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Boeing’s new boss said Friday he was looking to “reset” relations with a key union representing tens of thousands of its workers, amid negotiations for a new labor contract.

Boeing on Wednesday named aerospace industry veteran Kelly Ortberg as its new President and CEO after a months-long search, tasking the former Rockwell Collins executive with the monumental job of turning around the struggling planemaker.

Boeing finalized a guilty plea to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and agreed to pay a $243.6 million fine after it breached a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement with the US Justice Department, according to a court filing on Wednesday.

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom: Qatar Airways on Tuesday ordered 20 Boeing 777X long-haul aircraft worth $8.8 billion at list prices, boosting the US aviation giant at Britain’s Farnborough International Airshow.

DUBAI: Dubai-based carrier flydubai’s fleet expansion plans have been hit by delays to Boeing’s aircraft delivery schedule, the airline said on Monday.

US plane maker Boeing raised its industry-wide annual 20-year forecast for new jetliner deliveries by 3 percent to 43,975, propelled by the strength of passenger demand, rising airline competition and the eventual replacement older less efficient planes.

Federal prosecutors and victims’ families are waiting for Boeing to decide whether to accept a plea deal that would settle a criminal fraud charge accusing the aerospace giant of misleading regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed.

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Monday it had reached a “definitive deal” to buy its subcontractor Spirit, which has faced scrutiny over production quality control in recent months.

The US Department of Justice will allow Boeing to avoid a criminal trial if the aerospace giant agrees to plead guilty to a fraud charge related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft over half a decade ago, people familiar with the matter have told Bloomberg.

Another whistleblower stepped forward Wednesday alleging he was retaliated against after flagging potentially dangerous manufacturing problems on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.