Why did that Boeing 787 catch on fire? According to a report from Britain’s Air Accidents Investigations Branch, the most likely culprit is a device known as an emergency location transmitter (ELT). Continue reading A “Why Did That Boeing 787 Catch on Fire?” FAQ
When Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner– former commercial airplanes head Jim Albaugh parachuted out of Boeing suddenly over the summer–says, “When we get the airplane right, that’s when we’ll go forward,” it sounds like a lesson learned from 787 Dreamliner delays, often blamed on a too-market-driven timeline. Continue reading Boeing on 777X Timeline: New Jets are Hard!
All Nippon Airlines will offer direct SeaTac-to-Tokyo Narita flights by mid-2012 earliest, but Seattleites will be flying the same old boring planes to Japan on Delta and United for a while yet, despite their orders of 18 and 50 787s, respectively. A United-ordered 787 provided a photo op for President Obama recently, in his visit to Seattle, but United plans to put the new plane in service first on its routes between Houston and Auckland, New Zealand; and Houston and Lagos, Nigeria. Continue reading Wait, Boston Will Be First in U.S. to Fly 787?
That’s well and good, says Raha, but “Boeing cannot, by itself, save us from the impact of another slowdown in the U.S. economy.” Recently, Raha has made a point of looking for upsides, saying that barring this or that unforeseen incident, the state can expect modest growth. Yet, since 2008, the winds have refused to blow fair. Now the disruption of the Japan earthquake has been followed by a summer of wrangling over the emperor’s new debt ceiling, and even incremental recovery has stalled out. Continue reading Washington State Economy Needs That Boeing Bounce…And More
If the exact circumstances are embarrassing for Boeing, it’s more worrisome to hear Boeing Commercial Airplanes head Jim Albaugh admit that, internally, Boeing could not come up with a way to produce a new plane with sufficient speed: 40 to 60 per month. Their customers, waiting on 787s and 747-8s, can be forgiven a little concern over whether Boeing still knows how to ship a new plane on time and on budget. Continue reading Boeing Board Next to Weigh In on Surprise 737 Re-Engine
