Boeing Aircraft Company (ATDB)

Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
Boeing Aircraft Company			BOE+RDN	USA.Illinois	Seattle; Chicago; Arlington	1916-
Formed in 1916 by William Boeing as Pacific Aero Products Company and renamed Boeing Airplane Company in 1917. Acquiredin 1934 by United Aircraft & Transport Corporation, along Stearman Aircraft (Wichita,KS), keeping the Boeing name. Took-over Vertol Helicopters in 1960, minority interest in Bolkow GmbH (later MBB) in 1964 (resold in 1978), minority interest in Carnegie Group in 1984, DeHavilland Canada in 1986 (resold in 1992 to Bombardier), Litton Precision Gear in 1992, Rockwell International's Aerospace and Defense Electronics in 1996, McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Formed joint-venture Boeing Business Jets in 1996 with General Electric Co. Formed subsidiary BCC/Boeing Capital Corp (taking-over part of MDFC/McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp, remainder to MDFC-Knoxville Corp) for aircraft leases and asset management (to be moved from Long Beach to Renton in 2004) (includes purpose-built subsidiaries like Hawk Leasing Inc. Moved its global HQ to Chicago, IL in 2000, to Arlington, VA in 2022.