Russian airline OAO Aeroflot will seek $100 million from Boeing Co. due to the late delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, Interfax reported Wednesday, citing Shamil Kurmashov, the company’s deputy director for financial investments.
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Delta to pickup Northwest’s order of 18 787s
Delta Air Lines Inc. said Monday that it will take delivery of the first of 18 Boeing 787s in 2020, ending long-running uncertainty over the fate of the order.
The second-largest U.S. carrier by traffic inherited the order when it acquired Northwest Airlines and has been in talks with Boeing Co. about the planes’ fate after protracted delays in the aircraft’s entry into service. Get the full story »
Boeing swings to profit on plane sales
Boeing Co. posted a quarterly profit that beat expectations, and it boosted its full year forecast, helped by a strong recovery in the commercial airplane market.
The world’s largest aerospace and defense company’s order backlog rose, especially on the commercial side of its business, helped by a surge in orders from the Middle East and Asia. Get the full story »
Boeing confident 787 is on track
A Boeing 787 prepares for its first test flight in December. (AP)
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner program is on track for first delivery in early 2011, a senior company executive said on Monday.
Boeing said in August the first delivery of its 787 Dreamliner will be delayed by several weeks to the middle of the first quarter of 2011 from the fourth quarter of this year due to a delay in the availability of a Rolls-Royce PLC engine. Get the full story »
Boeing 787 to meet schedule despite engine blowout
Rolls-Royce Group’s plan to recover from the August blowout of a 787 Dreamliner engine should allow the plane to meet its schedule, said Boeing Commercial Airplanes President Jim Albaugh. A Rolls-Royce team will brief Boeing today and tomorrow in Seattle, where Boeing builds its airliners, Albaugh said. The London-based engine-maker’s steps will let Boeing’s 787 enter service as planned early next year, he said. Get the full story »
Engine problem halts Boeing 787 test plane
Boeing Co. said Wednesday that it had a serious problem with one of the Rolls-Royce engines on one of its 787 Dreamliner test aircraft, requiring it to be replaced.
The plane manufacturer, whose carbon-composite 787 is already almost three years behind schedule, said it was too early to tell if the setback would delay the plane’s testing phase and eventual delivery date. Get the full story »
Boeing says 787 fatigue testing has begun
Boeing Co. said on Monday that it has begun long-term fatigue testing on its new 787, a three-year program meant to simulate the stresses of years of flying.
Training on Boeing 787 all virtual
Pilot Gregg Pointon "flies" from the cockpit of a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator. (Elaine Thompson/AP)
Mechanics going through Boeing Co.’s 25-day training course for its coming 787 Dreamliner learn to fix all kinds of problems, from broken lights in the cabin to major glitches with its flight controls. One thing they won’t soon do: touch one of the planes.
Using both laptop and desktop computers inside a classroom festooned with huge diagrams, airline mechanics will train on a system that displays an interactive 787 cockpit, as well as a 3-D exterior of the plane. Using a mouse, the mechanics can “walk” around the jet, open virtual maintenance access panels and go inside the plane to repair and replace parts. Get the full story »
Boeing blames engine for latest 787 delay
Boeing Co. has pushed back delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner by several weeks, a widely expected decision but also the latest in a series of embarrassing glitches that have disrupted production of the hotly anticipated aircraft.
The postponement of the carbon-composite airplane, already more than two years behind schedule, is attributed to a delay in the availability of a Rolls-Royce engine needed for the final phases of flight testing. Get the full story »
Boeing reinspecting Dreamliner components
Boeing Co. said Tuesday that it was re-inspecting work carried out by a key partner on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft to ensure it met the U.S. aerospace group’s own standards. The company said it was assessing the impact on the production and delivery schedule for the new plane, already two-and-a-half years behind schedule. Get the full story »
Boeing assesses 787 manufacturing issues
Boeing Co. is assessing new issues related to manufacturing the long-delayed 787 Dreamliner, but the company still aims to make first delivery of the plane by the end of this year, the chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes said on Tuesday.
Speaking on a webcast of an analyst conference in New York, Jim Albaugh said the issues relate to manufacturing the airplane and not to its operations. The world’s second-largest plane maker believes the issues will be “readily addressed.” Get the full story »
Another 787 delay, but Boeing ups outlook
A Boeing 787 prepares for its first test flight in December. (AP)
Boeing Co said Thursday that issues raised in its 787 Dreamliner flight tests could delay first delivery of the long-awaited carbon-composite aircraft into the first part of 2011, but the company also expects an uptick in new plane demand over the next two decades. Get the full story »
July 9, 2010 at 6:46 a.m.
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Filed under: Boeing to debut 787, drones at Farnborough
Boeing said it would give the 787 Dreamliner its international debut, and show several unmanned aircraft this month at the Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Get the full story »
Boeing finds new 787 problem, grounds test fleet
A chase plane flies beside a Boeing 787 airplane on Dec. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
Boeing Co. says it inspecting all of its 787 jets after finding that some have improperly installed parts in a section of the tail.
In a statement late Thursday Boeing said it had ”identified a workmanship issue” with the horizontal tail, also called a stabilizer. Shims and fasteners weren’t installed correctly, the aircraft maker said. The stabilizer, the smaller wing on the plane’s tail, is built by Italian manufacturer Alenia.
Boeing said inspections will take one to two days. Any work required will take up to eight days for each plane. Get the full story »
