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The aircraft's performance upgrade allows airlines to add payload and cargo capacity.
The Air India disaster in which a plane crashed moments after take-off in Ahmedabad is the first time that a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner has been involved in a fatal accident. However, the aircraft has been beset by problems since entering service in 2011.
Long-haul air travel can be tough. Crying babies, mediocre food or barely any beyond a measly bag of pretzels, turbulence, dehydration, crappy recycled air, downed Wi-Fi, and on overnight flights, difficulty catching some Zs. Yet airlines want your hard ...
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Why Some Hardly Flown Boeing 787 Dreamliners Were Worth More As Parts Than As Whole Aircraft
A nearly new Boeing 787 with 13 flight hours is being scrapped. Its parts are worth more than the whole aircraft.
WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday it could be forced to slow deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner after the company discovered a new production flaw that will require it to inspect all 90 jets in its inventory, the ...
Bjoern Kjos, chief executive officer of Norwegian Air Shuttle AS, poses for a photograph with his arms outstretched in front of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner, ahead of the company's inaugural flight to New York from the south terminal at London Gatwick ...
How the Boeing 787 Dreamliner transformed long-haul travel with ultra-efficient flights, new nonstop routes, and passenger comfort.
Boeing is defending the integrity of the fuselages on two of its largest planes, which have come under criticism from a whistleblower who warns that panels on the outside of one of the planes could eventually break apart during flight. Two Boeing ...
A whistleblower last week said that Boeing's 787 assembly put excessive stress on airplane joints that could reduce some of the planes' lifespans. The whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, is scheduled to appear at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Boeing has denied ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward with concerns over one of the planemaker's family of passenger jetliners, pointing to safety concerns in at ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. This article is more than 2 years old. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks to reporters as he departs from ...
By contrast, GE powers two-thirds of the fleet and makes up two-thirds of the flight hours. The big difference is that GE accounts for over 1,000 orders of 787 aircraft. Thus, in the future, GE will dominate the 787 market, increasing its 787 market share.