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Boeing in the United Kingdom

Boeing is growing in the UK. Our employee base has doubled over the last few years to around 1,500. Much of this success is due to the significant expansion of Boeing’s defence interests in the UK. Boeing now has a thriving onshore business—Boeing Defence UK Ltd (BDUK)—providing service and support for Boeing platforms used by the UK Armed Forces: the Chinook helicopters, the C-17 transport aircraft and the British Army’s Apache helicopters.

On the commercial side, Boeing continues to sustain a strong presence. Ten UK airlines operate a total of approximately 330 Boeing aircraft. This represents more than 40 percent of the commercial aircraft operating in the UK. During the past decade, Boeing has received orders for more than 130 aircraft from airlines operating in the UK: British Airways, Ryanair, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Thomson Airways (part of TUI Travel Plc).

Boeing has several UK-based subsidiaries. These include:

•Aviall,aglobaldistributorofaircraftpartswithfacilitiesbased in Stockport and Feltham, Middlesex.

•AviationTrainingInternationalLimited(ATIL),whichisa 50:50 joint venture company between The Boeing Company and AgustaWestland Limited, based in Sherborne, Dorset.

•ContinentalDataGraphics,atechnicaldatasoftwarecompany based in Knaresborough, Yorkshire and Frimley in Surrey.

•Jeppesen,theworld’sforemostproviderofintegratedaviation information solutions, flight information, flight operations services, crew management, training materialsandservices.JeppesenisbasedinCrawley,West Sussex.

•MiroTechnologieshasbeenatrustedpartnertomajoraerospace manufacturers, defence contractors, military organizations and airlines for nearly three decades. Boeing acquired Miro Technologies in October 2012. Miro Technologies is based in Bristol.

Boeing in the United Kingdom

Photo of British Airways on cover: Lance Kuhn, Boeing

Donnington

Belfast

Almondbank

Longtown

Knaresborough

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, Shef�eld

University of Nottingham

University of Strathclyde

RNAS Culdrose Fleet Frimley

Crawley

Feltham

Farnborough

GatwickHeathrow House

London Westminster

Gosport

Stockport

Boscombe Down

YeovilSherborne

RNAS Yeovilton

BristolUniversity of Bristol

University of Southampton

Worthy Down

Bicester

RAF Brize Norton

Glasgow

RAF Waddington

RAF Lakenheath

WattishamMilton Keynes

Cran�eld University

University of Cambridge

Welwyn Garden City

RAF Odiham

Boeing UK locations University Research Partners Boeing Subsidiaries

Boeing UK Locations

• Almondbank

• Belfast

• Bicester

• BoscombeDown

• Bristol

• C-17InternationalTraining Centre, Farnborough

• DCDSTelford:Donnington

• Farnborough

• Fleet

• Frimley

• Gatwick

• Glasgow

•Gosport–BravoNovember House

•Gosport–VectorAerospace

• Heathrow

• Lakenheath

• London

• Longtown

•MiltonKeynes

• RAFBrizeNorton

• RAFOdiham

• RAFWaddington

• RNASCuldrose

• RNASYeovilton

•Wattisham

•WorthyDown

• Yeovil–AgustaWestlandHelicopters

• Yeovil–DE&SYeovilton

Boeing Subsidiaries

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AnEnduringPartnership

Boeing is a significant contributor to the UK economy, delivering outstanding defence capabilities to the Armed Forces through platforms, services and support and helping the aviation industry deliver sustainable growth.

Our customers expect the highest standards of products, services and support. Boeing is committed to meeting their requirements.

Boeing’s long-standing partnership with the UK focuses on our employees, customers, suppliers and research, stretching back more than 75 years. We add value across our network of relationships and Boeing’s enduring presence in the UK ensures that the company is an integral part of the UK’s aerospace and defence community.

Boeing has grown its workforce in the UK considerably in recent years with local hires and strives to remain an employer of choice for the UK workforce.

Furthermore, the UK is a significant supplier of technology and goods to Boeing and the company spends an average of $1 billion (around £630m) a year with more than 250 suppliers across the UK.

Boeing has research relationships with universities in many parts of the UK, including the University of Nottingham, the University of Sheffield, Cranfield University, the University of Southampton, the University of Strathclyde, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Bristol, and works with them to develop cutting-edge technology that delivers new and improved products for our customers across the world.

Boeing’s Value to the UK

A report by independent research organisation Oxford Economicshighlightedthesignificanteconomicbenefitthe company delivers to the United Kingdom.

At the end of 2012, Boeing in the UK had 1,300 direct employees (which has continued to grow to around 1,500 by the end of 2013). The total number of jobs supported by Boeing in the UK economy is, however, considerably greater than that.

AccordingtoOxfordEconomics,thepurchasesBoeingmakes from UK suppliers generates further employment in its Tier 1 suppliers in the UK and their supply chains. This is known as Boeing’s indirect impact. In 2012, Boeing spent $1.2 billion with UK-based suppliers. This spending, and that generated in the supply chain of Boeing’s suppliers, is estimated to have supported more than 9,200 people in employment.

Boeing’s customers purchase engines, seating and interiors for their aircraft from a range of Boeing-approved suppliers based in the UK. These purchases are conducted directly between the airlines and equipment suppliers, and therefore are not included in Boeing’s

supply chain but are a consequence of Boeing’s manufacture of aircraft. This is termed the consequential impact. The impact of these consequential activities is sizable and is estimated to have supported 39,400 jobs in the UK in 2012.

The 10,500 people employed in the UK, either directly by Boeing or in its supply chain, make purchases out of the wages they earn. This wage-financed consumer spending supports further employment in the retail and leisure sectors, and their supply chains. This effect is known as the induced impact. In 2012, Boeing’s induced employmentimpactwasestimatedbyOxfordEconomicsto have amounted to 5,750 jobs throughout the UK.

Thus, Boeing’s activities and presence in the UK in 2012 generated some 55,700 jobs and that figure is expected to continue to grow.

www.boeing.co.uk/value


Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of the new CH-47 Mk6 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force in 2013.

Delivering Defence Capabilities

Boeing Defence UK Ltd. (BDUK) has more than 900 employees at 27 locations throughout the United Kingdom, supporting Ministry of Defence (MoD) and US Department of Defense programmes. Over the past five years, BDUK has consolidated Boeing Defense, Space &SecurityoperationsintheUKandnowgeneratesintellectual property onshore. BDUK also works with selected UK industry partners to deliver improved operational capability and meet evolving customer needs.

Boeing military platforms and sustainment programmes are at the heart of the support Boeing provides to the UK’s Armed Forces, whether in the United Kingdom, on operations, or elsewhere in the world.

AircraftsuchastheBoeing’sC-17,Chinook,E-3Sentry and the Boeing-designed Apache helicopter are extensively used by the UK Armed Forces. The Royal NavyalsousestheScanEagleunmannedaerialsystem.

These aircraft play a vital role and keeping them ready for operations is paramount. Boeing provides a wide range of support services to help customers maintain operational readiness. These include: MAOS-accredited (Maintenance Approved Organization Scheme) maintenance; air worthiness support services; supply chain management;

quality assurance; and engineering design to meet Urgent Operational Requirements. Boeing also offers platform and system upgrades to keep fleets at the cutting edge of available technology.

Support is provided 24 hours a day, every day. Boeing’s goal on programmes such as Chinook Through Life Customer Support, Apache Integrated Operational SupportandC-17GlobemasterIIIIntegratedSustainmentis to deliver the best capability to those on the front line.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence is moving toward a contracting-for-capability model of procurement, and Boeing is ready to provide comprehensive support throughout the life cycle of many critical capabilities. Flexible, innovative contracting allows the incremental upgrade of capabilities, while maintaining interoperability with key allies.

Boeing provides support services both in the UK and deployed in theatre, recognising the imperative operational availability. As industry’s role in providing such services increases, Boeing also recognises that the part it plays in delivering operational capability must be value-for-money. This can be achieved through original thinking about how to do things differently, delivering greater efficiency.

As a delivery partner to the MoD, Boeing understands the needs of its customer and develops a joint vision to deliver successful programmes. The company’s overall performance places it near the top of the Ministry of Defence annual ‘key supplier’ rating report card.

The UK’s Armed Forces operate both the Chinook and Apache.


That rating is based on Boeing’s commitment to achieving quality first time, requirements compliance and delivering on time and on budget.

The ability to reach back into the larger Boeing enterprise in the US and worldwide is fundamental to Boeing’s success. The UK-based team interacts daily with the global Boeing enterprise, tapping into a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Training is a growing business for BDUK with the main focus on supporting the front line, especially through pre-deployment training. BDUK is able to provide hands-on technical expertise, simulation systems and tools, systems architecture and engineering, technical support and systems operations for a wide variety of Boeing and non-Boeing platforms.

Boeing excels in managing a global support chain from the factory to the front line. It has taken the lessons learned from the larger organisation and applied them to the benefit of the UK customer.

Commanders rely on their support chain to execute their mission successfully. Reliable infrastructure is vital if the customer is to make informed and timely decisions. The support Boeing provides through programmes

suchasLogisticNetworkEnabledCapability(LogNEC)is fundamental to providing commanders with timely information to make better decisions and to manage the support chain effectively.

Boeing also works on a number of projects under various CooperativeResearch&DevelopmentAgreementswithboth the UK Ministry of Defence and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), especially in concept development.

Forecasting what technology can enable and where investments might best be made allows BDUK to focus on customer priorities and evolving needs. Through innovative modelling, simulation and experimentation, the Boeing Portal in Hampshire works with customers to evaluate operational concepts and untested capabilities using virtual concepts of operations. Concepts can quickly be turned into developed prototypes, saving time, money and, most importantly, lives.

The commitment of Boeing employees, both here in the UK and around the world, makes a difference on the front line. Our motivation comes from knowing that we are delivering first-class military capability and knowing that soldiers, sailors and airmen benefit from what Boeing does on a daily basis.

EveryaspectofBoeingisgearedtowardimprovingthelevel of support to service personnel on operations. Having aircraft on the flight line in support of the UK’s troops around the world ensures our Armed Forces have the best possible equipment and support.

The Boeing Portal is Boeing Defence UK’s state-of-the art facility that uses advanced

technologies to support customers’ needs to explore and understand requirements in both

the defence and security domains.

The UK Royal Air Force operates a fleet of C-17

GlobemasterIIIstoprovideits strategic air lift capability.

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the UK

Ten UK airlines operate approximately 330 Boeing aircraft. This represents more than 40 percent of the commercial aircraft operating in the UK. The order backlog to be delivered in the future for UK airlines stands at more than 100 aircraft.

Over the past decade Boeing has received orders from airlines operating in the UK such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Thomson Airways (part of TUI Travel PLC). Thomson Airways is the UK launch customer for the 787 Dreamliner.

Product information•ThemembersoftheNext-Generation737family

continue the 737’s popularity and reliability in commercial jetliner transport. Ryanair’s fleet is made up entirely of 737-800s and 737s are also part of the fleets ofJet2andThomsonAirways.

•Boeing’snew737MAXwillbethemostefficient single-aisle aircraft and will deliver big fuel savings, as well as an eight percent advantage in operating costs over future competing aircraft and significant environmental benefits.

•TheBoeing747-8Intercontinentaland747-8Freighterare the new, high-capacity 747s that offer airlines the lowest operating costs and best economics of any large passenger aircraft or freighter while providing enhanced environmental performance. This latest family of 747 jetliners meets airline requirements for a passenger aircraft that serves the 400- to 500-seat market. Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic operate 747-400s in theirfleet.GlobalSupplySystem,basedatStanstedAirport, operates 747-8 Freighters on behalf of British Airways World Cargo operations.

•Themarket-leading777familyconsistsoffivepassenger models, with the ability to fly point-to-point nonstop to bypass crowded and busy hub airports, and a freighter model. The 777 is a family of aircraft distinguished by their fuel-efficiency, spacious cabin interior, range capability, commonality and reliability and is a part of the British Airways fleet.

•The777XisBoeing’snewestfamilyoftwin-aisleaeroplanes launched in November 2013. The 777X will be the largest and most-efficient twin-engine jet in the world, with 12 percent lower fuel consumption and 10 percent lower operating costs than the competition. Production of the 777X is scheduled to begin in 2017 and first delivery is targeted for 2020.

•TheBoeing787Dreamlinerissuper-efficientwithnewpassenger-pleasing features. It brings the economics of large jet transports to the middle of the market, using 20 percent less fuel than any other airplane of its size. An international team of top aerospace companies

Virgin Atlantic Airways operates Boeing 747-400s which fly out of LondonGatwick,Manchesterand

Glasgowairports.


builds the aircraft, led by Boeing. When fitted with Rolls-Royce engines alongside significant contributions from other UK suppliers, the 787 Dreamliner is 25 percent by value made by UK companies. Airlines based in the UK (Thomson Airways, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways) have Dreamliners on order and deliveries began in May 2013. In addition to bringing big-jet ranges to mid-size aircraft, the 787 provides airlines with unmatched fuel efficiency, resulting in exceptional environmental performance, with 20 percent lower carbon emissions and a noise footprint 60 percent smaller than today’s similarly-sized aircraft. For passengers, there are further improvements that include an interior environment with higher humidity to increase comfort and convenience. Composite materials make up 50 percent of the primary structure of the 787 including the fuselage and wing. First delivery of the 787 to All Nippon Airways (ANA) took place on Sept. 25, 2011.

Boeing Flight ServicesTheBoeingFlightServicestrainingcampusislocatednearGatwickAirport,inthetownofCrawley.This4,900-square-metre facility houses full-flight simulators, the exclusive 787 training suite with fully integrated Desktop Training Systems (DTS) classrooms and advanced flight training devices. Airline specific maintenance trainingisconductedattheGatwickcampusoratacustomerlocation.

Boeing Commercial Airplane Services (CAS) recently established a UK-based subsidiary to deliver services andsupporttoEuropeancustomers,basedontheGoldCareservice.

The 787 UK Partners

GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems

Ultra Electronics

De-icing system

BE Aerospace

First class seats

Eaton Aerospace

Fuel pump and valves - fuel system

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty

Landing gear and steering system

GE Aviation

Electronicdatadistribution and control systems

Zodiac Seats UK

First and business class seats

IPECO

Flight Deck Seating

UTC Aerospace Systems

Nitrogen generating system (Fire suppression system)

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Cranfield University

QinetiQ

Research - manufacturing and aerodynamics

Rolls-Royce

Engines

UTC Aerospace Systems

Nacelle systems


The environment is an important issue for all of us. Boeing is committed to zero carbon growth in its offices and factories by 2017, while continuing to increase aircraft production. Boeing continues its leadership role in the commercial aviation industry’s global efforts toward carbon-neutral growth from 2020. Boeing invests aggressively to further improve our products’ environmental performance throughout their life cycle. More than 75 percent of Boeing’s commercial aeroplane research and development contributes to advancing environmentally progressive innovations. Today, Boeing aircraft are as fuel and CO2 efficient as the average train and more efficient than the average car. But while aviation accounts for about two percent of global carbon emissions, air travel is growing and Boeing fully recognises the need for continued action. Boeing already invests in:

•Developmentofenhancedaerodynamics,lowerweightsystems and lower CO2 fuel technologies, including sustainable aviation biofuel and fuel cells

•Apioneeringprogrammeofnoisereductiontechnologies–forexampletheDreamliner’snoisecontour is 60 percent smaller than today’s similarly-sized aircraft

•Installationoflowoxidesofnitrogen(NOx)combustorson our new products to improve local air quality

•Aircraftrecyclingtechnologiesforcompositesandother new materials, such as those developed with the University of Nottingham, to deliver sustainable products across the whole life cycle

•Moreefficientairtrafficmanagementsystems

Boeing works with members of the Sustainable AviationFuelUsersGroup,SAFUG(www.safug.org),which is focused on accelerating the development and commercialization of sustainable aviation biofuels. Furthermore, Boeing joined the UK’s pan-aviation industry group Sustainable Aviation (www.sustainableaviation.co.uk)inJanuary2013.SustainableAviation is a long-term strategy that sets out the collective approach of UK aviation to tackling the challenge of ensuring a sustainable future for our industry. A world-first, Sustainable Aviation was

launched in 2005 and brings together UK airlines, airports, manufacturers and air navigation service providers. Members will continue to deliver on the goals and commitments identified in the strategy, monitoring and tracking the practical cooperative work being undertaken by signatories to Sustainable Aviation as well as providing regular progress reports and promoting efforts both within the UK and internationally.

EachyearBoeingUKworkswithcharitableorganisationsto deliver a series of education and volunteering activities in schools and in the community focused on the importance of positive action to protect the environment.

TheEnvironmentandSustainable AviationGrowth

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for a UK airline, ThomsonAirwaysG-TUIA.

Forexample,aspartoftheRestoretheEarthCampaign,BoeingsupportstheEarthRestorationServiceinplantingnative tree saplings in schools all over the UK, in order to create small-scale tree nurseries. Pupils and Boeing employees are directly involved in the planting and growing of the trees. This is an effective way for young people to learn about ecology and for the people of Boeing to connect with their local communities. In 2013 250childrenaged5-11tookpartinEarthDaywith60Boeing employees. 500 tree saplings and a further 500 wildflowers were planted during the day’s activities.

TheCarbonReductionCommitmentEfficiencyScheme(CRC),undertheUKDepartmentofEnergyandClimateChange, is a mandatory emissions trading scheme aimed at reducing CO2 emissions in the United Kingdom. The CRC aims to raise awareness of energy use and offer incentives for energy efficient operations. For the reporting period 2012/2013 the total CRC missions (in tonnes of CO2) were 4,918. Boeing operations in the UK consist of multiple units and subsidiaries. Boeing UK Training and Flight Services Ltd. operates flight simulators for training on Boeing aircraft at several locations throughout the UK. Boeing Defence UK Ltd. has employees located at

multiple locations, supporting Ministry of Defence and US military programmes. Additionally, CO2 emissions from BoeingsubsidiaryJeppesenUKLtd.areincludedintheBoeing UK CRC report.

EarthDayin2013wascelebratedacross5schoolsandnurseryschoolsclosetoBoeingUKandsubsidiarycompanysites(Gosport,Bristol,WelwynGardenCity,MiltonKeynesandWaddington).


Technology,InnovationandEducation

In addition to its own local presence, Boeing has an extensive network of industrial and academic partners and suppliers across the UK. Through these relationships, Boeing is helping to create and sustain thousands of high-grade, high-value jobs in the UK’s aerospace industry and wider economy. Boeing’s investment also stimulates new capital investment in the UK industrial base, which helps companies maintain their competitive edge.

Boeing works with a growing number universities in the UK. They are an integral part of our work and each is focused on a different specific area of research. We value these relationships and they can provide Boeing with innovative new technologies and business concepts, education and training for Boeing employees as well as potential recruits for long-term, high-value careers in the company.

Boeing was the founder company of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in partnership with the University of Sheffield. Boeing works with the AMRC to develop advanced manufacturing technologies that will help reduce the cycle time and cost of producing aerospace products while improving their quality and

performance. The AMRC has grown considerably since it was established and now has partners developing new manufacturing technologies that enhance the competitiveness of the UK’s industry across a broad spectrum of sectors, not only aerospace but also marine, automotive, nuclear and medical.

With the University of Cambridge, Boeing has an agreement to conduct a number of research projects in the field of highly networked systems. Cambridge is a recognised leader in IT research and this field is of particular interest to Boeing as it moves toward providing even more integrated solutions to its customers.

Alongside Cranfield University, Boeing is working on a variety of projects that reflect the University’s reputation and expertise in the areas of aviation, aeronautics and aircraft development. One is the design and production of a subscale demonstrator of a Blended Wing Body aircraft, the X-48B/C, with specifications provided by Boeing and

Cranfield’s wholly owned commercial subsidiary, Cranfield Aerospace Ltd. Boeing also helped start the Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) Centre at Cranfield. This consortium, modelled after the successful AMRC at the University of Sheffield, will focus on technologies to revolutionize aircraft health monitoring, prognostics and use of acquired data to manage the system. Boeing employees also study at Cranfield University.

Boeing launched a major new collaborative investment in carbon fibre recycling research in October 2011, involving theUniversityofNottingham’sFacultyofEngineering.In the past decade, researchers at Nottingham have

At the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing, in partnership with Sheffield

University, advanced manufacturing technologies are developed that will help reduce the cycle time and cost of producing aerospace products while

improving their quality and performance.

developed ways to recycle carbon fibre composites and Boeing has collaborated with them since 2006. Boeing is investinginitiallyforthreeyears–aninclusivepartnershipin which Boeing will work with Nottingham in all its composites recycling activities.

The University of Bristol is one of the UK’s leading engineering universities and has partnerships with Boeing on a number of programmes that focus on aerospace, civil and mechanical developments, including unmanned aerial vehicles.

Boeing works with the University of Southampton in the fields of engineering and supply-chain management.

Boeing partnered with engineering companies including Rolls-Royce and Mettis Aerospace, the University of StrathclydeandtheScottishExecutivetoestablishtheAdvanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), located nearGlasgowAirport.TheAFRCisdevelopingformingand forging technologies to support the design and manufacture of new products including components structures for airframes, aero engines, landing gear, power generation, cars, ships, medical devices and wind

turbines. It aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial manufacturing processes.

Boeing is a member of The Welding Institute (TWI) in Sheffield and has bolstered its production processes with licenses from TWI, particularly in the area of friction stir joining. Based on the original licenses, Boeing researchers have continued to develop friction stir joining processes specific to aerospace applications to enhance manufacturing processes and reduce production costs. Boeing and TWI work together on a host of projects on a transactional basis including close coordination on Linear Friction Welding of Titanium process development.

QinetiQ is the largest single research and development organization in the UK. A long-term leasing agreement for the use of the QinetiQ five-metre wind tunnel has provided Boeing civil and defence programmes unfettered access to a unique world-class testing capability. A five-year extension to the arrangement was agreed to in 2013.

The partnership between Lotus F1 Team and Boeing Research and Technology dates back to 2004, when the two companies discovered an interest in exploring

areas of engineering and science that could lead to mutually beneficial developments. Since then, engineers on both sides of the Atlantic have cooperated on a number of areas. In the spirit of an open collaboration, the partnership has also proven its value on a number of smaller projects and owes its success to the shared passionforscienceandR&Dandthedeterminationtoexploit the synergies as well as the underlying diversity of the two companies.


The Boeing Company is leading the aerospace industry into the next century, as it approaches its centenary in 2016. What Boeing does has a global footprint and the company recognises that leading the industry in innovation and growth has significant impact on the communities where our employees and partners live and work.

Boeing’s Corporate Citizenship report reflects some of the ways the company and its employees honour — and extend — the Boeing legacy by helping communities build a better future every day. The aim of these projects is to inspire others to take those small and large steps that lead to making a difference now and for generations to come.

In the UK, Boeing proudly supports education and environment projects such as The Schools Build a Plane Challenge in partnership with The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), The Prince’s Trust, Flying Scholarships in collaboration with the Air League, The National Memorial ArboretumandTheEarthRestorationService.Boeingisthe main supporter of the British Military Tournament and has been since the event’s return in 2010. The company alsocontributestoglobalactivitiessuchasEarthDayandBoeing’sGlobalMonthofService.

During the course of a year, these projects positively impact hundreds of young people and reach out to many

more as each charity is involved in public displays in which Boeing takes the lead, such as the Farnborough International Airshow.

Schools Build a Plane ChallengeThe Boeing and Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Schools Build a Plane Challenge aims to motivate young people in the areas of science, technology, engineering andmath(STEM).Italsoencouragesyoungpeople’sawareness of the aerospace sector, demonstrates its economic importance and offers a wide array of related career paths.

The project provides young people in UK secondary schools with the opportunity to build a real, light aircraft from a kit and gives them hands-on experience of the aircraft build process, understanding the scientific and engineering principles behind flight, as well as developing commercial skills such as project management, problem-solving, team work and communication, with the ultimate aim of taking a flight in the aircraft once it is complete. The Light Aircraft Association trains the students, as well as ensuring the build conforms to engineering regulations and flight certifications. Boeing experts and regional branch members of the RAeS act as mentors

GlobalCorporateCitizenship

“We believe that companies like ours must play

a significant role as citizens beyond our role as

corporations. We must lead responsibly to help

our communities, our nations and the world

address challenges that are bigger than any

one company’s interests. That includes bringing

problem-solvers together, focusing them on

action that helps communities grow, and helping

communities develop the resources that sustain

and attract people who choose to live, work,

learn and play in them.”

— Jim McNerney, chairman, president

and CEO, The Boeing Company

during the build process and a variety of visits have been conducted in support of the broader educational benefits associated with the project.

The programme was launched as a national competition in early 2009. There are currently six schools involved in the Schools Build a Plane Challenge, each one building an aircraft: Yateley School (Hampshire), Marling School (Gloucestershire),BridgeLearningCampus(Bristol),ErcallWoodTechnologyCollege(Shropshire),NorthEastWolverhamptonAcademy(WestMidlands)andErnesfordGrangeCommunitySchool(WestMidlands).Yateley School celebrated the first flight of the project in April 2013.

The Prince’s Trust The Prince’s Trust gives practical and financial support to young people, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. The Trust has helped more than 650,000 young people since 1976. It supports an additional 100 young people each day and 80 percent of those that complete their programmes get a job or move into further education, training or meaningful volunteering.

Boeing supports around 25 xl clubs and engages withmanyofthemonSTEMsubjectsinparticular.

Prince’s Trust xl clubs are a personal development programme aimed at young people aged 13 to 19 at risk of underachievement or exclusion from school. The aim is to keep young people in school and to re-engage them in education through an informal, youth-led and supportive setting, providing young people with the space and attention they need to learn skills and confidence as well as to form a sense of ownership over their work and

own development. The xl clubs have been running since 1998 and there are currently over 900 clubs supporting morethan10,000youngpeopleacrosstheUK.Guidedby an adviser, young people are encouraged to work together as a small group to achieve goals relating to their education, training and future lives.

Sir Roger Bone, president of Boeing UK, with 7 of the Air League gliding scholars. Photo: Rupert Hartley


The Air LeagueBoeing and the Air League launched their partnership in May 2012 and announced ten new flying scholarship awards in the presence of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke ofEdinburghashecelebrated60yearsastheAirLeague’spatron.InJuly2012,duringtheFarnboroughAirshow, Boeing and the Air League announced they would award an additional 14 flying scholarships to wounded servicemen and women in 2013. Boeing and the Air League are collaborating with UK charities Help for Heroes and Aerobility to provide flying lessons in specially modified aircraft equipped with sliding canopies and electric and manual hoists that aid in accommodating wheelchairsandpower-chairs.InJuly2013,Boeingandthe Air League celebrated the achievements of eight studentsfromSkinner’sAcademyinHackney,EastLondon who were awarded gliding scholarships and undertook a two-week intensive course to fly solo at the LondonGlidingClubinDunstable.

EarthRestorationServiceBoeingsupportstheEarthRestorationServiceinsendingnative tree saplings to 100 schools all over the UK and overseas, in order to create small-scale tree nurseries. The children are directly involved in the planting and growing of the trees. Once the saplings reach the correct maturity the trees are planted out in the local community, which is an effective way for children to learn about ecology and for the schools to engage practically with their local communities.

EarthDayin2013wascelebratedbyBoeingandtheEarthRestorationServiceacrossfiveschoolsandnurseryschools close to Boeing UK and subsidiary company sites (Gosport,Bristol,WelwynGardenCity,MiltonKeynesandWaddington). Some 250 children aged 5-11 took part with 60 Boeing employees and planted 500 tree saplings and 500 wildflowers.

The National Memorial ArboretumTen years ago, the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA), foundedbyDavidChildsandGroupCaptainLeonardCheshire, was opened to the public. In 2007, the public profile of the Arboretum changed when the Armed Forces Memorial was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen: visitor numbers dramatically increased from 65,000 to 300,000. Boeing’s partnership with the National Memorial ArboretumalignswithBoeing’sGlobalCorporateCitizenship objective toward education, community cohesion and environment by assisting in welcoming school visitors to engage with the educational facilities on site. Today, the Arboretum is the UK’s year-round centre for Remembrance; a spiritually uplifting place which honours the fallen, recognises service, suffering and sacrifice and fosters pride in our country.

Karl Hinett, a wounded former soldier of the Staffordshire Infantry Regiment in the British Army, who completed a Boeing-sponsored flying scholarship in partnership with the Air League and Aerobility.

More Than 75 Years of Partnership

InJune1938,theBritishAirMinistryordered“Harvard”training aircraft from Boeing legacy company North American. Soon after, trans-Atlantic flights began with Pan American using Boeing 314 flying boats to make the journey from Southampton to New York.

Today, after more than 75 years of partnership, Boeing employs around 1,500 people in the United Kingdom, spends an annual average of $1 billion with suppliers and research partners, and counts among its customers some of the world’s most significant airlines as well as the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence.

Some key milestones are:•June9,1938: The North American “Harvard,” based ontheoriginaltrainers,issoldtotheBritishGovernmentfor aerial reconnaissance and training.

•June24,1939: Pan American inaugurates the first trans-Atlantic northern mail service to Southampton in a Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper.

•June28,1939: Pan American inaugurates the first regular passenger service from New York to Southampton using the Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper.

•March 20, 1941:TheBritishGovernmentbuysthreeBoeing 314A aircraft and allocates them to The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) for use as transport aircraft. The Boeing 314 aircraft are famous for ferrying Winston Churchill on some of his intercontinental journeys.

•June6,1944: More than 1,000 military Douglas DC-3 and C-47 aircraft, many towing troop-carrying gliders, airlift more than 20,000 paratroopers and their weapons acrosstheEnglishChannelduringthefirsthoursofD-Day.

•May 27, 1960: BOAC introduces the Boeing 707-436 aircraft on its London to New York service.

•April 25, 1971: BOAC operates its first Boeing 747 flight between London Heathrow and New York.

•November 3, 1998: British Airways takes delivery of its 50th Boeing 747-400.

A North American “Harvard” training aircraft


•May 23, 2001:TheBoeingC-17GlobemasterIIIisformally accepted into Royal Air Force service, with No. 99 Squadron and makes its operational debut with the RAF during the Afghanistan conflict.

•November 10, 2005: Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner jet lands at Heathrow Airport after breaking the record for the longest nonstop passenger airline flight, after a 12,500-mile trip from Hong Kong the “long way round.”

•February 24, 2008:Boeing,VirginAtlanticandGEAviation conduct the first commercial aviation flight using a sustainable biomass-to-liquid fuel mixed with traditional kerosene-based jet fuel.

•July2008: Boeing increases commitment to the UK and integrates its defence programmes under Boeing Defence UK.

•July18,2010: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its debut outside the United States at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow.

•December 2010: The British Military Tournament, sponsored by Boeing, returns to the calendar after an 11-year absence.

•May 26, 2011: Boeing announces the UK Supplier TeamtodelivertheLogNECprogrammefortheMinistry of Defence.

•August 22, 2011: Boeing receives a contract from the UK to supply 14 new Chinooks.

•December 2, 2011: Boeing opens the Boeing Portal in a new facility in Fleet, Hampshire.

•July25,2012: Boeing is the first company to sign up totheMoD’sNewIndustrialEngagementPolicy.

•October 2012: Boeing dedicates “Turing House” in Milton Keynes.

•May 31, 2013: The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for a UK airline, Thomson Airways, arrives at Manchester Airport following its delivery flight from Seattle.

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