boeing plane orders soar as airlines rebound

Boeing plane orders soar as airlines rebound

US aerospace giant Boeing on Thursday said orders for commercial aircraft soared amid a "spectacular" 2010 recovery for the airline industry, but deliveries fell.

Boeing in one-billion-dollar satellite deal with Mexico

The defense arm of US aerospace giant Boeing has signed a contract to build three satellites for Mexico for some one billion dollars, the Mexican communications ministry said Monday.

EADS says US decision on refuelling planes likely in 2011

European aerospace group EADS now expects the United States to delay until next year a decision on a huge contract for refuelling aircaft for the US Air Force, an EADS executive said on Tuesday.

Boeing halts test flights of delay-plagued 787 Dreamliner

US aerospace giant Boeing on Wednesday halted test flights on its new 787 Dreamliner, dealing a fresh setback to a program already running about three years behind schedule.