October 26, 2011
Passengers board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by All Nippon Airways at Narita Airport, Japan prior to its flight to Hong Kong. Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner made its first commercial flight on Wednesday, giving a handful of deep-pocketed passengers the chance to fly into history on what is touted as an aviation breakthrough. Carrying 252 [...]
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October 7, 2009
Chicago-based Boeing Company announced Tuesday it is expecting to report a one-billion dollar charge because of a delay in producing a new version of the 747 freighter jet. In a written statement, Boeing blames most of the billion-dollar charge on increased production costs of one of its freighter airplanes. The company adds the market conditions [...]
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September 29, 2009
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is unveiled in Everett, Washington in 2007. The head of Vietnam Airlines expressed concern on Monday about production delays to Boeingâs 787 Dreamliner and said the group had not made up its mind whether to cancel any of the 16 aircraft it has ordered. Vietnam Airlines has eight of the next-generation [...]
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August 4, 2009
Boeing Co., which has delayed the delivery of its 787 Dreamliner five times, may not get it flying for another six months, said Senior Plc, a British supplier of air ducts and other parts for the plane. Boeing failed to make good on a June 16 pledge at the Paris Air Show that the 787 [...]
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June 27, 2009
A Qantas jet (foreground) sit on the tarmac at London’s Heathrow airport near London in December 2008. Boeing Co. lost half of a 30-plane order for its 787 Dreamliner from Qantas Airways Ltd., formerly the modelâs biggest airline customer, amid slumping demand for international travel. The carrier canceled 15 787-9 aircraft scheduled for delivery by [...]
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June 16, 2009
Visitors arrive at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France, Monday The most talked-about plane at the Paris Air Show will be the one that missed the flight. Boeing Co.âs 787 Dreamliner would be delivered âbang on scheduleâ in 2008, commercial-planes chief Scott Carson said in June 2007 at the industryâs last Paris gathering. [...]
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