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Air NZ’s new 777 gets good review
I didn’t meet New Zealand Herald writer Derek Chang last month, when Air New Zealand execs came to…
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IAM strike updates
Machinists striking against Boeing in Alabama had to go to court to get permission to set up a…
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A good time was had by all
That’s the gist of this story http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/quest.record/ filed by CNN reporter Richard Quest, who was on board Boeing’s…
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So Qantas IS interested in the 747 Advanced
That’s what The Australian reports, anyway. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17202886%255E23349,00.html The national newspaper of the Land Down Under takes a long…
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Boeing blames Wichita layoffs on strike
About 250 people will get layoff notices in Wichita this week. Boeing is blaming the job cuts on…
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Boeing may have locked up Singapore order
That’s what The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1635192,00.html in London reports, anyway. The paper, citing those all-knowning “sources” — either a…
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No 797 — for now, anyway
Boeing Blogger-in-chief Randy Baseler http://www.boeing.com/randy/ tries to quash speculation about the imminent arrival of a 737 replacement plane…
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Mulally on 747 Advanced and other topics
… the Malaysian national news agency, Bernama, had a reporter here recently for a meeting with Boeing’s Commercial…
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Air India deal could get OK’d next week
That’s what Press Trust of India reported today http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1283863.cms . The story was carried in more than a…
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Google News: Execs buy 767 for personal jet
There seems to be an emerging market for used 767s to be converted for use as really big…
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Air Canada deal may be back
The airline has reached an agreement with its pilot union on labor issues and that will allow it…
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More on Smith’s move to Everett
Smiths Aerospace announced last week — while I was huddled at home getting in some good quality time…
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More on the IAM strike against IDS
Boeing is considering hiring replacement workers to carry out rocket launches at Vandenberg Air Force base, but hasn’t…
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SPEEA starts
Contract talks between Boeing and the union for engineers and technicians got underway Tuesday. Officially, the two sides…
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Thunder Down Under
BizWeek’s Stan Holmes takes a look http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2005/nf20051027_3025_db016.htm at three big sales campaigns that should conclude by year’s end:…
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Once a jolly salesman put billboards by the billabong
Airbus is taking its campaign to sell Qantas A350s directly to the passenger, with billboards touting its new…
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… but thanks for asking
The three Japanese Heavies have rejected Airbus’ offers to play a major role in the development of the…
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Why I love the First Amendment
In the wake of the Bellview Airlines crash, the government of Nigeria has shut down African Independent Television…
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Northrop says it’s going Mobile
If the U.S. Air Force picks EADS’s proposed Airbus A330 tanker for its aerial refueling fleet, Northrop Grumman…
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Flight: Boeing poised to launch 767 cargo conversions
All Nippon Airways could be one of the launch customers for this program to convert 767-300 passenger planes…