Let’s begin with good news for Boeing, an order for 50 737 MAX 8 models from China’s CBD Leasing. With book to bill ratios down this year, a major order bodes well for Boeing. Competitively, however, CBD recently placed an…
There is some good news for Boeing today amidst the continuing strike against the company and angry employees. In good news, Boeing has delivered the first production MH-139A Gray Wolf helicopters to the USAF, with these new craft slated to…
Boeing and General Electric have both seen the long-term impacts of the Jack Welch school of management. The effects include a lack of investment in new products, excessive cost cutting that cuts muscle and not just fat, poor labor relations,…
Today’s key news items about Boeing speak about a ‘death spiral’ and the impacts of the strike on the supply chain. Boeing’s CFO is looking to cut costs during the strike, and purchase orders to the beleaguered supply chain are…
After the Department of Transportation cleared the final hurdle to the Alaska Airlines- Hawaiian Airlines merger, the deal is expected to close as quickly as possible. Under the merger, Alaska and Hawaiian will retain their separate brands but gain administrative…
One impact of the IAM strike at Boeing has been the pull-back of purchase orders from the supply chain for components needed for aircraft production. Boeing has been planning and postponing a monthly rate of 38 737 MAX aircraft for the last…