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Nigerian crash
A Bellview Airlines 737 with 117 people aborad crashed in Nigeria in a storm Saturday night.
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Delta might be looking at 787s
That’s what The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports anyway. http://www.ajc.com/sunday/content/epaper/editions/sunday/business_34b5d00b6133c181005e.html Delta’s hometown newspaper says the embattled carrier plans to dump…
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Boeing poised to launch 747 Advanced
That’s what Boeing Blogger-in-Chief Randy Baseler told journalists in Paris, anyway. MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BA1B14E21-B550-447E-B0F9-EA1AE950E0B6%7D and Reuters http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2005-10-21T103220Z_01_MOR137832_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-TRANSPORT-BOEING-DC.XML both are…
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Does Boeing have a leg up Down Under?
OK so you all know that Boeing’s pitching 787s to Qantas, and that Airbus is countering with A350s.
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The politics of fighter jets
I’m sure you’ve heard the joke about how lawmaking is like sausage — the end result is much…
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Time magazine confirms that 787 is as cool as you wanna be
The Dreamliner is a funky as it gets in high tech, says Time magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1118338,00.html, as it puts…
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Airbus aims at more outsourcing
Taking a page from Boeing, Airbus now is planning to outsource up to 60 percent of its parts…
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Emirates continues pressing for 787 stretch
While ILFC seems happy with Boeing’s current 787-8s and 787-9s http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2005-10-17T063320Z_01_MOR723558_RTRUKOC_0_US-TRANSPORT-BOEING.xml&archived=False , Flight International reports http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/10/17/Navigation/177/202221/Emirates+pushes+Boeing+on+787-10X.html that Emirates…
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Looking ahead to SPEEA
King County Journal business editor Clayton Park http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/220167 spent some time recently with SPEEA executive director Charlie Bofferding,…
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Full meal service in coach
A restaurant in Arkansas has converted an old Southwest Airlines 737 into a dining room, USA Today reports.…
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Boeing Blogging
Just because we haven’t talked about corporate blogging in a while … Members of Boeing’s Puget Sound PR…
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The politics of airplanes
Politics make strange seatmates, says The Motley Fool http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05101212.htm which analyzes why Boeing is toning down its saber-rattling…
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Winglets on more jets
The Baltimore Sun http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-winglets1105oct11,0,1296953.story?coll=orl-business-headlines takes a look at winglets and other methods airlines are using to save fuel.
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Leahy: A350 demand exceeds supply
That’s what Airbus Salesman General John Leahy tells Flight International, anyway http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/10/11/202078/Airbus+fears+A350+demand+will+outstrip+supply+chain.html.
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Baseler bashes the A350
Boeing Blogger-in-Chief Randy Baseler http://www.boeing.com/randy/ takes a couple shots at the new Airbus jet, calling it too little,…
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Report: Connexion doesn’t add up
CIO Today http://www.cio-today.com/news/Airline-Wi-Fi-Remains-Rare/story.xhtml?story_id=022001P50AN2 says aerial Wi-Fi — like Boeing’s Connexion service — doesn’t make much sense, or cents,…
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The A350 looks real good across the pond
In Wales, where Airbus will produce the wings for the A350, the decision to launch the new jet…
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Remember those Aussies?
The AFL-CIO from right here in the US of A has pledged support for Australian trade unionists involved…
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‘Mphglmrphdum gargle-glumph white courtesy telephone’
OK, this has nothing to do with Boeing, or local aerospace, but if it works, it’s technology that…
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Boeing pitching 787s to Qantas today
Boeing’s vice president of sales, marketing and 787 customer support, Martin Bentrott, is Down Under for a two-day…