We just attended a two-day conference organized by the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, a major event in Seattle’s Puget Sound region. Michele Dunlop of The Everett Herald wrote several stories; here are our impressions. Surprisingly, given the downturn… Read More
Dominic Gates at The Seattle Times had a long story Sunday (Feb. 8, 2009) about the Federal Aviation Administration relaxing rules on lightning strikes as too stringent and which the new composite Boeing 787 cannot meet. The rules,… Read More
Just so readers don’t think Boeing is the only one with problems, Germany’s Der Spiegal reports things may be going far south with the Airbus A400M. Here’s their report, via Business Week.
James Bell, the CFO of The Boeing Co., appeared today at a Cowen & Co. investors conference. Here is a synopsis of his presentation, as he gave it. The third bullet point refers to potential production cuts in… Read More
Also see the Updates after the jump. LCAL, based in Dubai, has canceled 16 Boeing 787s, it has now been confirmed. This is the cancellation we wrote about on January 14 and hinted overtly about in this post…. Read More
Since Boeing’s earnings call last week, spurred on by the Flight International and Everett Herald stories doubting the future of the 747-8 program, we’ve received media inquiries whether we think the program will be canceled. For those who… Read More
Jon Ostrower has an interesting think piece about the prospect of Ryanair ordering up to 400 Airbus A320s or Boeing 737s powered by the new Pratt & Whitney GTF, or Geared Turbo Fan P1000G. We first broke the… Read More
Update, Feb. 8: The Puget Sound Business Journal has this article focusing on the certification timeline. Original Post: Boeing has publicly said that it plans a flight test timeline of 6-8 months, depending on when Boeing was making… Read More
New York magazine has a good article that starts with US Airways 1549 and continues for five URL links discussing a variety of pilot-emergency handlings. It’s a great piece and the starting URL link is here.
When Boeing CEO James McNerney gave a somewhat mixed assessment of the 747-8 program last week during the earnings call, this set off a couple of key stories about the future of the airplane. Michele Dunlop of The… Read More