Company Watch - Boeing.

Oct 2, 2006

ANA, which recently took delivery of its fourth 767-300F, will launch a six-times-weekly Nagoya-Chicago freighter service via Anchorage. Sep 28, 2006

Boeing has received firm orders for another 26 737s and eight 787s but has not identified the customers. The new orders take unidentified orders for the 737 to 84 and for the 787 to 29 and orders for the overall year for all models to 666, including seven cancellations. It is thought that the latest additions may be an order from Avianca, which wants to replace its MD-83 and 767 fleets with 737s and 787s. Sep 29, 2006

Boeing chief says record production will be "prudently" managed. Boeing is experiencing the most robust upturn in the history of the aviation industry, President and Chief Executive Scott Carson said Wednesday. Carson told an audience of airplane financiers, airline officials and executives from parts suppliers that Boeing will "prudently manage" its production to avoid past mistakes. He said Boeing projects sales of 27,000 big commercial jets over the next 20 years. Sep 28, 2006

AirTran postpones delivery of eight Boeing planes. AirTran has pushed back the delivery of eight Boeing 737s until as late as 2011. The company is facing increased competition and has scaled back its growth plans.

Sep 28, 2006

Boeing said TAAG Angola Airlines signed up for its Component Services Program covering the carrier's 777-200ERs and 737-700s. According to Boeing, CSP is a materials management and supply-chain solution "designed to help airlines reduce costs, enhance efficiency and improve spares availability." It is offered in partnerships with Air France Industries (777) and KLM Engineering & Maintenance (737-700). Sep 28, 2006

British Airways engine incident creates controversy. An engine manlfunction on a British Airways 747 last year continues to generate controversy over the role of economics versus safety, the Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney writes. When one of four engines quit working when the London-bound plane took off from Los Angeles, the pilots decided to continue flying, and they traveled more than 5,000 miles before making an emergency landing. Air traffic control tapes reveal more details about the incident, and pilots and regulators continue to debate the decision, McCartney writes. Sep 25, 2006

CAE said it was awarded three contacts for full flight simulators with a combined value of C$45 million ($40.3 million). The contracts are with Continental Airlines for a 737NG, Lufthansa Flight Training for an A320 and UPS for a 747. The 737 FFS for CO will feature CAE's Tropos II Enhanced visual system. Sep 27, 2006

FedEx to upgrade fleet with used 757-200s. FedEx says it will spend $2.6 billion to buy and upgrade nearly 90 used Boeing 757-200s. The planes will replace the air-cargo shipping company's 727s. The 757s are bigger, carry more cargo and are more efficient to operate, FedEx says. Sep 26, 2006

Qatar Airways ordered 40 high-thrust GE90 engines to power 20 777s it has on order for delivery beginning next year. The engine order is valued at more than $750 million. The carrier ordered 14 777-300ERs, which will be powered by GE90-115Bs, and six 777-200LRs, which will be powered by GE90-110Bs. "There is a strong working relationship between" Qatar Airways and GE, CEO Akbar Al Baker said. "GE works well with our maintenance teams with a goal of maximizing the performance of our CF6 fleet. We look forward to operating the GE90 as well." Production of the GE90 family will more than double between 2005 and 2007, GE said. In total, 30 customers have ordered about 950 GE90s for the 777 family, including nearly 500 of the higher-thrust GE90-115Bs for 777-300ERs and dash 200LRs. Sep 26, 2006

SAS Maintenance Training will establish a new facility in Riga during the fourth quarter to perform training for 737 Classics and NGs for customers in the Baltics and Eastern Europe. Sep 27, 2006

Singapore Airlines plans to install Panasonic Avionics' new eX2 IFE system on its 777-300ERs and A380s currently on order. Sep 27, 2006

Snecma Services will maintain CFM56-7 engines powering SkyEurope's fleet of 737NGs for a minimum of eight years under a contract that also includes provision of engineering services to the Central European LCC. Sep 28, 2006

Teledyne received an order from Neos of Italy for AirFASE, the flight data monitoring software developed jointly with Airbus, which the airline will use to monitor its fleet of 737NGs and 767-300ERs. Sep 25, 2006

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