Company Watch - Boeing.Nov 6, 2006 ADC Airlines Aviation Development Company, or ADC Airlines, was an airline based in Calabar, Nigeria. It operated domestic scheduled services and regional charter flights. It had applied to be designated on international routes. , Boeing US National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team of investigators to Nigeria to assist in determining the cause of Sunday's ADC Airlines 737-200 crash in Abuja that reportedly killed 98 of 106 on board and one farmer on the ground. Abuja's Daily Trust reported yesterday that the aircraft's pilots were told not to take off because of poor weather but insisted on doing so. Citing three ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. staff who declined to be identified, the newspaper said the Abuja Airport control tower sent instructions shortly before the crash "suspending flights from either landing or taking off from the airport" due to "very bad weather emanating from a heavy rainstorm in Abuja." The pilot chose to take off and was not stopped by the airline. Flight 53 originated in Lagos and stopped in Abuja before departing to final destination Sokoto. The aircraft crashed and burned in a cornfield near Abuja Airport immediately after takeoff. According the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network, the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A-powered aircraft, registered 5N-BFK, made its first flight in September 1983. The crash is the third commercial air disaster, and fourth overall, in Nigeria in fewer than 13 months, collectively killing more than 300 passengers. ASN (1) (Autonomous System Number) A unique identifier of an autonomous system on the Internet. Of the 65 thousand ASNs available, more than 30 thousand have been assigned to ISPs and NSPs. ISPs usually have only one ASN, but NSPs may have more than one. said the latest crash marks ADC's fifth hull-loss accident since launching operations in 1991. 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. its website, ADC operated four dash 200s. Eight passengers reportedly survived Sunday's crash. Oct 31, 2006 Boeing Airborne laser aircraft may start flight tests soon. The U.S. Missile Defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged Agency on Friday said it is ready to flight-test a low-power system on an airborne laser anti-missile aircraft. The system, which will not be operational until late this decade, is designed to detect, track and destroy ballistic missiles. Nov 3, 2006 Boeing Boeing New Jumbo Orders Slow Despite Airbus Delay. Boeing may not see a substantial order for its new 747-8 passenger jumbo before the end of the year, even as Airbus delays deliveries of its competing A380, one of the US planemaker's executives said on Tuesday. Nov 3, 2006 Boeing Boeing finishes design for new freighter. Boeing has completed the basic design for its 747-800F freighter, a longer, more fuel-efficient version of its 747. The company has booked 44 orders for the cargo version of the plane. It has yet to receive an order for the passenger version but is in talks with several airlines. Nov 1, 2006 Boeing Boeing said yesterday that it has settled on the firm configuration of the 747-800F freighter and is aiming to deliver the first of the type to Cargolux in the second half of 2009. The 747-8F will be longer than the dash 400F by 5.6 m. (18.3 ft.) with a maximum structural payload (1) Refers to the "actual data" in a packet or file minus all headers attached for transport and minus all descriptive meta-data. In a network packet, headers are appended to the payload for transport and then discarded at their destination. capability of 140 metric tonnes (154 tons) and a range of 8,288 km. (4,475 nm.). It will feature16% more revenue cargo volume than the dash 400F, 14% lower operating cost per ton mile 1. (Railroads) A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given and 17% less fuel burn, the company said. Nov 1, 2006 Boeing Boeing so far has received 44 orders for the 747-8F but none from airlines for the passenger version. "We could potentially have an order by the end of this year," Mooney said. "But 'confident' is probably too strong a word." In the long run, the manufacturer estimates that two-thirds of dash 8 orders will be for the passenger version. "It's just a matter of time" before orders for the Intercontinental are placed, he said. "It's primarily a timing issue [that has prevented orders thus far]. It's not any issues with the airplane or the market." Firm design will be reached on the dash 8 passenger aircraft within six months, he added. Nov 1, 2006 Boeing Boeing[sup.1]s VP-747/747-8 Program Dan Mooney told reporters in a conference call yesterday that the manufacturer is still working on the firm configuration of the 747-8 Intercontinental passenger version, which it anticipates delivering to an as-yet-undesignated launch customer around August 2010. He noted that the company has lengthened "the baseline fuselage...to be the same as the freighter," a move first flagged in August. The approximately 2-m.-longer fuselage means the aircraft's range will be shorter but it will be less costly to operate. "The broader market would prefer the [fuselage] length," Mooney said. "We feel that the majority [of airlines] would prefer the better economics to the longer range." Nov 1, 2006 Boeing Boeing designs 787 with comfortable cabin air system. Boeing says the cabin air in its 787 will include more oxygen, more humidity and fewer pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. than air in most airliners today. Cabin air in the plane will be vented through inlets on the plane's belly instead of passing through the engines. Oct 31, 2006 Boeing Boeing is facing intense pressure to offer two versions of its 747-8 Intercontinental to satisfy Emirates, which is considering a commitment of up to 30 aircraft. Last month this website revealed that the manufacturer increased the length of the 747-8I to that of the freighter to satisfy demands for greater capacity from airlines such as Korean Air  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , China Airlines and British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. . Originally the passenger variant had a 3.6-m. stretch with 450-seat capacity compared to an equivalent-layout 416-seat 747-400. With the new stretch of 5.6 m., the seating capacity Noun 1. seating capacity - the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. commodiousness, spaciousness, capaciousness, roominess - spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); "the capaciousness of Santa's lifts to 467 and when using overhead cart storage to 479. Boeing traded payload for range after wind tunnel wind tunnel, apparatus for studying the interaction between a solid body and an airstream. A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed stream of air to flow past a model of the aircraft (or part of an aircraft) being tested. tests boosted the aircraft's range by 300 nm. However, Emirates prefers the extra range to ensure year-round Dubai-US West Coast performance. The dilemma is that airlines that have not ordered the A380 want extra capacity while those that have, like EK, prefer the range. Richard Aboulafia Richard Aboulafia is an aviation analyst and Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group Corporation. He specializes in military, civilian and general aviation. Richard writes publicly about aviation and defense, with numerous articles in Aviation Week & Space Technology, , VP-analysis of Teal Group, believes the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and should offer two models to meet EK's demand. "You can't get a better blue chip endorsement than Emirates," he said. Oct 31, 2006 Boeing, All Nippon Airways All Nippon Airways will exercise two of four 767-300BCF BCF Billion Cubic Feet BCF Bioconcentration Factor BCF British Chess Federation BCF British Coatings Federation BCF Breast Cancer Fund BCF Bank Credit Facility BCF Bulked Continuous Filament BCF British Cycling Federation BCF Boeing Converted Freighter options with delivery by March 31, 2010, bringing the number of firm orders to five. The aircraft will be operated by ANA&JP Express on domestic services as well as short- and medium-haul Asian flights. ANA's order launched the dash 300BCF program last year. Oct 30, 2006 Boeing, Gol Gol exercised 20 737-800 options, bringing its firm orders for the type to 87, the Brazilian LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. announced yesterday. It also added 20 options, bringing the total back to 34. It took delivery of the first aircraft under the order on July 30. By year end it will operate 14 737-300s, 30 dash 700s and 21 dash 800s. At year end 2012 it will have 10 dash 700s and 91 dash 800s in its fleet. Oct 31, 2006 Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. ("Spirit" NYSE: SPR), based in Wichita, Kansas, is the world's largest first-tier aerostructures manufacturer. The company builds several important pieces of Boeing aircraft, including the fuselage of the 737, portions of the 787 fuselage, and the Some workers at former Boeing plant will get windfall. Spirit Aerosystems will pay out an estimated $270 million to former Boeing machinists when it completes its initial public offering. Boeing sold the Wichita, Kan., plant last year. Eligible employees will receive $56,000 in cash and stock if the IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. is completed at $24 a share. Oct 31, 2006 Boeing, WestJet WestJet To Add Five Boeing 737s. WestJet Airlines said on Monday it has agreed to lease terms on the delivery of five new Boeing 737 aircraft with Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, part of a plan to expand its fleet 30 percent by the end of 2009. Nov 3, 2006 Boeing, WestJet WestJet announced the finalization of a short-term lease with Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise for four 737-700s and one dash 800 for delivery in 2009. The deal includes an option for three additional dash 700s and one dash 800, plus the ability to convert dash 700s to dash 800s, and remains "subject to a number of conditions," the carrier said. "One of our continued strategic drivers is ASM (1) (Association for Systems Management) An international membership organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1996, it sponsored conferences in all phases of administrative systems and management. growth through fleet expansion," President Sean Durfy Sean Durfy, businessman, born St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, is the current president of WestJet responsible for the day-to-day operations of Canada's second largest airline. said. "We are confident the demand for WestJet's service in the domestic, transborder and international Caribbean markets will support the addition of these aircraft." The airline will operate 81 aircraft by the end of 2009. Oct 31, 2006 Eos Airlines Eos Airlines is an American all-business class airline based at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. History The airline was founded in 2004 by Dave Spurlock, a former director of strategy at British Airways. . Boeing Eos Airlines, which operates premium-class service between New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of JFK and London, secured $75 million in capital investment funding that will be used to expand its fleet in 2007. Currently, Eos operates three 757-200s configured with 48 fully horizontal flat bed seats and features curbside access for "fast track" check-in for passengers. Company officials said it is maintaining load factors in excess of 65%. Nov 2, 2006 Northwest Airlines, Boeing Northwest Airlines today will complete the retirement of the Boeing, Douglas built, DC-10 from its transatlantic network, leaving its Minneapolis-Honolulu service as the only route operated with the aircraft. It will begin using an A330 on that route on Jan. 7. It earlier deployed an A330-300 on its daily Memphis-Amsterdam service, replacing the DC-10-30 used on the route. From Nov. 26 the route will be operated with a 243-seat A330-200. Oct 31, 2006 Northwest Airlines, Boeing, Airbus Northwest nears retirement of all DC-10s. Northwest Airlines will stop flying Boeing built by Douglas DC-10s on Jan. 7. The airline is replacing the planes with the Airbus A330, which burns less fuel and carries more passengers. Oct 31, 2006 Tam Linhas Aereas, Boeing Brazil's Tam Linhas agrees to buy four 777-300s. Brazilian airline Tam Linhas Aereas SA said Tuesday it is buying four extended-range 777-300 wide-body airliners from Boeing for the first time. The agreement, valued at up to $1.1 billion and still being finalized, includes an option to purchase four additional planes. It will take delivery of the aircraft in mid-2008. Nov 1, 2006 Thai Airways This article is about the defunct airline in Thailand. For the present day airline, see Thai Airways International. Thai Airways (Thai: เดินอากาศไทย) was the national domestic air , Boeing Thai Airways yesterday took delivery of the first of six 777-200ERs it is adding to its fleet this year and in 2007. It will take delivery of three more this year and two in 2007. Nov 3, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 30, 2006 |
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