Rocket scientist promotes open culture

Jim Albaugh, the new head of Boeing’s commercial aircraft division, holds regular meetings with workers where he seeks to reassure them that it is important to highlight problems

• Deadline clouds Boeing’s horizon
• Nuts and bolts team regains command

Deadline clouds Boeing’s horizon

The question on everyone’s lips at the Dubai air show was whether Boeing would get its 787 Dreamliner airborne by the end of the year or whether the troubled programme would miss yet another deadline

Dubai’s air traffic defies downturn

Aviation has remained one of the city’s few upbeat sectors with traffic through the airport rising for five months

Dubai air show sees deals start to trickle in

With just a handful of extra order announcements from the main aircraft manufacturers, organisers say the total value of the Dubai air-show deals is now $8.3bn

MoD considers call for rise in outsourcing

Ministers and senior MoD staff are evaluating the findings of a preliminary review into logistics and equipment support that recommends passing more responsibility to industry

Dubai air show deals starting to trickle in

The third day of the Dubai air show ends much as the first two did, with just a handful of extra order announcements from the main aircraft manufacturers, which organisers said brought the total value of air-show deals to $8.3bn

VT Group hints at future joint venture

The engineering services group reports pre-tax profits jumped 53 per cent to £32.8m, although the numbers were flattered by exceptional charges in 2008

EADS hit by weak dollar and airline downturn

Louis Gallois, the chief executive of EADS, warns of gathering storm clouds over the European aerospace group after reporting a third-quarter net loss of €87m