Boeing recently announced an $8 billion deal with EVA Airways in which the Taiwanese airline intends to purchase up to twenty wide-body airplanes. These wide-body airplanes that EVA Airways intends to use include the 787-10 and the 777-300ER. The deal consists of 24 of the 787-10s and 2 of the 777-300ERs. The 787-10 is one of the newest members of the 787 Dreamliner family. EVA Airways will be one of the first airlines to introduce the 787-10. EVA Airways is tapping into different markets for its travel routes which include flights to Southeast Asia, North America, and Oceania. Read more >>

Boeing has recently signed a ten-year contract with United Airlines to support its fleet of 787 Dreamliners with a stream of components. Boeing will give the service of high-valued and crucial parts for the Dreamliners. With this contract, Boeing will have the largest component services program for 787s in the industry. Read more >>

Boeing and Emirates celebrated the 150th delivery of a 777 into their fleet, as a freighter and two 777-300ERs arrived to the Dubai-based carrier this past week. Read more >>

Boeing announced that the company has finalized a deal with five Japanese partners to supply components for the new 777X aircraft. The deal tails a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between Boeing, Japan Aircraft Industries (JAI), and Japan Aircraft Development Corporation (JADC) to deliver approximately 21% of the major aircraft structure components. Components that are covered under the contract include fuselage sections, center wing sections, pressure bulkhead, main landing gear wells, passenger, cargo and main landing gear doors, wing components, and wing-body fairings. Read more >>

Boeing is planning to lower their 747-8 jumbo aircraft production to only one per month due to the decrease in demand for the aircraft. Planned to begin early 2016, the reduction follows the current decrease in production of the 747 family from and output of 1.5 aircraft to 1.3 aircraft in September. The overall demand shift has been due to more demand for twin-engine aircraft, lowering orders for the four-engine 747 by airlines and air freight companies. Read more >>

Boeing has begun production of its first single-aisle 737 MAX flight test aircraft, as they have started to assemble the wings at its facility in Renton, Washington. The initial parts of the 737 MAX have been loaded into spar assembly machines, including the internal support structures. Read more >>

The latest reports have shown an uptick in Boeing’s sales of its 787 Dreamliner. Read more >>

Leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing has beaten its main rival Airbus in net new airplane orders and deliveries in the first quarter of the fiscal year. Airbus originally had 121 booked orders for aircraft between January and March opposed to Boeing’s 116. Read more >>

Standardization is beneficial in achieving interoperability and ensuring products meet certain requirements, as well as providing reliability and compatibility. Standards govern every aspect of business and every industry, especially such a highly regulated industry as aviation and aerospace. Every spare part that goes into an airplane must be tested and approved to ensure that it is air-worthy. There is enormous liability involved in this industry for selling products that do not pass quality assurance standards. There are various standards developed by defense, non-defense government organizations, and commercial organizations that denote certain specifications and requirements. The BAC Standard, MS Standard, NAS Standard, and AS Standard are among them. Some are industry-wide standards while some are company-specific. Read more >>

Boeing is one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world, and the second largest aerospace and defense contractor based on defense-related revenue from 2011. Not only is the company the largest exporter by value in the U.S., its stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Read more >>