Boeing

P. O. Box 3707, M/C 10-06

Seattle, WA 98124-2207
United States

Profile :

Boeing is a company that is continually expanding its products and taking advantage of new technologies - from creating new versions of its family of commercial airplanes, to developing new aircraft for the U.S. military, to building launch vehicles capable of lifting more than 14 tons into orbit, to improving communications for people around the world with an advanced network of satellites.

The global reach of the company includes customers in 145 countries, employees in more than 60 countries and operations in 26 states. Worldwide, Boeing and its subsidiaries employ more than 189,000 people - with major operations in the Seattle-Puget Sound area of Washington state; Southern California; Wichita, Kan.; and St. Louis. Boeing is organized into four major units: Commercial Airplanes, Space and Communications, Military Aircraft and Missiles, and Shared Services.

Boeing has been the world leader in commercial flight for more than 40 years. The main commercial products consist of the 717, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 families of jetliners and the Boeing Business Jet. The company has more than 11,000 commercial jetliners in service worldwide. Boeing provides unsurpassed, round-the-clock technical support to help operators maintain their airplanes in peak operating conditions through its Boeing Customer Support unit. In addition, Boeing Airplane Services offers a full range of world-class engineering, modification and logistics services to its global customer base, which includes the world's passenger and cargo airlines as well as maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities. Boeing also provides training for maintenance and flight crews in the 100-seat and above airliner market through FlightSafety Boeing Training International, the world's largest and most comprehensive airline-training provider.