Aircraft News - North America.For more aircraft data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jun 19, 2006 Boeing Boeing continues with its rush into the 787 with Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . the latest to order, with a commitment for 20 of the new wide body and 20 options. Singapore has had to take its place in the queue for the aircraft with deliveries scheduled between early 2011 and mid-2013, catering for growth as well as fleet renewal. SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor has gone for the Dash 9, the latest version on offer with the largest cabin and longest range. In a standard three-class configuration, it can carry between 250 and 290 passengers. It also has space for about 20 tons of cargo, and will have a range of 8,600 to 8,800 nautical miles (15,900 to 16,300 kilometers). Singapore Airlines plans to deploy the aircraft on routes to North Asia North Asia or Northern Asia is a subregion of Asia. The most common definition of the term is;
Boeing Ramp Rage was mentioned last week in respect of the new composite materials on the Boeing 787. This is the description of careless driving on airfields by airline service providers costing the industry millions each year. Not only that, prangs to aircraft inconvenience passengers, jeopardize an airline's image and potentially compromise safety. Holiday airline Thomas Cook For the company, see Thomas Cook AG. Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) of Melbourne, Derbyshire, founded the travel agency that is now Thomas Cook AG. He was brought up as a strict Baptist and joined his local Temperance Society. is taking up the cudgels on behalf of the airlines with an education campaign aimed at reducing these incidents. The airline's ground handling and maintenance departments have joined forces to produce a poster graphically illustrating the costs of the kind of accidental damage which happens all too frequently. Featuring the side of a Boeing it points out areas of typical damage and lists the cost of replacement or repair. These include [pounds sterling]266,655 for rudder damage, [pounds sterling]100,000 for a nose cowl, [pounds sterling]80,000 for a fan cowl and [pounds sterling]77,246 for an elevator. In fact the cost is more. Thomas Cook say that taking a 757 out of service for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock includes sub-chartering another aircraft for three flights at [pounds sterling]180,000 and hotel accommodation for 235 passengers at [pounds sterling]14,000. And 235 disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see clients. http://www.thomascook.co.uk Jun 17, 2006 Boeing The 787 Dreamliner is on schedule. Boeing denied reports that its 787 program schedule has been affected by a fault in a composite fuselage barrel section.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mike Bair, VP and GM-787 program, the fault had been expected owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de a problem with a particular mandrel mandrel /man·drel/ (man´dril) the shaft on which a dental tool is held in the dental handpiece, for rotation by the dental engine. man·drel or man·dril n. 1. that developed a flaw. "We knew there was a problem with the mandrel, which we tried to fix but we should have scrapped it," he said. At the start of a global media tour to inspect the 787's major assembly sites in the US, Italy and Japan, Bair reiterated that the program is on time. Citing continued strong interest in the aircraft, he said a decision on an increase in the production rate will be made later this month. That decision will be influenced by Emirates' expected announcement to launch the 787-10 at Farnborough next month. Jun 16, 2006 Boeing Boeing CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. links compensation to ethics. Boeing Chief Executive James McNerney has spent the past few months learning as much as possible about the company's defense and airplane units. Boeing is recovering from ethical scandals, and McNerney has developed a plan to link compensation in part to ethical leadership. Jun 13, 2006 Boeing The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental order booked last week is a VIP transport for a Middle East-based buyer, According to sources in London, the order is linked to the order for 20 777s also booked last week. That order is believed to be for Qatar Airways. Jun 13, 2006 Boeing The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will feature dual flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders. Speaking to media on the 787 global tour, Mike Sinnett, chief engineer for 787 systems, said there will be units combining the FDR and CVR CVR See contingent value right (CVR). located both under the cockpit and in the tail. Jun 13, 2006 Boeing Boeing received orders for 33 airplanes in May. In addition to the 747s, these comprised 10 737s, six 777-200LRs and 14 777-300ERs. Orders for the 777s all were placed on May 30 by an unidentified customer(s). Six 737-800s were ordered by an identified customer on May 31. Jun 12, 2006 Boeing Boeing sells first 747-8 Intercontinental. Boeing has sold the first passenger version of the 747-8, according to information posted on its website late last week.The order has not been announced formally. It was recorded on May 30 and placed by an unidentified customer, which may or may not be an airline. Boeing also received orders for two 747-400Fs from an unidentified customer on May 31. The 747-8 was launched last November on the strength of firm orders for 18 747-8Fs from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines Nippon Cargo Airlines Company, Limited (日本貨物航空株式会社 . Jun 12, 2006 Boeing, Nippon Cargo Airlines, General Electric General Electric revealed that Nippon Cargo Airlines was the customer for two 747-400Fs. NCA (Network Computing Architecture) An architecture from Oracle for developing applications within a networked computing environment. It provides a three-tier distributed environment based on CORBA that uses program components known as "cartridges. selected the GE CF6-80C2 to power the aircraft, scheduled for delivery in 2008 and 2009. The deal is worth more than $80 million, GE said. NCA ordered the same powerplants for the two dash 400Fs it currently operates and the six it will take over the next two years. "NCA has increased its order to better respond to environmental concerns and business opportunities, such as the opening of the new runway at Haneda Airport and the extension of the existing runway at Narita Airport," GE said. Jun 13, 2006 Goodrich, Hawaiian Airlines Goodrich Corp. was selected by Hawaiian Airlines to perform heavy maintenance checks, interior standardizations, painting and ETOPS ETOPS Extended Twin (Engine) Operations ETOPS Extended-Range Twin-Engine Operational Performance Standards ETOPS Extended Twin-Engine Over-water Operations ETOPS Engines Turn(ing) modifications and other work on four 767-300s prior to their entry into service later this year. Jun 14, 2006 United Services United Services, United Airlines' maintenance and engineering division, signed a contract with France's Eagle Aviation to provide overhaul and ring-case modifications on PW4060 engines that power three former UA 747-400s that the charter and wet-lease operator is acquiring from a third party. United Services also recently signed a contract with Azteca Airlines for services that include the overhaul of a 737 landing gear set. Jun 12, 2006 |
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