Passengers flying on Emirates new Airbus A380 – to be delivered this autumn – will be able to take a hot shower mid-flight. … Emirates has yet to reveal the details of its A380 first-class cabin but has promised it will be even more extravagant than Singaopre Airlines’ cabin.
Boeing Co., reacting to reports that design problems have further delayed the 787 Dreamliner, acknowledged it had to strengthen a critical piece of the plane, but said the setback wasn’t the “pacing item” on the jet program.
…Also, Boeing will likely scale back its estimate of how many airplanes it will deliver in 2009, to fewer than half of the original estimate of 109 airplanes, to allow its suppliers to gradually increase their output.
he GEnx-2B engine that will power the new Boeing 747-8 airplane demonstrated 70,950 lbs. of takeoff thrust during ground testing yesterday at GE’s outdoor testing facility in Peebles, Ohio.
…As the world’s only jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades made of carbon fiber composites, the GEnx will also have greater durability, less weight as well as lower operating costs than comparable engines in its class.
