But the visible scorching on the top rear of the fuselage of the 250-seat plane puts a major innovation of the 787 – its lightweight, carbon-plastic composite construction – under a spotlight with a fresh set of questions around the plane that Boeing …

Boeing marketed the plane to airlines as a revolutionary jet which, thanks to its lightweight design, burns 20 per cent less fuel to comparable aircraft. Chicago-based Boeing has delivered 66 of the planes to customers, with another 864 of them on order.

Boeing's 777 widebody jet was voted as the "Best Aircraft Type," coming in ahead of the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380, according to Executive Travel's readers. PHOTOS: Boeing's … O'Hare: Business travelers spend an inordinate amount of time in airports.

Boeing's stock has climbed more than 40 percent this year as investors focused on the company's record pace of jet production, which is generating cash. Some are more cautious. Jeff Straebler, managing director and investment analyst at John Hancock …

But the visible scorching on the top rear of the fuselage of the 250-seat plane puts a major innovation of the 787 – its lightweight, carbon-plastic composite construction – under a spotlight with a fresh set of questions around the plane that Boeing …

The current Boeing Business Jet named Inkwazi, was bought by then-president Thabo Mbeki in 2002 for R600m. Mapisa-Nqakula said that jet had completed 5 772.8 flying hours, and major routine maintenance checks or “c-checks” in 2008 and 2011 had …

An unexplained fire on an empty Boeing 787 at Heathrow Airport in London shut down the airport's runways for an hour Friday, sent the company's shares tumbling and put the problem-plagued Dreamliner jet back in the spotlight. Aviation analysts were …

But independent experts said it was hard to understand what could have caused heat intense enough to sear the carbon-composite skin on the top of the jet, leaving the possibility that Boeing could still face a setback if problems are found with another …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of several Boeing suppliers fell on Friday, after a fire broke out aboard a Dreamliner 787 aircraft parked at London's Heathrow airport, recalling a series of previous fires that had grounded Boeing's most advanced jet for …