Air India gets one more Boeing aircraft

July 15th, 2009 Memo: Boeing to cut about 1,000 defense jobsSEATTLE — The head of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems division has told employees it will have to eliminate about 1,000 jobs because of Pentagon budget cuts. In an internal memo Monday, Boeing's Jim Albaugh says the job reductions are needed "to keep ourselves competitive." Boeing Co.

July 7th, 2009 Boeing pays $580M for SC Dreamliner parts plantSEATTLE — Boeing Co. said Tuesday it will pay $580 million in cash for a South Carolina plant where large components for the company's eagerly awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes are built.

July 7th, 2009 Boeing pays $580M for SC Dreamliner plant SEATTLE — Boeing Co. said Tuesday it will pay $580 million in cash for a South Carolina plant where the company's eagerly awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes are built.

April 30th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Test flights for the much-delayed Boeing Dreamliner are due to start in June and the first customers are on schedule to receive the plane in the first quarter of 2010, the US aviation company said Wednesday. Test flights for the aircraft have been delayed for more than two years, but Boeing has now filed 60 percent of the paperwork needed for certification of the 787, Mike Delaney, chief project engineer of the 787 programme, said at a press conference.

April 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - Boeing reached a milestone Friday when it delivered its 777th Boeing 777 to Air France. The French national carrier is among the top Boeing clients, including Singapore Airlines, Emirates Airline and United Airlines.

April 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Business Boeing Jet (BBJ), patterned on the US president's office-in-the-sky Air Force One, was inducted into the Communications Squadron of the Indian Air Force (IAF) by President Pratibha Patil Wednesday. Patil will be flying to Lilabari in the aircraft on her way to Arunachal Pradesh.

March 31st, 2009 BANGALORE - Global aerospace major Boeing has set up a research and technology lab here to develop advanced aerospace technologies and solutions for its next-generation products and services, a senior official said Tuesday. The India lab, Boeing's third of its kind outside the US, will initially have 30 aerospace engineers working on multiple projects that include advanced aircraft and spacecraft designs and new structure and materials technologies.

March 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National carrier Air India Sunday launched its daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt, the airline's official said. The flight took off around 1.50 a.m.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie has once again initiated talks with India's flagship carrier Air India to sell its jumbo A-380 aircraft, a senior company official said Tuesday. 'Yes, we are in talks with Air India for our A-380 aircraft,' Srinivasan Dwarkanath, head of international cooperation, India and East Asia at Airbus, told IANS on the sidelines of a press meet here.

March 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In what is said to be the largest US arms transfer to India to date, the US government has cleared a $2.1 billion sale to India of eight Boeing Co P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, according to a media report. The Indian navy was the first international customer for the P-8, a long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air logistics firm Gati Ltd Wednesday announced termination of its wet lease agreement with state-owned National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL) for five Boeing B737-200 cargo aircraft with immediate effect. 'Consequently, the freighters leased by Air India have also been withdrawn with immediate effect.

March 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US government has given the go-ahead to the $2.1-billion contract for Boeing Co. to supply eight P-8i long-range maritime surveillance planes to India, a media report said.

March 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian prime minister's brand new office in the air - akin to the US president's Air Force One - is all set to be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) later this month, an official said. Three Boeing Business Jets, fitted with the state-of-the-art security gadgets and latest communication systems, will be part of the Communications Squadron of the IAF.

February 11th, 2009 BANGALORE - It's a star studded Aero India 2009. Global giants at the international air show here who are hoping to bag a $10 billion Indian Air Force order for 126 combat jets have roped in the first Indian in space Wing Commander (retd) Rakesh Sharma, Olympian gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and cricketer Yuvraj Singh in a bid to draw attention to their aircraft.

January 30th, 2009 NAGPUR - Aircraft maker Boeing Saturday signed a land lease agreement with Maharashtra Airport Development Co. (MADC) for setting up a $100-million maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility.