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The colorful paint jobs on airplanes have gone the way of free meals and pillows.

Business demand for long-lasting manufactured goods rose by the largest amount in four months in November, driven higher by a big jump in orders for airplanes.

New orders for durable goods such as airplanes and autos tumbled in June, raising worries that manufacturing is softening as companies' concerns about the recovery intensifies.

Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods outside of transportation fell in January by the largest amount in two years.

Boeing said it will boost production of the 777, one of its two most profitable airplanes, due to increased demand.

With more than 28,000 commercial flights in the skies over the United States every day, there are probably few sentences in the English language that are spoken more often and insistently than this: "Please turn off all electronic devices." Asking why passengers must turn off their mobile phones on airplanes seems like an odd question.

Harry Winsor loves airplanes. So the eight-year-old from Boulder, Colorado decided to draw a prototype and send it to Boeing.

What he got back in return, though, wasn't encouraging.

The Obama administration took aim Monday at tarmac horror stories, ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes to disembark after three hours.

A Los Angeles businessman has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for selling uncertified aircraft manufacturing parts that were used to make Boeing 737 airplanes.

Federal officials are giving Southwest Airlines until Dec. 24 to replace unapproved parts on about 50 airplanes.