All Nippon Airways flies first Boeing 787 off to Japan
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways took off in its 787 from Paine Field, in Everett, Wash., Tuesday morning, dipped its wings and headed for Tokyo. ANA accepted legal ownership of...
View ArticleFirst ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner lands in Tokyo
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways landed its first 787 at Tokyo Haneda Airport Wednesday. ANA accepted legal ownership of the airplane on Sunday, celebrated delivery on Monday...
View ArticleBoeing 777 becomes Qatar Airways’ 100th airplane
While Cargolux’s first Boeing 747-8 Freighter was the big news item at a Boeing-Qatar Airways event Friday, the ceremony was actually intended to mark delivery of the carrier’s 100th airliner, a Boeing...
View ArticleANA to start Boeing 787 long-haul service Jan. 21
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways will start long-haul 787 service on Jan. 21, flying between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Frankfurt, Germany, the airline announced Wednesday. ANA...
View ArticleBoeing delivers second 787, 747-8
Boeing delivered the second 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 Freighter to respective launch customers All Nippon Airways and Cargolux on Thursday. “Cargolux flew their second 747-8 Freighter directly to...
View ArticleChina Eastern dumps Boeing 787s for 737s, A330s
China Eastern Airlines has dumped its order for 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in favor of 45 737s and ordered 15 Airbus A330s, the company announced Monday. China Eastern said it made the switch due to...
View ArticleBoeing flies 787 Dreamliner to Seoul
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner made its Korea debut Monday, with the first 787 flying in for the 2011 Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition, at Seongnam Airport. In other Dreamliner news,...
View ArticleChina Southern sticks with 787 but Boeing expects cancellations
A day after China Eastern Airlines dropped its order for 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, China Southern said it would stick with its order, despite an anticipated delay, Dow Jones Newswires reported...
View ArticleANA nicks first Boeing 787
The first scratch had to happen sometime. Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways knocked its first 787 into a boarding bridge on Oct. 13, causing slight damage to an engine cowling,...
View ArticleWhen will Boeing’s 787 make a profit?
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has cost the company billions of dollars more than expected, pushing back the day when the program will start to make money. But just what it means to be profitable is a...
View ArticleGAO: Questions remain about composite jets like Boeing 787
UPDATE: Boeing response added below. U.S. and European regulators followed procedures in certifying Boeing’s mostly composite 787 Dreamliner aircraft and took steps to address potential safety...
View ArticleWhich is the real first commercial Boeing 787 flight?
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways plans to launch commercial service with a flight from Tokyo Narita airport to Hong Kong on Wednesday. But that’s not its real entry into...
View ArticleBoeing 787 set to fly with first paying passengers
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is scheduled to take off with its first paying passengers Wednesday, and some of those passengers paid quite a bit for the privilege. Launch customer All Nippon Airways is...
View ArticleBoeing sees demand for existing, re-engined 737s
There’s enough demand for current Boeing 737 airliners to justify continuing to churn out more while the company also markets a version updated with new engines, Chairman, President and CEO Jim...
View ArticleDoes the Boeing 787 have an ugly tail?
There’s something unseemly about Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner, according to pilot Patrick Smith. “(H)ave you taken a look at that tail,” Salon’s aviation expert wrote last week, just as the airplane was...
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