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American Airlines jets at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport on Jan. 27, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

O’Hare revamp turns contentious after going billions over budget

March 23, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

Chicago is struggling to advance an $8.5 billion airport upgrade that’s key to bolstering its status as a crucial air hub.

The board of Boeing in April 2021 raised the mandatory retirement age for CEO David Calhoun, center, seen in 2011 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Calhoun just turned 64 and Boeing lifted the retirement age to 70.

Boeing sticks with CEO Calhoun, extending his retirement age, as potential successor moves on

April 20, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

Boeing is sticking with CEO Dave Calhoun to guide the company through a long and uncertain recovery, while parting ways with a potential contender for his job. The Chicago-based company's...

Boeing 787s are seen in different stages of completion on Jan. 15, 2019,, on the final assembly line at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington.

737 Max airborne again, but Boeing bedeviled by 787 Dreamliner problems

February 24, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.

Boeing Co.'s hunt for the source of manufacturing flaws with its 787 Dreamliner extends deep into its supply chain, a sign the planemaker risks further delays as it works to...

Boeing employees and family members cheer the 777X after it landed at Boeing Field in Seattle, completing its first flight on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.

Boeing risks losing a third of 777X orders on jet’s latest delay

February 2, 2021 at 7:46 a.m.

Boeing Co. signaled it's at risk of losing more than a third of its 777X order haul because the latest delay to the behemoth jet's debut — now slated for...

A Boeing 787 airplane is built June 12, 2017, at Boeing's assembly facility in Everett, Washington. Boeing is coping with a new production problem involving its 787 jet, in which inspections have found flaws in the way that sections of the rear of the plane were joined together.

Dreamliner defects lead to new cash risk for Boeing, even as 737 Max woes fade

January 5, 2021 at 8:55 a.m.

Boeing Co. faces a new cash drain from structural flaws on its marquee 787 Dreamliner jets, potentially slowing the Chicago-based company's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and the grounding of...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 29: Boeing's Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a news conference after Boeing's Annual Meeting of Shareholders at the Field Museum on April 29, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Boeing announced earnings fell 21 percent in the first quarter after multiple crashes of the company's bestselling plane the 737 Max. (Photo by Joshua Lott-Pool/Getty Images)

Ousted Boeing CEO now a consultant for 35-employee startup that sells self-driving electric tractors

December 14, 2020 at 3:16 p.m.

Former Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg is joining Monarch Tractor, a Silicon Valley startup that's angling to be the Tesla of the agriculture world with an all-electric tractor...

the second Boeing 737 Max airplane is built Dec. 7, 2015, on the assembly line in Renton, Washington. Certification test flights on fixes to the 737 Max were set to begin during the last week of June 2020.

Flight tests of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max to begin this week

June 29, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

Boeing Co. and federal regulators were set to begin a critical set of test flights on the 737 Max on Monday in a signal that the government is finally comfortable...

Boeing employees and their family members cheer the 777X on Jan. 25, 2020, after it landed at Boeing Field in Seattle, completing its first flight. Chicago-based Boeing was able to withdraw its request for a government rescue after the Federal Reserve's decision to buy corporate bonds bolstered credit markets.

How Boeing was rescued by the Fed, without a bailout

May 4, 2020 at 8:09 a.m.

Less than two months ago the Boeing Co. went to Washington, hat in hand, asking for a $60 billion bailout for itself and its suppliers. The Chicago-based company, which had...

Boeing defense to pare 50 executive jobs in management shake-up

June 4, 2018 at 9:20 a.m.

Boeing Co.'s defense business is shedding about 50 executive positions in a shake-up that eliminates a layer of management and gives a greater operational role to the division's boss, Leanne...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea on October 24, 2013.

Boeing fighter jet, feared dead, gets new life from Trump tweets

June 5, 2018 at 8:17 p.m.

Boeing's Super Hornet is poised for a surprising comeback thanks to President Donald Trump's Twitter broadsides and a strike-fighter shortage caused by delays to Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 program. Until...

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