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Boeing’s endangered 747 gets lifeline as UPS buys 14 jumbos

Bloomberg The long goodbye for Boeing Co.’s iconic 747 jetliner is turning out to be a little premature. The planemaker won a $5.65 billion lifeline for the endangered jumbo as United Parcel Service Inc. exercised options for 14 more of the freighters. The deal came weeks after Delta Air Lines Inc. parked the last of its 747 aircraft, marking the ...

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Boeing woos Brazil’s Embraer to form commercial jet firm

Bloomberg Boeing Co. is wooing Embraer SA with a plan to form a commercial-jet venture instead of an outright acquisition, people familiar with the talks said. The two planemakers have made good progress on the framework for a deal, but hurdles remain and the final terms are still being hammered out, said one of the people, who asked not to ...

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India plans to expand airport capacity fivefold

Bloomberg India plans to increase its airport capacity more than fivefold to help handle a billion trips as carriers in the surging market await delivery of over 900 aircraft. Airline stocks surged. The proposal is part of an infrastructure boost announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the federal budget for the year starting on April 1. The government will ...

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