Boeing’s Charleston Plant Enters a New Age as It Turns Out the First 787-10

Boeing’s plant in Charleston, S.C., just had the most dramatic week in its history, a week that made it seem that the sky is the limit for the future of the five-year-old plant. On Feb. 15, plant workers voted overwhelming not to join the International Association of Machinists, seemingly reaffirming right-to-work South Carolina’s success in 2009 in luring Boeing here, far from the Washington workers who had built all of its legacy commercial aircraft for decades.

The economic reality behind the Boeing plane Trump showed off

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Trump visited a Boeing factory Friday to show off the company’s newest model of the 787 Dreamliner , the latest in a series of planes that experts describe as a marvel of aeronautical engineering. The fuel-efficient construction allows the newest model to fly from London to Cape Town, South Africa, without refueling – an extraordinary distance for a 330-passenger There is one number on which the Dreamliners are still coming up short, however: return on investment.

What’s On Our Radar: February 17, 2017

President Trump lambasted the media for over 70 minutes yesterday in his first solo press conference as President of the United States. He tore into the press corps, labeling some organizations as “fake news” and demanding fair treatment.

Boeing Wins $13.8B Singapore Airlines Order

Singapore Airlines announced a $13.8 billion order to buy 39 Boeing wide-body aircraft as it pursues expansion opportunities, a setback for the U.S. planemaker’s rival Airbus Group in the fight for long-term orders. Airbus Group has flagged its intention to build a bigger version of its A350, although these plans have been placed on hold amid uncertainty over demand for wide-body jets.

Boeing Beats Earnings Estimates, Sees Stronger 2017 Plane Deliveries

Helped by the Dreamliner, Boeing posted much better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday and said it expects to see solid plane deliveries in the coming year. Boeing said earnings for the three months ended in December came in at $2.47 a share, well ahead of the $2.35 a share expected by analysts and more than 50% higher than in the same period last year.

Should You Buy an Airline Stock Which Nearly Doubled In 2016?

I don’t have a fear of flying, or a fear of heights, but I do have a fear of buying stocks that have flown extremely high during the previous 12 months. In 2016, many airline carriers’ shares booked quite modest gains, but not Panama-based Copa Holdings, S.A. , which operates subsidiaries Copa Airlines and Copa Columbia, and flies primarily in Latin America and the United States.

Airbus A380 Woes Deepen as Emirates Delay Accelerates Cost Cuts

Airbus Group SE’s struggles with its A380 superjumbo are deepening as the planemaker delays deliveries of a dozen aircraft over the next two years to Emirates, the double-decker’s biggest buyer, potentially pushing the program into the red. Handovers of six A380s apiece originally planned for 2017 and 2018 will be shifted to a year later following an agreement between Emirates and engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, Airbus said Tuesday in an e-mailed statement.

Airbus’s A380 Woes Deepen as Top Buyer Emirates Delays Jets

Airbus Group SE’s struggles with its A380 superjumbo jet are deepening as the planemaker delays deliveries of a dozen aircraft over the next two years to Emirates, the double-decker’s biggest customer. To make up for the financial drag from the tardier handovers, Airbus will accelerate cost cuts, according to an e-mailed company statement late Tuesday.

Airbus’s A380 Woes Deepen as Jets Delayed for Top Buyer Emirates

Airbus Group SE’s struggles with its A380 superjumbo jet are deepening as the planemaker delays deliveries of a dozen aircraft over the next two years to Emirates, the double-decker’s biggest customer. To make up for the financial drag from the tardier handovers, Airbus will accelerate cost cuts, according to an e-mailed company statement Tuesday.

Air-Launched Orbital Rockets: Orbital ATK Shows Virgin Galactic How It’s Done

For years, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has been trying to invent a better way to launch rockets into space. Instead of launching from Earth in a fiery blast and a cloud of dust, Virgin Galactic aims to carry a “SpaceShipTwo” spaceship into the stratosphere, strapped to the belly of a “WhiteKnightTwo” mothership — then detach the former from the latter, and rocket to 62 miles above sea level.

Trump Summons Contractors to Mar-a-Lago Over Spending

The two largest U.S. defense contractors said Wednesday they would seek to control their costs after President-elect Donald Trump summoned them and a bevy of top Pentagon officials to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to discuss military spending. “We’re trying to get costs down, costs,” Trump told reporters in brief remarks outside the resort after the officers departed.

Trump Summons Contractors, Officers to Mar-a-Lago Over Spending

The two largest U.S. defense contractors said Wednesday they would seek to control their costs after President-elect Donald Trump summoned them and a bevy of top Pentagon officials to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to discuss military spending. “We’re trying to get costs down, costs,” Trump told reporters in brief remarks outside the resort after the officers departed.

Iran Drops A380s in Airbus Plan as Jet Struggles for Deals

Airbus Group SE suffered a blow to its already troubled A380 program when Iran, which had previously suggested it would buy the double-decker planes, said it had dropped the model as part of a wider fleet upgrade. Iran reduced its order with Airbus to 100 planes in a contract that will no longer include A380s, Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air’s chief executive officer, said in a press conference in Tehran.