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Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Company nameBoeing Commercial Airplanes
Company typePrivate
(subsidiary of The Boeing Company)
IndustryManufacturing
Founded 1916
Founder(s)William Boeing
HeadquartersRenton, Washington
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleJames F. Albaugh, President and CEO
Products737, 747, 767, 777, 787, BBJ
ServicesMaintenance, Training
RevenueUS$34 billion (FY 2009)
Employees60000
ParentThe Boeing Company

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) designs, assembles, markets and sells large commercial jet aircraft and provides product-related maintenance and training to customers worldwide. A wholly owned subsidiary and business division of parent The Boeing Company, Boeing Commercial Airplanes operates from a division headquarters in Renton, Washington and more than one dozen engineering, manufacturing and assembly facilities located throughout the United States and internationally. Boeing Commercial Airplanes includes the assets of the Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which merged with Boeing in 1997. The current President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes is James F. Albaugh, who is also an Executive Vice President of The Boeing Company.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes Video

The first day of the 2011 Paris Air Show began with rain, included several orders for Boeing airplanes, and ended with the 747-8 Freighter landing after an historic transatlantic flight powered by a biofuel blend. Boeing's Jarrod Bartlett wraps up the day's events in this video.
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Jim Albaugh gives his perspective about the 747-8 Intercontinental arrival, the unprecedented number of Boeing airplanes and the opportunities this week at the Paris Air Show.
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Boeing enjoyed a day of orders of almost every airplane made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Customers explain why Boeing airplanes are helping them find success in their businesses, and Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh says why he is optimistic about the company's future.
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By me.
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Taken 02/15/09. Footage of airplanes (Including A Boeing 737!) taking off and landing at Boeing Field, Seattle, WA. I took the footage from The Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.
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Let's hope that rescue goes well....The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has made its first trip outside the US on Sunday. The jet airliner touched down in Britain for the opening of the Farnborough International Airshow. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a wide-body jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It touched down in Britain on Sunday on its first trip outside the US Hordes of eager plane spotters came to see the breakthrough carbon-composite aircraft. The plane is expected to dominate the spotlight at the biennial Farnborough International Airshow. This event is where aerospace, airline and defense executives gather to display their products. They will also be setting out plans for recovery from the recession. The Dreamliner is the world's first major airliner to use composite materials for most of its construction. Chief test pilot Mike Carriker said the aircraft has green credentials. [Mike Carriker, Chief Test Pilot of Boeing 787 Dreamliner]: "Green in the sense that we burn a lot less fuel per nautical mile for carrying the passengers, so if you burn less fuel you have less emissions. And then, one interesting thing about, the fundamental thing about a composite or a carbon epoxy airplane is in aluminum airplanes you have this big piece of aluminum and you mill it away, and then you throw that part away or you try to re-do something with it. In a carbon airplane you put in carbon until you have what you want. It's an additive process rather than a subtractive <b>...</b>
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From the premiere and the First flight of the 747-8 Intercontinental to the win on the US Air Force's KC-X Tanker Competition, Boeing employees demonstrated why the first quarter of 2011 was an Incredible one. Boeing 737 We received 98 new orders for 737s in the first quarter, and delivered 87 during the same period. Production capacity increased on the 737-900ER from six per month to 12. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental / Freighter In February, the 747-8 Intercontinental made its world debut. Five weeks later, it flew for the first time. In March, Air China became the 747-8's first Chinese customer when it signed an agreement to purchase five Intercontinentals, pending approval from the Chinese government. We also completed an order for two 747-8 Freighters for Korean Airlines. Boeing 767 A great quarter for the 767 program, with the winning tanker bid and rollout of the 1000th 767. At the same time, the program revamped its final body join and final assembly processes and moved into a new production bay. Boeing 777 Production increased in the quarter from five to seven airplanes per month. Airlines ordered 46 777s and the 777 freighter celebrated two years in service. American Airlines became the first US airline to order the 777-300ER. Boeing 787 The 787 resumed certification flight testing in January. As of this week, the 787 program has logged 3554 flight hours. 94 percent of the flight-test points for the Rolls-Royce engines were complete and nearly 75 percent for the <b>...</b>
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On 1 February the Flight Test Group Evening Lecture was given by Captain Frank Santoni - Chief Test Pilot, Commercial Airplanes, Boeing on the 787 and 747-8. A former naval aviator, Captain Santoni now heads the civil aircraft test pilot group at Boeing and, as was described in his introduction during the lecture, "is rated to fly anything with a 7 on the end of it." We took the opportunity to ask Captain Santoni about the 787 test schedule, his day-to-day job and the challenges of glass cockpit airliners. For more interviews, aviation and aerospace news, see www.aerosocietychannel.com
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Rolonda Watts is the voice behind the Boeing campaign.
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One of the commercials in the campaign, "That's Why We're Here." This ad focuses on Boeing Commerical Airplanes.
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Boeing Stops Shipments of 787 Pieces for Two Weeks - ABC News Tweet this news
ABC News--Loretta Gunter, spokeswoman for -Boeing Commercial Airplanes-, said the change in the shipment schedule relates to Italian supplier Alenia Aeronautica, ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:04:36 GMT+00:00
Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast Affected by Resurgence Following Recession - PR-USA.net (press release) Tweet this news
PR-USA.net (press release)---...- product - is the key driver of the air cargo market," said Jerry Allyne, vice president, Strategic Planning and Analysis, -Boeing Commercial Airplanes-. ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:20:21 GMT+00:00
Boeing: Airlines to buy a lot of big freighters through 2029 - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Tweet this news
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)---...- and bring goods to market," Jerry Allyne, vice president, strategic planning and analysis, at -Boeing Commercial Airplanes-, said in a news release. ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:10:32 GMT+00:00
Boeing May Decide Soon on 737 Successor - ABC News Tweet this news
ABC News--AP The head of -Boeing Commercial Airplanes- says the company hopes to decide "within the next several months" on whether to develop a new jetliner to succeed ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:17:05 GMT+00:00
Boeing Raises China Outlook for Airplane Demand - eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition Tweet this news
eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition--Worldwide, -Boeing- projects investments of $3.6 trillion for 30900 new -commercial airplanes- to be delivered during the next 20 years.--- - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:25:37 GMT+00:00
Boeing Q3 Beats; Sees Higher Profit in Commercial Planes - Barron's (blog) Tweet this news
Barron's (blog)--The revised EPS forecast is mainly the result of a higher operating margin forecast for -Boeing's commercial airplanes- unit, at 9.5% versus the 7.5% to 8.5% ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:10:04 GMT+00:00
Boeing exec: Privileged suppliers must give us unique value - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Tweet this news
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)--Nicole Piasecki, vice president of Business Development and Strategic Integration at -Boeing Commercial Airplanes-, was asked specifically about the potential ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:16:21 GMT+00:00
Boeing Achieves Power On for New 747-8 Intercontinental - PR Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
PR Newswire (press release)---...- critical step in the assembly process for the new 747-8 Intercontinental," said Elizabeth Lund, 747 deputy program manager, -Boeing Commercial Airplanes-. ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:38:44 GMT+00:00
Steven Udvar-Hazy to buy 54 Boeing 737s for new aircraft leasing firm - Los Angeles Times Tweet this news
Los Angeles Times--Last week, Udvar-Hazy announced that ALC had secured $3.3 billion in financing and planned to buy about 125 -commercial planes- by spring of next year. ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:10:41 GMT+00:00
Boeing delivers 800th aircraft to China - Xinhua Tweet this news
Xinhua--"We are also proud that China has a sophisticated and expanding role in the commercial aviation industry and on all -Boeing commercial airplane- models ... - Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:02:51 GMT+00:00

Product list and details (date information from Boeing)
Aircraft in production or development :
Aircraft Variants Description Capacity First flight Out of Production Models
737 600, 700, 700C, 700ER, 800, 900, 900ER, BBJ, C-40, AEW, P-8 Twin‑engine, single aisle, short- to medium-range narrow-body 85‑215 Apr 9, 1967 100, 200, 200C, 200 Adv, 300, 400, 500
747 8I, 8F, VIP Four‑engine, partial double decker, twin aisle main deck, single aisle upper deck, short range (SR models), medium- to long- range widebody 366‑580 Feb 9, 1969 100, 100SR, 100B, 200, 200F, 200C, SP, 200M, 300, 300M, 300SR, 400, 400M, 400D, 400F, 400ER, 400ERF, VC-25, E-4
767 200ER, 300ER, 300F, 400ER, KC-767 Tanker Twin-engine, twin aisle, medium- to long- range widebody 180‑375 Sep 26, 1981 200, 300, E-767
777 200, 200ER, 200LR, 300, 300ER, Freighter Twin-engine, twin aisle, medium- to long-range, ultra long-range (200LR), large widebody 301‑500 Jun 12, 1994
787 8, 9 Twin-engine, twin aisle, long-range widebody 210-330 Dec 15, 2009

Future products
Aircraft in production or development :
Expected
EIS
Type Description Notes
2010 Sukhoi Superjet 100 Twin-engine narrowbody Risk sharing partner with Sukhoi
Y1/737RS Code name for the Boeing 737 and 757-200 replacement project
  Y3 Code name for the Boeing 747 and 777-300 replacement project

Discontinued aircraft :
Aircraft Number
Built
Notes
247 75
307 Stratoliner 10
314 Clipper 12
377 Stratocruiser 56 Civil development of the military C-97
707/720 1,010
717 156 twin-engine narrow body jetFormerly the MD-95, evolved from the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family
727 1,832 three-engine narrow body jet
757 1,050 narrow body twin engine jet

Aircraft production rates
Concepts :
Month 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
January 29 22 17 20 30
February 36 35 32 25 33
March 41 41 32 32 31
April 35 28 33 22 32
May 40 34 24 27 23
June 39 35 28 26 32
July 33 30 23 20 32
August 42 33 32 25 17
September 34 37 6 22 26
October 42 35 23 20 20
November 36 34 28 23 28
December 34 22 24 23
Year Total 407 398 300 285 310
Monthly Average 37 33.16 25 23.75 25.83

Boeing airliners

Piston-engined40A * 80 * 221 * 247 * 307 * 314 * 377
Jet-engined367-80 * 707/720 * 717 * 727 * 737 (Classic/NG/BBJ) * 747 (SP/-400/LCF) * 757 * 767 * 777
In development747-8 * 787
ProposedY1 * Y3
Not developed2707 * 7J7 * NLA * Sonic Cruiser

Boeing model numbers

Aircraft model numbers1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 6D * 6E * 7 * 8 * 10 * 15 * 16 * 21 * 40 * 42 * 50 * 53 * 54 * 55 * 58 * 63 * 64 * 66 * 67 * 68 * 69 * 72 * 74 * 75 * 77 * 80 * 81 * 83 * 89 * 93 * 95 * 96 * 99 * 100 * 101 * 102 200 * 202 * 203 * 204 * 205 * 214 * 215 * 218 * 221 * 222 * 223 * 226 * 227 * 234 * 235 * 236 * 246 * 247 * 248 * 251 * 256 * 264 * 266 * 267 * 273 * 281 * 294 * 299 * 300 * 306 * 307 * 314 * 344 * 345 * 367 * 367-80 * 377 * 400 * 450 * 451 * 464 * 474 707 * 717 (i) * 717 (ii) * 720 * 727 * 733 * 737 * 747 * 757 * 767 * 777 * 787 2707
Vessel model numbers929
Turbine engines502 * 520 * 550

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