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Delta Air Lines, in a move to replace some of its older single-aisle planes, is expected to place an order for 100 of Boeing's extended-range 737-900 aircraft valued at more than $8 billion.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner sparkled Saturday in a rare Pacific northwest sunshine, as All Nippon Airways finally unveiled the plane they had waited for.

American Airlines is buying at least 460 new planes over the next five years in what it calls the biggest airline order in history. And in a victory for Airbus, it's splitting the work between the European plane maker and Boeing....

Boeing Co's 747-8 Intercontinental, the new passenger version of its legendary jumbo jet, began its maiden flight on Sunday, marking a key milestone for the aircraft model more closely associated with Boeing than any other plane.

Boeing Co on Wednesday said its quarterly profit slipped after the company made fewer commercial airplane deliveries than a year ago, and the company predicted a hit to earnings partly from delays to the 787 Dreamliner program.

Boeing said it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs through the end of next year as it pares production of a line of transport aircraft.

Beijing, which hopes to compete with Boeing and Airbus, will show off a full-scale mockup of its 156-seat passenger plane at an air show next week. It's getting help from some well-known U.S. companies.

Back in the mid-1980s, Boeing and Airbus avoided a trade war by making a gentlemen’s agreement not to seek government financing to sell planes in each other’s home markets. The deal symbolized an aviation world dominated by the United States and Europe.

Boeing (BA) said once again today it is delaying the first delivery of its 787 Dreamliner.

Fighting its way through more than two years of delays, Boeing's latest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is scheduled to take its maiden flight Tuesday.