American Airlines places a mega order with Boeing
American Airlines has announced that they have now placed a big order for 42 Boeing 787.
The order is worth around USD 8 billion at market prices but the actual value is likely to be lower.
This is good news for Boeing which is struggling in the weakening economy with [...]
Tata unit to supply parts for Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Tata subsidiary TCS is already working with Ferrari on their Formula-1 cars.
There is more good news for the company as a company unit is now going to supply parts for the 787 Dreamliner commercial jets.
Boeing has announced that they are now collaborating with TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd. [...]
Air India to lease planes to update their fleet
Indian government owned Airline Company Air India has revealed that they are now considering leasing 10-15 aircraft this year.
The aim is to update their aging fleet of aircrafts as they are awaiting the deliveries of their ordered planes.
Boeing has just announced that they are delaying the [...]
Boeing sticking to the current deadline to ship 787 Dreamliner plane
Boeing has stated that they are on track to start delivering the 787 Dreamliner plane to the customers as per their current deadline.
The first of the planes would be delivered later next year. However, the company admitted that there were still significant supply chain wrinkles.
They [...]
Vietnam airline companies order 12 Dreamliner planes from Boeing
US based aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced that they would be supplying 12 Dreamliner planes to airline companies in Vietnam.
These planes have been acquired by Vietnam Airlines and Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Joint Stock Company.
Vietnam Airlines is one of five founding shareholders in Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Joint Stock [...]
Boeing names Pat Shanahan as the new head of 787 program
US based aircraft manufacturer Boeing has announced the appointment of Pat Shanahan as the new head of their 787 Dreamliner program.
This program has seen major problems and the company recently announced another six month delay.
Shanahan would be replacing Mike Bair at this position in the [...]
Boeing on track to supply 787 Dreamliner
US based airline manufacturer Boeing has said that they are currently on scheduled to start the delivery of their 787 Dreamliner by May 2008.
Randy Tinseth, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President for Marketing said in a statement: “It is still our objective to meet that May 2008 delivery but in [...]
