Aircraft Production
The uncertain future for Boeing’s twin 787 assembly lines in Washington and South Carolina
With the collapse in demand forced by COVID-19, can Everett and Charleston Dreamliner assembly lines...
Supply chain built on promise of 737 Max bumper crop braces for shutdown
“It’s like the key assumptions for everybody’s business model are suddenly at risk."
China may hold the future for De Havilland’s Dash 8-400
“One thing we will not do is we will not do any manufacturing [in a market] anymore without an order for...
Boeing throttles back on 737 output as suppliers were speeding up
In 59 days, Boeing’s production freight train was set to accelerate. Instead, with the 737 Max grounded...
737 Max airlines take cover under the wing of a black swan
An industry worries about a perfect storm of uncertainly, a crisis of confidence and a glut of airplanes.
Airbus will end A380 superjumbo production in 2021
It’s over: In the end it was the market, not the market forecast, that determined the fate of the...
Boeing 787 deal in jeopardy, too, as Emirates weighs killing A380 for A330neo
The Middle East twin-aisle aircraft recession is here.
Airbus throws its weight behind (and on top of) the A220 supply chain
Airbus is in a unique position. One-hundred percent of the A220 is procured from suppliers for its new...
A tempest rages around Boeing’s quiet island outpost in China
The island off the coast of Shanghai, however, is relative tranquility in the eye of the economic storm.
The linchpin technology behind Boeing’s 797
How a secret program launched in 2012 explains everything Boeing is doing now as it readies to launch...