Defense contractor Boeing Co. received a $16.7 million contract boost from the Air Force for an updated military communications system, the Pentagon said late Thursday.

A Qantas Airways flight between two Australian cities was canceled Friday after fumes were detected on board, while passengers on another Qantas flight found themselves stranded overnight because of damage to their plane's wing.

Air New Zealand said Friday it will make urgent changes in the operation of its eight long-haul Boeing 777 aircraft in the wake of findings from a crash in Britain.

By Laura Myers

U.S. regulators will tell airlines to quickly make changes aimed at preventing ice from building up in fuel lines of Boeing 777s, which British investigators said Thursday probably caused one of the jets to make a jarring emergency landing last January in London.

A former Boeing Helicopters executive is being charged in a loan kickback scheme based at a suburban Philadelphia plant.

A trade group representing the largest U.S. companies says it does not expect Congress to start tackling the complex task of overhauling the U.S. financial regulation system this year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trade group representing the largest U.S. companies says it does not expect Congress to start tackling the complex task of overhauling the U.S. financial regulation system this year.

Saga Airlines said Thursday it ordered two Boeing 737-800 airplanes, worth $149 million at list prices, in an effort to expand its fleet.

By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Laura Myers

Boeing Co. will serve as consultant to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for its mid-sized regional jet — the first "made in Japan" passenger aircraft in three decades, the Japanese machinery maker said Thursday.

U.S. and European air-safety regulators, concerned by potentially dangerous ice build-ups in the fuel systems of some long-haul jets, will issue new operating rules for about 220 Boeing <BA.N> 777 planes, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.

(Reuters) - U.S. and European air-safety regulators, concerned by potentially dangerous ice build-ups in the fuel systems of some long-haul jets, will issue new operating rules for about 220 Boeing <BA.N> 777 planes, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.

Boeing's largest labor union said its members rejected the plane maker's contract offer and voted to strike, but the union agreed to postpone a walkout for 48 hours to allow more time for
negotiations.

The International Association of Machinists, Boeing <BA.N> Co's <BA.N> largest labor union, said on Wednesday that it will postpone a potential strike for 48 hours to allow more time to negotiate with the company.