The Boeing Company says the first flight of its much-awaited Boeing 787 jetliner, nicknamed the Dreamliner, is very likely in late December 2009, and the Dreamliner will be delivered to the first customers at the end of 2010.

The Boeing 747-8, the new variant of the legendary Boeing 747, is over 90% completed and is expected to be launched in 2010, according to the Boeing Company.

The first test flight of the new Boeing AH-6i light helicopter has been successful, says the company.  The test flight of the attack and reconnaissance helicopter took place over Arizona Desert.

Southwest Airlines, the budget airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, inspected 200 of its Boeing 737-300 aircraft across the United States overnight.

Boeing Company, the aerospace giant based in Chicago, the United States, has once again delayed the test flight of its long-awaited Boeing 787 jet, nicknamed the Dreamliner.

Jet fuels obtained from algae, camelina, and jatropha could replace petroleum fuels in commercial flights in 2010, if approved.

Boeing and AgustaWestland have signed a $1.23 billion deal to supply 16  ICH-47H Chinook helicopters to the Italian army, the two companies said.

Boeing Phantom Ray, an unmanned aircraft (UAV) for defence purposes is in the works. The Boeing Phantom Ray is expected to have its lab tests later this year and the first flight in 2010, Boeing said. The Phantom Ray technology demonstrator is being developed by a Boeing unit called Boeing Phantom Works.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet is getting ready for its maiden flight, most likely by the end of June 2009.

On March 31, 2009, Boeing announced the launch of its Research and Technology-India Centre.

The Boeing Company, the major aircraft-manufacturer based in the United States, has decided to cut 90 jobs within a week.

Gulf Air, the national airline of Bahrain, has signed an agreement to lease four new wide-body Boeing 777 ER planes from Jet Airways, the privately owned carrier based in India.

The United States-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), owned by the government of India, have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up jointly an analysis and experimentation centre in India.

Japan Airlines (JAL), the national airline and flag carrier of Japan, has conducted the world's first successful test-flight using biofuel made primarily of a non-food crop called camelina on one of the engines of a Boeing 747-300 aircraft.

Boeing Co., world's second largest airplane maker announced 10,000 job cuts or around 6 present of its workforce in 2009. This includes the 4,500 job cuts the company announced on January 9 this year.

Air New Zealand, the national flag carrier of New Zealand, has successfully conducted the world’s first commercial aviation test flight using fuel from the seeds of the African jatropha plant.

Airbus Industrie, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Toulouse, France, has test-flown one of its Airbus A320 jets with new winglets designed and developed by Aviation Partners, a private corporation based in a Seattle, Washington, the United States, which produces and markets winglet systems.

Boeing Company, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, has described China as the “fastest-growing aviation market in the world.”

American Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, plans to buy as many as 100 new, long-range Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

The ongoing strike by machinists of Boeing Company has forced Virgin Blue to put off the launch of its V Australia trans-Pacific service, which was planned for December 15, 2008.

A group of major airlines and Boeing Company, the aircraft manufacturer, have joined hands to accelerate the development of new, sustainable aviation fuels.

Emirates Airline has taken delivery of two Boeing 777 aircraft and the arrival of both long-range models, a Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER, has raised Emirates’ all-wide bodied passenger fleet to 111 aircraft.

FlyDubai, the new low cost airline from Dubai , has placed an order for 54 Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft from Boeing. The order is valued at approximated US$4 billion and is termed as the biggest single order by a Gulf-based low cost carrier for the Boeing aircraft.

Japan Airlines Corporation is planning to fly Asia’s first commercial jet flight powered by second-generation biofuel.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Company’s jetliner business division, says the aircraft-manufacturing giant will be able to survive the current crisis arising out of the prohibitive prices of aviation fuel.

The ambitious plans of Air Canada to renew its fleet has run into rough weather with aircraft maker Boeing Company, based in Chicago, the United States, saying that it will deliver the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to the airline at least 2 years later than originally promised.

The phenomenal rise in the prices of fuel is sweeping each and every sector of the aviation, the aircraft-making companies included. Airlines are reining in spending as they face losses that may total $40 billion in 2008.