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The 787 is now an aircraft well into its early production run at Boeing's first and second tier supplier sites throughout Japan and South Korea after the airframer struggled for years to get its global supply chain fully operational.

Boeing's progressive refinement of the design for the stretched -9 version of its 787 widebody is revealing a Dreamliner variant that is similar to the larger 777-200ER.

Boeing’s order book jumped by 104 in the past week on the strength of 54 orders for 737-800s from Air Lease Corp., 40 that remain unidentified and 10 from China’s Xiamen Airlines. It was Boeing’s biggest one-week order boom of the year.

Development problems are forcing Boeing to delay until mid-2011 delivery of its first 747-8 freighter to Cargolux.

Boeing is introducing several improvements on its Boeing 767 assembly line as it ramps up production to meet higher commercial demand and a potential tanker order from the US Air Force.

Anticipating growth in demand for turboprops, ATR is moving to ramp up production rates in 2012 in a bid to deliver as many as 60 aircraft in the year.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 20, 2010 – Pratt & Whitney’s F119 engine powering the F-22 Raptor has successfully completed 8,650 total accumulated cycles, or TACs, representing the first time a fifth generation fighter engine has demonstrated the ability to meet full life requirements. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

In a tremendous event encompassing five sites in Toulouse, Airbus celebrates today ‘40 Years of Innovation’ in Toulouse together with some 145,000 employees, families and friends. 

Boeing's first 787 test aircraft, ZA001, experienced an engine surge on one of its two Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on 10 September during testing in Roswell, New Mexico, grounding the aircraft and prompting a swap of the power plant.

Airbus has allocated the full, planned 5% share of the A350 workload to Chinese companies after signing an agreement to hand over exclusive manufacturing of spoilers and droop panels on the twinjet.

Boeing has forecast that the commercial aviation industry will require 466,650 pilots and 596,500 maintenance personnel over the next 20 years given the strong demand for new and replacement aircraft.

September 15, 2010, Zhukovsky – The Sukhoi Superjet 100 has successfully completed the full scope of certification on-ground strength testing program in the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI).

As the Asia-Pacific market continues to grow to become the world's largest, Boeing is forecasting that the Oceania sub-region will require 37% more aircraft than the airframer previously predicted.

At least 18 months later than planned, Boeing is beginning fatigue tests on the structural airframe of a standard-size 787 test airframe that will take it through three times its design life.

EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has begun assembly of the 1,000th 767 airplane at the factory in Everett, Wash. 

Regional airframers have enjoyed a much healthier start to 2010, with sales in the first six months almost double of those in the corresponding period a year ago.

EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Four of the five Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 flight test airplanes are conducting remote test operations this week. ZA005 continues testing from its base of operations in Seattle.

Boeing's 787 test fleet has fanned out from its home base in Seattle, Washington as the type pushes through certification toward its revised mid-first quarter 2011 first delivery to All Nippon Airways.