Category: Boeing

National carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines said on Monday it agreed to buy eight Boeing aircraft worth nearly $1.3 billion as it looks to modernize its small fleet and fight off competition from local rivals.
Boeing had offered to supply the airline with four twin-aisle 777-300s by 2013 and four 787-8s Dreamliners by 2017, Biman Chairman Mahbub […]

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Preliminary investigations into last week’s throttle-response failure on an American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER suggest that a simple inadvertent obstruction of the throttle lever might have been responsible.
The aircraft had been approaching Los Angeles on 28 February, with its engines at flight-idle power and the auto-throttle engaged, when its left-hand powerplant apparently did not respond to […]

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Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has some fascinating new uses for technology, but the ability of cattle-class travellers to get laptop power still remains in the hands of individual airlines.
For the much-discussed and somewhat delayed Dreamliner, Boeing has restricted the ability of airlines to customise the seating in the economy cabin, allowing them to choose from […]

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The Boeing Company Friday delivered its 700th Boeing 777 airplane, a 777-300ER (Extended Range), to International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) and its customer, Cathay Pacific Airways. The 777 Program reached this milestone after 12 years in service, faster than any other twin-aisle airplane program in commercial aviation history. ILFC has ordered 79 Boeing 777s since […]

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The Boeing Company today delivered its 1,400th 747, a 747-400 Freighter delivered to GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) for lease to AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a subsidiary of the Volga-Dnepr Group.
"We are honored to receive the 1,400th Boeing 747," said Gennady Pivovarov, senior vice president of Production, AirBridgeCargo Airlines. "The 747 is a high-quality, reliable airplane that […]

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Boeing and Airbus are in the running to supply aircraft to Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Biman officials said on Tuesday.
They said Biman has received separate offers from Boeing and Airbus to sell the national carrier a dozen aircraft in total.
Boeing has offered to supply eight planes and Airbus four.
"We will evaluate both the offers soon and […]

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Driven by demand from rich Middle Eastern clients and high-flying businessmen, the market for luxury private jets is booming, industry leaders said at the close of the Singapore Airshow.
"We have orders that will keep us busy until 2011-2012. Never in the past did we see such demand," says Bernd Habbel of Germany’s Lufthansa Technik.
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A Singapore Airlines jet shut down one of its two engines after suffering mechanical trouble today but landed safely in Japan, transportation officials said. There were no injuries reported.
The Boeing 777-200 plane, flying from Singapore to Nagoya, reported the trouble about 30 minutes before arriving, said Yasuki Shigeno, a Transport Ministry official at the Central […]

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Continental Airlines said on Thursday it ordered 27 more planes from Boeing, in a deal worth USD$2.5 billion at list prices.
Orders in the US market have been sluggish for Boeing, with airlines financially stretched after a five-year slump that ended in 2006, and a new downturn looming.
Continental, one of the few major US airlines with […]

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The second Boeing [NYSE: BA] 747-400 Dreamlifter completed its first flight earlier today in Taipei. The Dreamlifter is a specially modified 747-400 used to transport the major composite structures of the all-new 787 Dreamliner.
Piloted by Boeing Flight Test Pilots Jerry Whites and Gary Meiser, the Dreamlifter took off from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at […]

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We’ve been on a great run with three consecutive years of record freighter orders," said Jim Edgar, regional director, Cargo Marketing - Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "But that’s just the beginning — this year we’re anticipating a series of milestones that bring about major improvements in fuel efficiency, environmental responsibility and operational flexibility. Our two new […]

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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Jakarta-based Garuda Indonesia today announced at the Singapore Air Show that the airline has ordered four 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at more than $1 billion at current list prices.
Additionally, Garuda confirmed a previous unidentified order for seven Next-Generation 737-800s placed in 2007, and announced […]

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