TOKYO  - Boeing Co said its 787 Dreamliner jets could be airborne within weeks with a fortified power pack that would eliminate the risk of fire, confident the U.S. aviation authority would approve the redesigned battery soon.Regulators grounded all 50 of the carbon-composite Dreamliners in ...

SEATTLE - U.S. and Japanese aviation safety officials finished an initial investigation of a badly damaged battery from a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet on Friday as Boeing said it was halting deliveries until the battery concerns were resolved.Boeing said it would continue building the ...

WASHINGTON  - The American aerospace giant Boeing halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner but said it would continue to build the aircraft while safety experts examine its battery and electrical systems. The announcement capped a week in which all 50 787s in service around the world were ...

SAO PAULO - U.S. aerospace company Boeing Co has offered to transfer more technology to Brazil if the government upgraded its Air Force fighter fleet with the firm’s F-18 Super Hornet jet, a local paper reported on Saturday.Boeing vice president Mike Gibbons, said his company would offer ...

ISLAMABAD - A joint investigation team of International Civil Aviation Organisation, a UN aviation body, and Boeing will assist Pakistan in probe into the Friday’s plane crash.The team of experts from Boeing, the manufacturers of the Bhoja Air’s Boeing 737-200 that crashed near ...

LAHORE – The Bhoja Airlines plane that crashed near Chaklala Airbase, killing all the passengers on-board, was a more than 40 years old version of the Boeing.The ‘obsolete’ version Boeing 737-200 has either been banned or phased out in many countries of the world.It includes the ...

WASHANGTON (Reuters) - US airlines have opposed the US government's subsidies to debt-laden Indian state carrier Air India for its purchase of Boeing aircraft, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The Air Transport Association (ATA), an industry body, has written to the chairman of the US ...

DUBAI (AFP) - Emirates Airlines has ordered 50 long-range Boeing 777 passenger jets worth a combined $18 billion dollars, the Dubai-based carrier's chairman and chief executive said Sunday. "Emirates has placed an order for an additional 50 Boeing 777-300 ER" planes, in addition to 20 Boeing ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - Minister for Defence and Chairman PIA Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has inaugurated the state of art PIA Boeing 777 flight simulator installed at PIA Training Centre, Karachi, PIA spokesman said here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Ahmed Mukhtar said that the ...

TOKYO (Agencies) Boeing Co.s long-delayed 787 completed its maiden trans-Pacific journey and landed in Japan, where the more fuel-efficient jet will undergo testing this week with All Nippon Airways in preparation for its first commercial launch. The Dreamliner touched down at Tokyos Haneda ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing submitted its bid for a 40-billion-dollar US Air Force contract, joining battle with its bitter rival Airbus. Boeing hand-delivered its 8,000-page proposal to build 179 aerial refueling tankers to an Air Force base in Ohio Friday, setting the stage for a ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing said Friday it would ramp up production of its 777 and 747-8 planes to support anticipated rising customer demand in a recovering airplane market. Our customers recognize the great capability and value of the 777 and 747-8, said Jim Albaugh, Boeing ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - The Boeing Company said Friday that India has contacted the US government about a potential purchase of 10 C-17 military transport aircraft. The US government has received a letter of request from Indias Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Indian Air Force regarding the potential ...

LAHORE - The PIA is likely to complete a major deal for about 27 new single-aisle aircraft within a couple of weeks, once it receives best and final offers from Airbus and Boeing, reported a foreign newspaper. It reported that the deal, worth more than $2b could be one of the major narrow-body ...

US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it was further delaying the launch of its 787 Dreamliner because of disruptions from a machinists strike and production problems. Boeing moved the first flight of the commercial plane into the second quarter of 2009 and the first delivery into the first ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Nearly 27,000 members of Boeing's largest labor union are to go on strike after last-ditch contract talks failed on Friday, the US aviation giant and labor unions said. A statement from Boeing said mediated talks between the firm and the International Association of ...

FARNBOROUGH  - Gulf countries, rich from record-high oil prices, announced deals here Monday worth 15 billion dollars (9.4 billion euros) for the latest fuel-efficient aircraft and other passenger planes made by Boeing and Airbus. Deals involving the UAE and Saudi Arabia were revealed on ...

LAHORE - The PIA management has made operational its grounded aircrafts Boeing 747s and spokesman of the Flight Engineers Association (FENA) has welcomed the PIA management decision to undo the hasty decision made by former the MD to ground Boeing 747s, which are airworthy and have a capacity of ...