Boeing (English official name The Boeing Company ) is one of largest the aeronautical manufacturers and of aerospace in the world.

Its seat is located at Chicago, in the Illinois. Its larger factory is located at Everett close to Seattle, in the State of Washington. The firm manufactures civil aircrafts and military, Hélicoptère S as well as satellite .

History

Before the years 1950

The company is formed the July 15th 1916 by William E. Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt. It is then named “B&W” according to the initial ones of its two founders. A little later its name changed into “Pacific Aero Products”, and a year later, it is renamed “Boeing Airplane Company”.

In 1917, with the entry in war of the the United States, the Navy ordered 50 seaplanes of drive Model C, the first ordering of Boeing. In 1923 Boeing manufactured a postal transport aircraft the Model 40A and in 1927 it gained a contract to ensure the air-mail connection San Francisco - Chicago.

Boeing created “Boeing Air Transport then” to deal with its activities of air transports. During the first year, close to: 2000 passengers were transported and one then undertook to create planes especially studied for the transport of the passengers, thus the Model 80 was launched. In the years which followed, Boeing started to acquire many companies of manufacture of planes, engines, airline companies and into 1929, Boeing changed its name into United Aircraft and Transport Corporation.

In 1934, Boeing became a large company manufacturing of the planes, of the engines, transporting the postal mail, dealing with the airports and ensuring of many air lines. But, under the pressure of an anti-monopoly act prohibiting the manufacturers from exploiting air lines, its creators sell their participations and “United Aircraft and Transport” is divided into three entities:

  • United Airlines responsible for air transport
  • United Aircraft responsible for manufacture in the East of the country
  • Boeing Airplane Company responsible for manufacture in the West for the country.

A little later an agreement with the airline company Pan American World Airways was signed, to develop and produce a commercial seaplane able to transport passengers on the transatlantic roads. The Boeing 314 Clipper made its first flight in June 1938. It was the largest civil aircraft of its time, it could transport 90 passengers on the flights of day and 40 passengers on the night flights. One year after, the first commercial line of the the United States to the the United Kingdom was inaugurated. Other air routes were open which exploited Boeing 314.

In 1938, Boeing brought into service the 307 Stratoliner ; it was the first transport aircraft to pressurized cabin; it was able to fly at an altitude of cruising of 20,000 feet, therefore with the top of the majority of the weather disturbances.

During the Second world war, Boeing built a great number of bombers. Many workers were women whose their husbands had left to the war.

Production of civil aircrafts

In the past produced

  • 314 "Clipper"

  • 307 "Stratoliner"
  • 377 "Stratocruiser"
  • 717 (name of origin MD95 modified after repurchase of MDouglas by Boeing)
  • 707 (version racourcie under the name of 720)
  • 727
  • 737 (1st and 2nd generation)
  • 757

In production

Economic performances

1999-2005

See also: Duel Boeing Airbus

  • In 1999, the Boeing airframe manufacturer sold 620 apparatuses; in 2004, the deliveries dropped to reach 285 planes. It from now on is exceeded by its European competitor Airbus in orders since 2002 and deliveries since 2004 (Source: Le Monde , June 13rd, 2005). In 2005 in a market record, the firm announces 1005 orders (including 569 B737, 235 B787 and 154 B777) exceeded again by Airbus of about fifty apparatuses.

At the end of 2005:

  • the order book includes/understands 1809 deliverable planes for the 7 next years
    • Livraisons 2005: 290 planes - 320 envisaged not delivered because of a one month strike which blocked the principal American factories of production and assembly in December. These thirty planes were pushed back over 2006 and 2007 in addition to the already estimated deliveries.
    • Deliveries envisaged 2006: 395 planes
    • Deliveries envisaged 2007: 445 planes
  • Turnovers:
    • CA 2005: 55 billion US$ (45,8 billion €)
    • CA estimated 2006: 60 billion US$ (50 billion €)
    • CA estimated 2007: 64 billion US$ (53,3 billion €)
  • Clear benefit 2005: 2,60 billion US$ (2,16 billion €)

New B 787 is a business success, he asserts at the end of 2005,291 firm controls and 88 intentions of purchases of 27 companies. Its production must begin semi-2007 for a service entrance envisaged during 2008. If its success is confirmed, certain analysts envisage ruptures of provisioning of certain suppliers and problems of rates in the production, as Boeing in already knew in 1997.

Boeing enploit more than 245.000 employees in the United States ent their wages turns around 45.000$ \ Année and can go up to 67$ \ Heure (either 127.000$ \ year)

2006

Boeing is become again the first world airframe manufacturer in 2006 with: 1044 orders against 824 for Airbus.

Technical performances

  • the November 10th 2005, the Boeing 777-200 LR Worldliner, established a new record of commercial flight without stopover between HongKong and London by the Pacific Ocean, is 20.100 km.

See too

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