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| Key People: | - W. James McNerney, Jr, Chief Executive Officer - James (Jim) F. Albaugh, President and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes | |
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Boeing is a leading manufacturer of commercial and military aircraft, rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. Headquartered in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 158,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries.
Boeing is organised into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Supporting these units is Boeing Capital Corporation, the Shared Services Group and Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology.
Boeing’s main commercial products are the B737, B747, B767 and B777 families of aircraft and the Boeing Business Jet. New product development efforts are focused on the B787 Dreamliner and the B747-8. The company has nearly 12,000 commercial jetliners in service worldwide, which is roughly 75% of the world fleet.
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Korean Air closes yen-denominated finance lease
Cathay Pacific to gradually replace B747s with B777s and A350s
Air Astana to order 15 aircraft worth USD1 billion
Air Canada planning to launch offshore LCC subsidiary
Luxair contracts with AFI KLM E&M for 737 APU servicing
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CAPA Analysis
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Airbus vs Boeing 'battle' over-hyped: average ordering levels similar as Airbus leads in deliveries
LCI Executive Chairman Crispin Maunder sees demand from Asia, South America, Russia
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Share Market Performance
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Korea Aerospace Industries IPO to raise USD475m
A350 follow-on variants could suffer delays
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Aerospace shares lower on market falls; mixed day for Boeing
EADS shares jump 3.4% after WTO ruling
Cancellations cut into Airbus and Boeing order books
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