Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...For Comac to compete with Airbus or Boeing on a global scale, “it’s probably going to take 20 years”, said Willie Walsh, head of the International Air Transport Association....
...The US is pushing allies in Europe and Asia to tighten the restrictions, following the debut of an advanced chip by Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei and chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
...Growth in the services sector offset weakness in manufacturing to lift S&P Global’s monthly gauge of eurozone corporate activity for April above the forecasts of most economists....
...The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...
...Ryanair has doubled the number of its engineers overseeing Boeing’s production lines following the manufacturing problems that have plagued the US plane maker....
...It also sits in the country’s most densely populated area, with easy links to major manufacturing hubs across the South and Midwest. Shipping by water is cheaper and cleaner than by truck or air....
...AutoFlight, backed by German tech investor Team Global and US fund TDK as well as Chinese investors, has its headquarters and a factory in Kunshan, on Shanghai’s western edge, as well as a manufacturing...
...“Safety is our top priority,” Boeing said....
...S&P Global’s flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index, which measures business activity across the bloc, rose to an eight-month high of 48.9 this month, up from 47.9 in January....
...China dominates manufacturing, making more than half of all electric or plug-in hybrid cars, compared with just 10 per cent of traditional engine-driven vehicles....
...The move is a blow to Boeing, which has struggled with manufacturing defects on the 737....
...The incident has raised questions about manufacturing and safety processes at Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the Max fuselages....
...Technical specialists from the National Transportation Safety Board, the independent US government agency responsible for investigating civil transport accidents, will be poring over every inch of the door...
...Yet production mis-steps have continued, and while not all manufacturing errors affect safety, they suggest a disconnect between top-level initiatives and the reality on the shop floor....
...He had previously said the Model 2 would require a new “revolutionary manufacturing system” at factories in Austin, Texas, as well as in Mexico....
...Important customers, including Ryanair and aircraft lessor AerCap, have in recent weeks warned that the company needs to focus on safety and quality control....
.... ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident, located the door from the Alaska Airlines flight on Monday in a Portland, Oregon, suburb....
...The jet that lost a section of its fuselage in flight last week was the result of a “quality escape”, Calhoun told CNBC — using industry jargon for a manufacturing mistake....
...Boeing needed to take action to address its manufacturing problems, he added, and “it needs to be real action”....
...This year, he focused on his concerns about global retirement safety against the backdrop of rising life expectancies and inadequate savings....
...Global prices for panels have fallen 50 per cent in the past year to as low as 10 cents a watt....
...In recent months, Beijing has redirected resources to the manufacturing and high-tech sectors....
...The US aviation safety regulator has stopped Boeing from increasing output of its 737 Max planes while it continues to probe the company’s manufacturing processes....
International Edition