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Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Check out the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing announced a 6 month delay in shipping the new Dreamliner series! Will this new airplane improve Boeing's business metrics, revenue, and profit potential? Can Boeing leverage the Dreamliner... [more]
Check out the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing announced a 6 month delay in shipping the new Dreamliner series!
Will this new airplane improve Boeing's business metrics, revenue, and profit potential? Can Boeing leverage the Dreamliner to compete in the world markets for airplane orders?
Track Dreamliner orders and sales as well as general business news about Boeing.
It looks like Boeing's penchant for supply chain convolutions is spreading down through their tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers. Hitco Carbon Composites announced on May 27, 2008 that it has signed a
long term agreement with Alenia Aeronautica, S.p.A., a Finmeccanica
Company, to supply the trailing edge components for the Boeing 787
horizontal stabilizer. Hitco will begin delivering flight hardware in the second quarter of 2008. In addition, Alenia has selected Hitco to supply a range of other...
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There is one critical question that no one is asking about the Delta-Northwest merger: “If the reasons for the merger are to have the financial strength to survive the high fuel environment and reallocate airplanes to higher-profit, international routes, then is the merger necessary?” I think if they earnestly asked this question, then they would realize that the Delta-Northwest merger might not make them as profitable as they had hoped. Here’s why: 1. Northwest had $3 billion in cash and...
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Prayer and a wing: A preproduction Boeing 787 was unveiled last year, but parts of its wing box (bottom)--the major structure of each wing--buckled in stress tests. The structure, made of composite materials, measures more than 15 meters by 5 meters and weighs 55,000 pounds, including testing hardware and instruments...
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Down here on terra-firma, Internet problems are a pain in the ass. Without even going into the phishing scams and the like, many computers are a hot targets for Internet savvy hackers to infiltrate.
So what happens when those problems start flying around up above us?
A recent FAA report has revealed a flaw in Boeing's new mega-plane, the 787 Dreamliner. Apparently, the computer network in the passenger compartment -- the one that gives passengers the ability to browse the Internet while...
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Rumors that Boeing is planning to open a second assembly line in Everett for its much-delayed 787 Dreamliner have surfaced again in the aviation press.
According to those reports, Boeing would open that second assembly line into part of the area where its now builds 767s. The 767 assembly line...
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Boeing swears that it's going to have the first 787 Dreamliner up in the air before the end of this year, and despite a series of delays and schedule adjustments, the company seems to be making progress.
According to Flightblogger, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney confirmed that the company had...
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Delays to a military order and the 787 Dreamliner project take their toll on Boeing's three-month results.
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Test Flights for the Boeing's 787 Dreamliner are being delayed again due to problems with the verifying software in the brake control system.
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- Boeing 787 Dreamliner Structure Test a Success (topix.com)
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner Experiences Another Delay (topix.com)
Delays in two key programs, one in commercial airplanes and the other in defense, put a dent in Boeing's results for the second quarter reported today.
The 15-month delay in the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner and a two-year pushback in the delivery Airborne Early Warning and Control...
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Boeing Co. said Tuesday it remains on schedule to test fly its 787 jetliner in the fourth quarter of this year and make its first delivery in the third quarter of 2009 -- but acknowledged the timetable remains ...
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- Boeing 787 Dreamliner 'power on' tests are successful (rss.topix.net)
- Boeing: 787 Dreamliner Fatigue Airframe Departs Factory (news.google.com)
- Boeing completes Power On Sequence for First 787 Dreamliner (asiatraveltips.com)
Is it the energy-affected economy or the multiple project delays that are hurting Boeing's stock price? - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
reported a greater-than-expected 19 percent drop in quarterly profit on
Wednesday as it took a charge on a...
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Boeing Co. said Wednesday its quarterly profit fell 19% as it sold fewer of its larger and pricier aircraft, while the costs surrounding its 787 Dreamliner increased ahead of its maiden flight later this year.
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Aviation today announced it has completed qualification and has begun delivery of its new enhanced airborne flight recorder for the Boeing 787 aircraft.
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NEW YORK : Boeing Co reported a bigger-than-expected 19 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as it took a charge on a delayed military plane contract and suffered effects of its troubled 787 Dreamliner ...
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