C r e ating opportunities 22 Boeing Frontiers Italy is one of Boeing’s most important partners in Europe By Dan Rale y Italy is a country filled with curiosity and discovery. For centuries, this southern European nation has helped shape the rest of the world with its inquisitiveness—whether it was explorers such as Marco Polo or fellow Italians in modern times establishing the latest trends in fashion, cuisine, automobiles and the arts. It’s not surprising, then, that similarly inventive Boeing and Italy have maintained an aerospace relationship going on many decades. A DC-2 built by Boeing heritage company Douglas Aircraft was used for commercial and military purposes by Italy before and after World War II, but the partnership began in earnest in 1950 with Avio Linee Italiane operating a DC-4 airliner. Today, ongoing collaborations between Italy and Boeing involve operation of the KC-767 tanker and production of 787 Dreamliner fuselage barrels and other key structures, and more. “Italy is a high-innovation society,” said Marc Allen, president, Boeing International. “They’ve demonstrated an ability to create, and to create with
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