their new A370 aircraft this week on the eve of the Farnborough Air Show. The “launch” of the new plane, which is even more critical to the company’s future than its troubled A380 super-jumbo, had been pencilled in for 14 July until British partner BAE Systems announced it was triggering a full audit of the Toulouse-based European planemaker. On Friday, the launch of the mid-sized jet was suddenly suspended to allow new chairman Christian Streiff to “review” the troubled...