NEW YORK, Sept 30, 2008 (AFP) - US plane maker Boeing raised doubts Tuesday that the first flight of its next-generation jet, the 787 Dreamliner, would take place as scheduled later this year because of a strike by machinists.

TOKYO, Sept 30, 2008 (AFP) - The Asia-Pacific region is expected to become the biggest aviation market in the world within about a decade, a senior official at US airplane maker Boeing said Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Sept 30, 2008 (AFP) - US plane maker Boeing raised doubts Tuesday that the first flight of its newest jet, the 787 Dreamliner, would take place as scheduled later this year because of a strike by machinists.

'If the strike is going on, we can't try the 787 at the end of the year like we planned. We need the full team on board,' Boeing spokesman Tim Healy told AFP on Tuesday.

TOKYO, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's much-delayed 787 Dreamliner, said Thursday it expects to receive its first delivery of the airplane in August 2009, 15 months behind schedule.

TOKYO, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's much-delayed 787 Dreamliner, said Thursday it expects to receive its first delivery of the airplane in August 2009, 15 months behind schedule.

TOKYO, Sept 17, 2008 (AFP) - Japan Airlines, Asia's largest carrier, said Wednesday it planned to introduce 11 Boeing planes into its fleet to make up for a delay in the US aviation giant's next-generation Dreamliner.

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2008 (AFP) - The machinists union strike against Boeing entered a fifth day Wednesday with no sign of a resumption of contract talks on the horizon, both sides said.

'It is going strong. There are no new talks scheduled at this time,' Frank Larkin, spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) told AFP.

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2008 (AFP) - The US Defense Department has canceled a 35 billion-dollar competition for a new air refueling tanker, leaving the politically charged decision to a new president.

Here is a timeline of events on the contract:

NEW YORK, September 6, 2008 (AFP) - Boeing machinists took to the picket line on Saturday as they launched a strike that has halted production and could cost the US aerospace giant more than 100 million dollars per day.

LOS ANGELES, September 5, 2008 (AFP) - Nearly 27,000 members of Boeing's largest labor union are to go on strike after last-ditch contract talks failed on Friday, the US aviation giant said.

WASHINGTON, September 4, 2008 (AFP) - Boeing on Thursday faced a strike by its largest labor union in two days if last-ditch contract talks fail, further delaying the US firm's first new plane in more than a decade, the 787 Dreamliner.

MADRID, September 4, 2008 (AFP) - Three families of victims of last month's MD-82 jet crash in Madrid that killed 154 people have filed a lawsuit against Boeing, the maker of the plane, in the United States, a member of their legal team said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, September 4, 2008 (AFP) - Workers represented by Boeing's largest union have voted to strike after rejecting a contract offer but delayed walking off the job for 48 hours to allow more talks, the union said.

DUBAI, August 30, 2008 (AFP) - Dubai's Emirates airline on Saturday took delivery of two long-range Boeings, a 777-200LR and 777-300ER, bringing the carrier's all wide-bodied passenger fleet to 111 aircraft.

Costing more than 500 million dollars, the two new airliners will be used on routes to and from north and south America, the United Arab Emirates' WAM news agency reported.

WASHINGTON, August 22, 2008 (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing said Friday it may exit the rebidding for a 35-billion-dollar contract to build US Air Force aerial refueling tankers unless allowed more time to rework its proposal.

Boeing on Wednesday offered assistance to Spanish authorities investigating a Spanair MD-82 plane ...

US aerospace giant Boeing is `strongly considering` not entering a bid in the next round of ...

US aerospace giant Boeing has seen a cancellation for an order of one of its 787 Dreamliner ...

CHICAGO, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Boeing reported Wednesday a 19 percent drop in quarterly profit to 852 million dollars, coming up short of Wall Street estimates but maintaining its outlook through 2009.

The US aerospace giant also said its key 787 Dreamliner program remains on schedule for test flights late this year and initial deliveries in the third quarter of 2009.

NEW YORK, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Boeing on Monday signed a contract with Qatar for C-17 military airlift planes, the US aerospace giant said, without revealing how many of the long-range troop and cargo aircraft were ordered.

FARNBOROUGH, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing on Thursday signed its second major deal of the Farnborough International Airshow, clinching a multi-billion-dollar sale of 'green' jets to Air China.

FARNBOROUGH, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - US aircraft giant Boeing announced on Thursday a 6.3-billion-dollar (four-billion-euro) deal at catalogue prices to sell 30 medium-haul 737s and 15 long-haul 777s to state-owned Air China.

'These airplanes are the most fuel efficient in their classes,' said Kong Dong, chairman of Air China, the second largest commercial airline in China.

FARNBOROUGH, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Asian airlines took the limelight at the Farnborough air show on Wednesday, awarding the main order of the day worth some 7.2 billion dollars to European manufacturer Airbus.

FARNBOROUGH, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - US aircraft giant Boeing said Wednesday it had won an order from US leasing firm Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for 15 737-700 aircraft worth 934 million dollars at catalogue prices.

The latest order brings to 96 the aircraft on order from ACG -- 91 737s and five 787 Dreamliner long-haul planes, Boeing said.

FARNBOROUGH, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - US aircraft giant Boeing said Wednesday it had received an order from Malaysia Airlines for 35 medium-range 737-800s, with a value of more than 2.6 billion dollars.

Boeing said at the Farnborough Air Show that the order was already noted on its website but that the identity of the carrier involved had not previously been revealed.

FARNBOROUGH, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - US aircraft giant Boeing said Wednesday it had received an order from Malaysia Airlines for 35 medium-range 737-800, with a value of more than 2.6 billion dollars.

Boeing said at the Farnborough Air Show that the order was already been noted on its website, but that the identity of the carrier involved had not previously been revealed.

PARIS, July 13, 2008 (AFP) - Soaring oil prices are an 'opportunity' which will speed up orders for new aircraft which consume less fuel, the chief executive of US aircraft giant Boeing James McNerney said in an interview published Sunday.

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - The Pentagon Wednesday reopened a 35-billion-dollar contract to produce a new generation of aerial fuel tankers, acknowledging flaws in the US Air Force's decision to award it to Northrop Grumman and European partner EADS.

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday the Pentagon will request revised bids for a controversial 35-billion dollar contract to supply aircraft for air refueling.

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday announced a new bidding process for a huge air force refueling tanker contract.

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Senator Richard Shelby said Wednesday that the Pentagon has decided to re-bid a 35 billion dollar Air Force contract for refueling aircraft that had been awarded to Northrop Grumman.

LONDON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - The global aircraft market will be boosted in the next two decades by demand for fuel-efficient jets as airlines replace old fleets to combat high oil prices, US plane maker Boeing forecast on Wednesday.

The Chicago-based manufacturer made the prediction at a London press conference as it unveiled a 20-year outlook for the commercial aviation sector.

LONDON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - US aircraft maker Boeing forecast Wednesday a global marketplace for new aircraft worth 3.2 trillion dollars over the next two decades, with China overtaking North America.

LONDON, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said Tuesday that it has exercised an option to buy three Boeing 737-800 planes for delivery in 2010 but did not disclose the price.

PARIS, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - European plane maker Airbus led arch-rival Boeing in the fight for new business in the first six months of the year with 487 new orders versus 475 for the US manufacturer, Airbus figures showed Tuesday.

PARIS, June 6, 2008 (AFP) - Airbus received 435 net aircraft orders from January to May, the European manufacturer said Friday, eclipsing US rival Boeing, which according to its website had recorded 418 orders in the period.

Airbus reported 35 order cancellations in the first five months, Boeing reporting one.