Boeing Business Jets today celebrates its 10-year anniversary by launching the newest member of its business jet family — the BBJ 3. The airplane, which is based on the new Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range), won two orders from undisclosed customers.
The new BBJ 3 is the largest BBJ family member and offers 1,120 square feet (104 [...]
Hot rumors are that Emirates may cancel half its A380s and buy the 747i instead. It
may be worse than any of us believed: Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said:
“Emirates has been advised by Airbus of a further 10 months delay to its A380
programme, which means that our first aircraft will now arrive in August 2008. This is
a very serious issue for Emirates and the company is now reviewing all its options.” -
ends ======= Regards Emirates And this one from an undisclosed source: A reliable
source with an interest in the A380 program just rang to tell me that EADS/Airbus will
announce the first deliveries will be in 2009 (although the “official” press
mirates faces ‘very serious situation’ after deliveries of its first Airbus A380s are hit by
further 10-month delay By David Kaminski-Morrow Emirates president Tim Clark has
warned that the fast-growing carrier is “reviewing all options” over the future of its
order for 43 Airbus A380s after the crisis-hit manufacturer informed it of yet another
lengthy delay to deliveries.The Middle East carrier has confirmed it will now not
receive its first A380 until August 2008, representing another 10-month slip.Clark
says: “This is a very serious situation for Emirates and the company is now reviewing
all its options.”In the wake of production problems revealed by Airbus in June this
year, the Dubai-based carrier was informed that it would
More 787 news – the killer app of commercial aviation This week Boeing’s 787
reached another milestone. They have apparently secured 400 orders for the 787,
75% of which are for the dash 8 model. Besides this laudable milestone, as the 787
continues to set all sorts of sales records, a data nugget has popped up. Boeing’s
787-8 sales are now within 35 airframes of the A330-200. Take a look at Airbus’
deliveries here. The A330-200 model is by Airbus’ best seller in this market and has
been around for about a decade. The 787 has yet to be built and has not flown.
Now think about how this plane is
Boeing is intensifying its efforts to secure a launch customer for the passenger
version of the 747-8, following the manufacturer’s decision to standardise on the
freighter version’s longer stretch. Boeing denies that it has settled on the 76.3m
(250ft)-long body length of the 747-8F for the -8 Intercontinental passenger variant,
but industry sources have told Flight International the manufacturer has decided to
develop the two models with the same fuselage length. Boeing briefed Asian
carriers on the 747-8’s latest specification last month during an update meeting in
Hong Kong, as part of its efforts to add passenger airlines to its growing list of cargo
customers (Flight International, 22-28 August). Additional orders for the
Airbus is studying a bigger version of its largest A350 XWB variant, the -1000, to
improve its competitiveness against the Boeing 777. But the manufacturer may be
forced to delay the formal launch of the entire A350 XWB family as it battles with the
more pressing problems that surround the A380. As unveiled at the Farnborough air
show in July, the A350-1000 will seat 350 passengers in a three-class configuration –
around 15 fewer seats than the largest 777 variant, the -300ER – with service entry
set for 2014. But according to airline sources, Airbus is studying a larger A350-1000,
partly due to pressure from Lufthansa, which is evaluating the A350
