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  • Airbus Beats Boeing for Deliveries in 2024

    Boeing’s deliveries of commercial aircraft have faltered in the first three months of the year, according to the company’s reports, published yesterday. The U.S. aircraft manufacturer delivered just 83 planes in Q3, down from 130 in the same three-month period of last year. In the meantime, its sole major competitor, Europe’s Airbus, saw an uptick in Q1, having delivered 142 of their planes, marking an increase from their Q1 2023 figure of 127.

  • Boeing latest to apply for Saudi HQ under government’s new rules

    Boeing Co. applied for a license to establish its Middle Eastern headquarters in Riyadh as the Saudi government increasingly pressures businesses to boost their local presence. The US commercial aircraft manufacturer lodged its formal application “a few days ago” and is working with the Ministry of Investment for approval, Asaad Aljomoai, president of Boeing Saudi Arabia, said at the World Defense Show in Riyadh.

  • Saudi Arabia discussing potential F-15EX buy, Boeing says

    “We have a number of products in our portfolio that are of interest,” he said at the event on 5 February. The discussions also involved Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) chief executive Ted Colbert. Vince Logsdon, BDS vice-president, international business development, confirms that the F-15EX is “one of the biggest things that we’re talking about right now”.

  • Boeing Saudi and Bahri Logistics team up for supply chain enhancement

    The supply chain and distribution sectors within Saudi Arabia are poised for growth thanks to a new partnership between Boeing’s local subsidiary and Bahri Logistics.  According to a press release, the aircraft industry company aims to enhance its supply chain operations in the Kingdom through the agreement, with a specific focus on elevating the cargo firms’s role in supporting services and defense-related products.  The partnership will explore various opportunities, including freight forwarding, warehousing, inventory management, and performance-based consulting. This will leverage Bahri Logistics’ established capabilities and supply channels in the region. 

  • Emirates’ Clark Says Blowout Illustrates Boeing’s Quality Lapses

    Emirates President Tim Clark, a powerful voice in the aviation community as the biggest buyer of widebody aircraft, said the accident on a Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft on Jan. 5 marks a setback for the manufacturer just as it seeks to improve operations.

    “They’ve had quality control problems for a long time now, and this is just another manifestation of that,” Clark said in an exclusive interview at his office in Dubai. “I think they’re getting their act together now, but this doesn’t help.”

  • Boeing aims to ‘stabilize’ defense business as it pitches Mideast countries

    The Dubai Air Show opened with a whopping win for the company’s commercial business: a $52 billion purchase of widebody airliners from Emirates, followed by other orders, including a rebuy of 737 Maxes by Ethiopian Airlines. And on the defense side, NATO announced yesterday that it would buy six Boeing surveillance aircraft, the E-7 Wedgetail, marking another international win for the program. That all came just weeks after the company told investors that its defense business was proving harder to turn around than expected amid high-profile program delays and losses on fixed-price contract

  • Saudi Arabia an ‘extremely important’ global aviation player: Boeing President

    Boeing’s president has described Saudi Arabia’s aviation industry – which includes the Kingdom’s newest airline Riyadh Air, state-owned Saudia, its low-cost unit flyadeal, and flynas – as “incredibly important” in the global aviation space.

    In an interview on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow, which is taking place in the United Arab Emirates this week, Dr. Brendan Nelson, senior vice president of The Boeing Company and president of Boeing Global, told Al Arabiya English that they want to work hand-in-hand with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to achieve the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals.

  • Boeing Closes In on Major Deal With Emirates for 777X Jets

    Already the biggest buyer of the 777X, Emirates is poised to order a high double-digit number of the widebody, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing private negotiations. As part of the deal, regional affiliate FlyDubai could take on some orders for the smaller 787 Dreamliner earmarked for Emirates, the people said. Boeing and Emirates declined to comment.

  • Saudi Arabian Private Boeing 747 Flies Neymar From Europe

    Neymar Jr.'s private flight from Europe to the Middle East on a Boeing 747 was the most tracked flight on FlightRadar24.com. The Boeing 747 aircraft used for the flight is owned by The Kingdom Holding Company, which has significant investments in the Saudi Arabian aviation market. Neymar Jr. has a fleet of private aerial transport, including two private airplanes and a helicopter, at his disposal.

  • Boeing to lift 737 MAX output to 38/month ‘pretty soon’

    Boeing (BA.N) expects to increase production of its best-selling 737 MAX to 38 jets a month "pretty soon," but the company is likely to see supply chain instability at every rate increase, the head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) said Sunday. Boeing had planned to bolster 737 MAX production from its current 31 jets per month before the end of the year, but that could occur "sooner rather than later," BCA CEO Stan Deal told reporters during a roundtable ahead of the Paris Airshow. However, he warned that the supply chain continues to be a challenge, with new issues constantly being found.