Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa made a fortune through a shopping website called Zozotown and made a splash in the art world when he spent $110.5 million on a Basquiat painting. But he’s guaranteed to become more famous with his plan to fly to the moon.
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Airbus replaces sales chief after less than a year on the job
Eric Schulz’s exit from the crucial post, and his replacement by Christian Scherer, comes as the European planemaker grapples with issues on its best-selling A320...
Airplane thief raised suspicions a year before Sea-Tac heist
Newly released emergency-dispatch recordings reveal details that could shed light on how Horizon Air employee Richard Russell was able to steal an airplane from Sea-Tac...
Boeing Renton makes progress on 737 deliveries
In August the backlog of unfinished airplanes around the plant grew by just half a dozen aircraft, an improvement over July.
Price tag for Sea-Tac’s new International Arrivals Facility soars to almost $1 billion
A review panel gave a new final estimated cost for the International Arrivals Facility of $968 million, up from the original $608 million. The project...
737 problems have grown in Renton despite Boeing’s reassurances
As 737 jets continue to pile up at Boeing's assembly plant in Renton, employees are working long overtime and struggling to get planes finished. Management...
Passengers on quarantined jet appear to have the flu VIEW
NEW YORK (AP) — A large commercial jet from Dubai caused a scare on Wednesday after a pilot radioed that it would be landing at...
Monday Memo: Boeing Investor Day, latest Seattle-area home sales data, intelligence hearing
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Boeing wins $805 million contract to build flying drone tankers for the Navy
The Navy announced Thursday that it has turned to aerospace giant Boeing to develop its MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft. Lockheed Martin and General Atomics...