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• Aerospace summit set for Seattle

  June 22, 2011 in City on Page A8 Seattle will be the site of a summit for aerospace manufacturers and suppliers next March and a Bellingham company will expand to reconfigure planes for an Austrian airline, Gov. Chris …

• Gregoire, Boeing boss attend Paris Air Show

  June 21, 2011 in City on Page A7 Gov. Chris Gregoire is in Paris this week, talking up Boeing at the biennial air show and talking up Washington as a place for the aerospace giant’s next assembly line. …

• Caldwell: Boeing’s tanker victory a blow to ’Bama

  February 27, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Thousands of Boeing Co. employees and suppliers, and only a touch fewer politicians, took a collective victory lap Thursday after the Pentagon made the 767 its choice for a new … 8

• Caldwell: Battle over Air Force tanker nearing conclusion

  January 23, 2011 in Business on Page E1 The U.S. Air Force may make its final final decision on the next generation of tanker as soon as next month. But Congress may have the final final final word.

• Senators, Rossi weigh in on tanker bid

  September 22, 2010 in City on Page A8 The nation’s nine-year debate on how to replace Air Force tankers became a talking point in two places Tuesday: the floor of the U.S. Senate and the campaign trail in …

• EU to appeal ruling by WTO on Airbus

  July 21, 2010 in Business on Page A14 GENEVA – The European Union will appeal today a landmark trade ruling that found it gave planemaker Airbus a wide range of illegal subsidies in its battle with U.S. competitor …

• One more round, perhaps, for Boeing and EADS

  July 9, 2010 in Business Boeing submitted its bid today for the Air Force’s $35 billion refueling jet contract as the military tries once again to pick a winner for the troubled program after several …

• EADS submits tanker bid

  July 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 SEATTLE – Airbus parent company EADS on Thursday submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker to the Pentagon, a day ahead of the deadline for submissions. …

• Editorial: Pentagon can’t ignore trade ruling on Airbus

  July 2, 2010 in Opinion on Page A15 Now that the World Trade Organization has ruled that European airplane maker Airbus has unfairly benefited from four decades of government subsidies, all of the players in the long-running drama …

• Illegal Airbus subsidies hurt Boeing, WTO rules

  July 1, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – With control of the $3 trillion global commercial airplane market up for grabs, the World Trade Organization ruled Wednesday that four European governments had provided illegal subsidies over …

• Jet maker won’t bid too low on tanker, CEO says

  June 4, 2010 in Business on Page A12 The CEO of Boeing said on Thursday that it’s possible his company will be underbid by its European competitor. Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney told analysts in New York …

• Pentagon delays tanker award to Nov. 12

  May 4, 2010 in Business, Nation/World The Pentagon is delaying the award of a huge contract for its new tanker jet by almost three months, pushing it past the November elections. 4

• Boeing competitor will bid on Air Force tanker job

  April 21, 2010 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – With the encouragement of the Pentagon, the European parent of Airbus said Tuesday that it will compete for a $35 billion Air Force contract to build aerial refueling …

• Pentagon extends Air Force tanker bid deadline

  March 31, 2010 in Nation/World The deadline for bids on a $35 billion contract for refueling jets will be extended by 60 days so the European maker of Airbus can compete, the Pentagon said Wednesday. 1

• Lawmakers join forces to oppose tanker delays

  March 31, 2010 in City on Page A7 Five members of Washington’s congressional delegation are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stick with the existing timeline for choosing a manufacturer for the next air refueling tanker rather than …

• War of words flies higher than troubled Air Force tanker

  March 7, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Boeing Co. will try for the third time to get a tanker based on its 767 in the hands of U.S. Air Force pilots before the KC-135s parked at Fairchild … 1

• Airbus wins more orders, Boeing nets more cash

  January 13, 2010 in Business on Page A12 SEATTLE – Airbus topped Boeing both in the number of planes produced and in the total of new orders last year, but the U.S. company prevailed in perhaps the most …

• Airbus threatens to cancel A400M

  January 6, 2010 in Business on Page A8 PARIS – Airbus has proved its troubled A400M can fly – but now it is threatening to abandon Europe’s new military transport plane if governments can’t agree on how to …

• A move to the South could also take Boeing’s profits south

  October 4, 2009 in Business on Page E1 A Boeing Co. decision to locate a second 787 production line in South Carolina would cost Washington jobs, but the company has been exporting work for years, with little chance … 1

• Boeing gets boost from ruling in world trade dispute

  September 13, 2009 in Business on Page E1 Confidentially, the United States has won a major victory for Boeing Co. in its ongoing fight against allegedly illegal European government aid to rival Airbus. Confidentially because the World Trade …

• WTO rules on Airbus subsidies

  September 4, 2009 in News The World Trade Organization handed down a preliminary report Friday on complaints of illegal subsidies from European governments to Airbus. Government officials weren’t commenting Friday morning but members of Congress … 1

• Tanker deal closer, general says

  August 22, 2009 in City on Page B1 The selection of a new plane to replace the Air Force’s aging tanker fleet could be finalized within a year, a four-star general said Friday at Fairchild Air Force Base. …

• General says tanker contract should be finalized next year

  August 21, 2009 in City The selection of new plane to replace the Air Force’s aging tanker fleet could be finalized within a year, a four-star general said Friday at Fairchild Air Force Base. 2

• In brief: Airlines replacing suspect speed monitors

  June 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Recife, Brazil – Airlines moved quickly Tuesday to replace speed monitors like those suspected of feeding false information to the computers on Air France Flight 447 and possibly leading the …

• Ships find more bodies at crash site

  June 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 RECIFE, Brazil – Search ships methodically worked through a “sea of debris” from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 …

• Jet probe looks at autopilot

  June 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 A sophisticated flight-control system that relies on electronic instruments and computers is coming under growing scrutiny as investigators try to unravel the mysterious crash of an Air France Airbus 330 …

• Air France jet likely disintegrated in flight

  June 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil – Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 on Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jet broke up …

• Heavy seas hamper search for Flight 447 debris

  June 3, 2009 in News FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil — Military planes and ships located more debris from an Air France jet on Wednesday, but high seas and heavy winds were slowing the recovery effort …

• Plane wreckage found

  June 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil – An airplane seat, a fuel slick and pieces of white debris scattered over three miles of open ocean marked the site in the mid-Atlantic on …

• Brazil confirms Air France jet crashed in ocean

  June 2, 2009 in Nation/World FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil — Brazilian military planes found a 3-mile path of wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean, confirming that an Air France jet carrying 228 people crashed in the …

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