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  7. Ryanair Close To Placing $10 Billion Boeing Order! Learn More…

    Sep
    08
    2014
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    Reports are circulating that Ryanair is extremely close to placing a $10 billion order with Boeing for about 100 high-density versions of Boeing’s 737 MAX jetliner. While the talks are ongoing, insiders expect a deal could be finalized as early as two weeks from now. UPDATE: Boeing announced a $11 billion order from Ryanair this […]

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  10. South Carolina Aerospace Industry Accounts For $17 Billion & 54,000 Jobs

    Aug
    25
    2014
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    A new report states that the aerospace industry in South Carolina is responsible for 54,000 jobs and has a total economic impact of $17 billion. The report takes into account both military and civilian aerospace jobs, with the single largest employer/company being Boeing. In total, there are 466 civilian companies employing more than 17,000 people […]

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  11. Boeing Surges Past Airbus On Orders For New Wide Body Planes

    Aug
    19
    2014
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    Boeing, for lack of a better word, is killing Airbus in the wide body jetliner market with 273 net order through July compared to Airbus’s negative 27, largely due to cancelled orders. Incredibly, Boeing values its wide body plane market at roughly $2.5 trillion over the next 20 years! Boeing set a record with 324 […]

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  13. Northrop Grumman & The US Navy Integrate Manned, Unmanned Flight Operations For The First Time Ever!

    Aug
    18
    2014
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    Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy recently worked together on a project that could represent the future of aviation, integrating manned and unmanned flight operations. The flights were conducted from the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Eastern Atlantic and featured an X-47B Unmanned Air System (UCAS) and an F/A-18 Hornet, the first time […]

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  15. Boeing and United Technologies Stocking Up On Metal Parts From Russia

    Aug
    11
    2014
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    Boeing and United Technologies have been stocking up on abnormally large amounts of titanium parts from Russia, specifically from VSMPO-Avisma, a midst growing tensions between the United States and Russia. Essentially, this is a calculated move in case a conflict ruins the supply of metal from Russia pertinent to building jetliners. Stocking up on metal […]

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  16. United States Army Receives The New CH-47F Chinook Helicopter

    Aug
    05
    2014
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    Boeing delivered the new, updated CH-47F Chinook helicopter to Army officials last week in Pennsylvania featuring a variety of improvements over previous Chinook models. The heavy-lift transport helicopter is specifically designed for cargo missions, moving artillery, ammunition, troops, fuel, and supplies among other things. With this in mind, one of the major improvements made on […]

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  17. Boeing Forecasts Growing Demand For Pilots and Technicians Over The Next 20 Years

    Aug
    04
    2014
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    Boeing’s 2014 Pilot and Technician Outlook forecasts rising demand for commercial aviation pilots and maintenance technicians over the next 20 years. According to the report, released at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the next 20 years will require 533,000 new commercial airline pilots and 584,000 new commercial airline maintenance technicians. Vice President of Boeing Flight Services, Sherry […]

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  19. The Airbus E-Fan Could Mean Much Cheaper Flights In The Future

    Jul
    28
    2014
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    Airbus’s E-Fan 2.0 is the world’s first plane to have fully electric propulsion and represents a major breakthrough in the aviation industry. Since the cost of fuel drives the prices of flying commercially up, developing a commercial electric passenger plane could result in much cheaper flights. In fact, Inhabit reports a flight on “E-fan could […]

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  20. Delta Announced It Is Halting All Flights To Israel For Now…

    Jul
    22
    2014
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    The Associated Press is reporting that Delta Airlines is halting all flights to Israel indefinitely as violence continues to rage in the region. Currently, Delta is the only airline company to halt all flights to Israel but many others may follow suit as U.S. Airways has already canceled its flight from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv […]

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