Colleges might get deal on space

N. Charleston offers site for Boeing Co. training

The city of North Charleston wants to give the South Carolina technical college system a cut-rate deal on office space the state needs to train Boeing Co. employees. Read More

Weighing deal's costs, benefits

The 787 assembly line that Boeing Co. is building in North Charleston could lift some area residents out of poverty while adding $23 million in expansion costs to local school districts. Read More

Freighter's first flight flourishes

Company's largest plane takes off a year later than planned

EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter — the biggest plane the company has ever built — successfully completed its first flight Monday, a year later than originally planned. Read More

Biggest ever Boeing 747 taking to the sky

The biggest jumbojet Boeing has ever made is scheduled to lift off Monday on its first test flight at Paine Field at Everett. The 747-8 is 250 feet long — 18 feet longer than current jumbo 747s. Read More

Work force swells at plants

787 manufacturer to boost local fuselage production rate

Boeing Co. has brought in hundreds of extra workers to help piece together the 787 fuselage sections at its North Charleston campus. The local head count has surged, increasing to 3,000 workers from about 2,200 last summer, as part of a push to bring the company's two neighboring fuselage plants up to a quicker production rate, said Boeing Charleston spokeswoman Candy Eslinger. Read More

Inside the Dreamliner

Boeing 787 cabin mockup reveals upgraded windows, typical airline seating and legroom

SEATTLE — Boeing showed off the interior of a 787 Dreamliner parked at Paine Field and provided a glimpse of some advances on the 787 assembly line inside the factory. The partial passenger cabin installed in Dreamliner No. 3 will be used to test elements of the passenger experience, including air flow, noise levels and the heating and emergency oxygen systems. Read More

Boeing package signed

Deal spells out minimum employment numbers

Consider it the final handshake. Boeing Co. executives and state officials have signed off on the state incentive agreement that paves the way for the aerospace giant's future $750 million 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston. Read More

Area faces tough competition for supplier jobs

Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner assembly line came with the hope of hundreds of supplier jobs that will crop up to support the aerospace giant as it pieces together the new passenger jets in North Charleston. But those jobs aren't necessarily coming to the Lowcountry. Read More

Stall High School to open academy

Boeing gives school district $50,000 grant for project

The benefits spurred by Boeing's expansion in the Lowcountry will be tangible to Charleston County students this fall with the opening of a new aeronautics academy on the Stall High School campus. Read More

Boeing exec's words energize King event

A diverse gathering of students, business managers and city leaders assembled in the Exhibition Hall of the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium on Tuesday morning for the 10th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Business and Professional Breakfast. Read More

Boeing lifts local real estate industry's spirits

Local housing experts who feel the weight of the region's ailing real estate market have the promise of thousands of jobs to look forward to, courtesy of Boeing Co. Read More

Airbus snagged more orders in '09, but Boeing netted more cash

Orders and deliveries are the numbers that get the most attention in the commercial aviation industry, but from a business perspective, the value of deliveries is key. Read More

Boeing executive among speakers

Event to celebrate civil rights leader, local community

Two important speakers will be honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Tuesday morning breakfast held at the YWCA in downtown Charleston. The featured speaker will be Marco Cavazzoni, vice president and general manager for the Boeing Dreamliner plant in North Charleston. Read More

Boeing's whopping incentives

Analysis: Package at least double first estimates

Months after celebrating the groundbreaking for a massive jet assembly facility in North Charleston, state officials credited with luring Boeing to the Lowcountry say they still don't know what all the incentives offered to the aircraft giant are worth. Read More

Control board OKs funds for Boeing

COLUMBIA -- The S.C. Budget and Control Board board took just three minutes Wednesday to give final approval to borrowing $270 million to help build a Boeing aircraft assembly line in North Charleston. Read More