Boeing today was pleased with the performance of their new Boeing member – the Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The newest member of the 747 family has been delayed twice, but met this first flight milestone with a three-hour test flight.
The Boeing 747-8 is 18-feet longer than the 747-400 and shares some of the new technologies of [...]
Today, Boeing delivered a 777-300ER to Philippine Airlines through a United States based leasing company. The new aircraft is the first Boeing 777 to join the Philippine Airlines fleet and is one of two 777-300ER’s coming from GE Capital Aviation Services aircraft leasing company.
Philippine Airlines also has four Boeing 777’s on order directly with the [...]
The very first completed Boeing 747-8 is now ready for delivery at the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington. This new model of the famous Jumbo Jet is 18 feet longer than the next largest 747 – the -400 model. It also has a 13-foot wider wing-span.
The 16-percent more efficient aircraft is going to be initially [...]
Delta Airlines has announced schedule changes for next summer that will increase cooperation with Air France/KLM, Alaska Airlines and capitalize on additional synergies with former Northwest Airlines that it acquired last fall.
This summer schedule and changes is the first fully combined schedule since merging with Northwest Airlines. The new routes will be trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic & Africa. [...]
Boeing has announced their third quarter and year-to-date deliveries for their commercial aircraft line.
Boeing 737 – 90 delivered; 280 year-to-date
Boeing 747 – 0 delivered; 6 year-to-date
Boeing 767 – 4 delivered; 10 year-to-date
Boeing 777 – 19 delivered; 63 year-to-date
TOTAL – 113 delivered; 359 year-to-date
Delta, the proud owner of their new Detroit Hub acquired when they purchased Northwest Airlines earlier this year, will add an additional non-stop flight between that hub and Shanghai, China this fall. This will bring the weekly non-stop flights to five from the current four.
Delta also stated that the Detroit to Shanghai service will be [...]
New York based Baltia Airlines has reached a letter of intent to purchase a Boeing 747 aircraft in the hopes to soon launch flights on their intended unique route structure. Baltia Airlines intends to offer three-class wide-body flights between New York JFK Airport and prominent cities in Eastern Europe.
The new airline, when they receive final [...]
The first Boeing 747-8 frieghter is one step closer to becoming a deliverable aircraft as the forward and aft sections of the fuselage joined with the center and wing sections. This shows the true size of the aircraft which is over 250′ long, which is more than 18 feet longer than it’s next largest model [...]
