The Airbus comes in at 75 metres and is the world’s longest passenger jet, able to fly non-stop between Doha and the US east coast with a full load of passengers and cargo. The airline has ordered a further 10 A340-600 aircrafts to be delivered over the next two years, as plans to break into the North American market next year with direct flights to the United States remains a priority on Qatar’s agenda.
PARIS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Airbus revealed new delays for its troubled A380
superjumbo on Thursday, blaming wiring installation problems which have already
pushed the project a year behind schedule and sliced into future profits. Bowing to
pressure to confirm or deny reports of another logjam in the project, Airbus parent
EADS (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) said it was too early to say how long the
programme’s third delay would be or how much it would cost.
Airbus A380 wake vortex study completed This news was published on Thursday,
September 28th, 2006 and is archived under Business & GA. Following three years of
exhaustive studies, the Airbus A380 Wake Vortex Steering Group has rendered its
conclusions and is now in a position to recommend more specific guidance, based
on a unique and very extensive flight test programme. The Steering Group comprised
representatives from the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), Eurocontrol, US Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), and Airbus. The study has demonstrated that en route
the A380 is very similar to the Boeing 747. In cruise and when flying in a “holding
pattern”, the A380 is considered to
Aerospace Notebook: Boeing now offers the 777 as a tanker By JAMES
WALLACEP-I REPORTERFor more than a year, The Boeing Co. has made it clear
that if the Air Force wants a bigger tanker than the 767, it has just such a plane — the
777, which last year set a commercial sales record. Tuesday, just one day after the
Air Force issued a draft request for tanker bids, Boeing began publicly trumpeting the
benefits of a 777 tanker. Boeing used an Air Force Association convention in
Washington, D.C., to brief reporters for the first time on the KC-777 tanker, which
could substitute as a military cargo or
For the second consecutive year, The Boeing Co. has sold more than 500 of its
popular 737. Boeing added 26 more of the Renton-built, single-aisle jets to its 2006
order book Thursday, pushing its net order total for the year for that model to 503.
The company did not identify the customer or customers for the latest 737s.
Construction Starts on Composite Fin for Boeing’s 787 DreamlinerFabrication of the
first composite stringers for the 787 vertical fin, Boeing’s all new commercial airplane,
began Sept. 13 at the Composite Manufacturing Center (CMC) at Boeing
Frederickson in Pierce County, Wash. The vertical fin is the largest major Boeing 787
Dreamliner assembly built by an internal Boeing supplier. CMC plans to deliver its first
fully functional vertical fin to 787 Final Assembly in Everett, Wash., in Spring 2007.
To accommodate the new work, the Boeing Fabrication manufacturing business unit
is streamlining its factory, implementing a pulsed moving line for the 787 vertical fin.
This will allow both the 787
China Eastern Airlines Selects GEnx Engines for its Boeing 787 Dreamliner
FleetChina Eastern Airlines has selected GE-Aviation’s GEnx engine to power its 15
Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The GEnx engine is the world’s only jet engine with
both a front fan case and fan blades made of composites, which provide for greater
engine durability, weight reduction and lower operating costs. The fan blades will
utilize GE90 composite technology that has performed well, with no routine on-wing
maintenance required and no in-service issues for more than a decade. The GEnx
will operate with 18 fan blades (50 percent fewer than the CF6) at noise levels lower
than any large GE commercial engine. The GEnx also
Inside the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF)(link to this article) digg_url =
‘http://digg.com/design/upcoming’; September 16, 2006 Believe it or not, this is the
inside of an aircraft - not just any aircaraft mind you, but the 747-400 Large Cargo
Freighter (LCF), the first of three specially modified 747-400 passenger jets that will be
used to transport the large composite sections and wings of the all-new Boeing 787
Dreamliner. The new aircraft touched down at Seattle’s Boeing Field at 8:08 a.m.
PDT on September 16, ending a non-stop, 13-hour, 17-minute flight from Taiwan.
Previous reports and images here. The LCF is a key element of the lean,
It flies! Flight Global reports the Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter
(LCF) took to the skies for the first time. The plane is running one month
late, some say. Boeing knows an awful lot about this plane and may
overcome delays to date. The LCF joins the Flying Ugly Club; members
include the Super Guppy and Beluga.
According to the German newspapaer “FAZ” Lufthansa will buy 30 A320. 15 of these are meant to replace older jets the other 15 for expansion most likely for the planned Italian low cost carrier Italianwings.Because of the delay for the A380 got 5 additional A330 for a vey good price.The big order is to be [...]
