All things 787

Number Testing Complete 3 To be assembled in Everett 134 To be assembled in Charleston 98 Parts Arriving 6 Undergoing final assembly 8...

Boeing and SPEEA are in the midst of trying to negotiate a new contract with Boeing just yesterday saying that they will seek federal mediat...

Sources have told me that ZA 003 should fly (penciled in) around March 14 th and Dreamliner 4 should return to the skies within the next o...

Boeing has pulled the trigger and announced that they will locate the second production line for the 787 in North Charleston, SC. The talks ...

Flightblogger and various other news sources are reporting that talks between Boeing and IAM have broken down. This may lead to Boeing to ...

Here is some more 787 news for your reading pleasure. BTW, LN 8 (ZA101) is reported by Flightblogger to be in the Boeing paint shop. This no...

Well we're quickly approaching the end of August, the end of summer and hopefully the end of a period that Boeing would like to forget. ...

I've been out of commission for a week or so but I with the 787 essentially out of commission as well until the side of body structural ...

In an interview with reporters Mike Mecham , Guy Norris and Jens Flottau , Boeing CEO Jim McNerney gave the strongest indication that Boein...

Now that the first six 787s are on their way to the air within the next couple of months for flight testing and certification, the next majo...

In another sign of production progress, Vought is bringing back some of the laid off workers at the Charleston, SC plant where the rear fuse...

The former Grumman facilities at Bethpage Richard Aboulafia wrote a great piece on his web site describing how aviation centers have disapp...

Ok now that there is a tentative deal with IAM 751 with Boeing let's take a look at what happens here on out. First the IAM membershi...

Just out on the wires: "SEATTLE - A Machinists union spokesman has reported a tentative settlement to end a strike that has shut down B...

In a press release , Vought is considering shutting down it's 787 operations in North Charleston. Currently, Vought has stopped producti...

About a week and a half ago a Boeing 747 LCF made a routine delivery flight from Nagoya, Japan to Charleston, SC stopping in Anchorage, Alas...

Jon Ostrower is reporting that there may be a schedule slip to the 1st flight of the 787 from mid December to possibly into early January, 2...

With Boeing's best and final offer out for the IAM and it's membership to study, a countdown has started towards midnight, September...

Jon Ostrower just posted a detailed update on the 787. It'll be in three parts with the first part here . The second part will deal wit...