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Boeing Delivers the 7,000th 737

Braniff — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:25:35 +0000

Last week Airbus delivered their 7,000th aircraft and today Boeing delivered their 7,000th 737 to Dubai-based flydubai. The airplane is flydubai’s 14th Next-Generation 737-800 with the new Boeing Sky Interior.

The Boeing 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner of all time with total orders exceeding 9,300 airplanes, including orders for the new 737 MAX.

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Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i set for pre-delivery

Braniff — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:10:10 +0000

Boeing Press release for Boeing 747-8i.

Boeing and Lufthansa are fast approaching the next major milestone on the 747-8 Intercontinental program with the start of pre-delivery testing of the new airplane at Lufthansa’s main operations base at Frankfurt Airport from Dec. 6 to Dec. 9.

Lufthansa will conduct a number of tests to help ensure a smooth integration of the newest member of the 747 family into Lufthansa operations. Lufthansa maintenance and engineering personnel will rehearse ground-handling processes for the 747-8 Intercontinental within the airline’s facilities and on its ramps at the airport. In addition, the crews will check how their ground-support equipment accommodates the airplane. These checks will help Lufthansa ensure a smooth entry into service for crews and passengers in early 2012.

The airplane is scheduled to arrive at Frankfurt Airport late afternoon Central European Time (CET) on Dec. 6 after an approximately 9-hour flight from Seattle. Three Lufthansa pilots will join two Boeing pilots on the flight crew for the flight. The airplane will depart early afternoon CET Dec. 9. Lufthansa will release photographs of the airplane’s visit to Frankfurt, at its website http://presse.lufthansa.com/de/mediathek/bildarchiv.html.

The airplane that will visit, known to Boeing as RC021, is one of three airplanes that have served in the 747-8 Intercontinental flight test fleet. It was specifically used to test interior systems such as heating and air conditioning, cabin lighting and systems and galleys.

The airplane is painted white with a gray belly and a blue tail fin – a basecoat of the Lufthansa livery without decals – and will be the fifth 747-8 Intercontinental to join Lufthansa’s fleet when it is delivered in the third quarter 2012. The first 747-8 Intercontinental destined for Lufthansa is completing construction at Boeing’s facility in Everett, Wash.

The 747-8 Intercontinental provides double-digit improvements in fuel economy and carbon emissions per passenger and generates a 30 percent smaller noise footprint than the 747-400. The 747-8 Intercontinental applies interior features from the 787 Dreamliner that include a new curved, upswept architecture giving passengers a greater feeling of space and comfort, while adding more room for personal belongings.

Lufthansa has ordered a total of 20 747-8 Intercontinental airplanes. Boeing and Lufthansa share a strong tradition of innovation and partnership that continues with the new 747-8 Intercontinental.

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U.S. airlines must adjust fuel-drain systems in 258 Boeing 747s to prevent leaks that could result in fires

Braniff — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:16:11 +0000

U.S. airlines must adjust fuel-drain systems in 258 Boeing 747s at a total cost of $10.2 million to prevent leaks that could result in fires, regulators said.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will propose the action in the Federal Register tomorrow after receiving a report of fuel leaks in the leading edge of a wing in a 737 plane. The affected 747s have a similar design, the FAA said.

Airlines have five years to complete the adjustment from the time the FAA makes its proposal final, according to the notice posted today. Airlines have 45 days to comment.

The FAA said it issued a directive in 2009 to address the fuel-drain issue in 757 aircraft and is considering rulemakings for 737 and 767 planes.

ANA Boeing 787 Dreamliner experienced a hydraulic valve failure

Braniff — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:58:40 +0000

Boeing 787 Dreamliner experienced its first operational problem on Sunday, five days after its global debut on regular domestic routes in Japan, it was learned Monday.
All Nippon Airways’ flight 651 departed from Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and was scheduled to arrive at Okayama airport at 8:50 a.m. Sunday (11:50 p.m. Saturday GMT). But it failed to make a landing as planned because of a sign in the cockpit indicating that the main landing gear’s hangar door would not open automatically, informed sources said.
After the aborted landing attempt, the captain operated the main landing gear manually and the plane landed safely some 20 minutes behind schedule, the sources said.
None of the 249 passengers and crew members were injured.

After the landing, ANA found a problem with the hydraulic valve that operates the hangar door and exchanged it with a new one.

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Boeing has delivered the 300th 777-300ER

Braniff — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:13:45 +0000

Boeing has delivered the 300th 777-300ER, recording the milestone with an October 21 delivery to first-time customer Biman Bangladesh.

The Boeing 777-300ER is the highest-selling variant of the 777 family. As of September 30, 2011, Boeing had received orders for 543 777-300ERs; the 777 program (all models) had received orders for a total of 1,288 aircraft and the program had a backlog of 325 aircraft still to be delivered.

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Braniff — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:17:16 +0000

ANA accepted the second Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Braniff — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:05:03 +0000

ANA (All Nippon Airways) accepted the second Boeing 787 Dreamliner on October 13 2011. The 787-881 N1014X (msn 34497) became JA802A on delivery. The second Dreamliner is expected to fly to Japan this weekend.

The Dreamliner’s first regular domestic service will be the Tokyo (Haneda)-Okayama route starting on November 1, with a flight on the Tokyo (Haneda)-Hiroshima route also departing the same day.

The new type will also be introduced on the Tokyo (Haneda)-Beijing route in December, marking the aircraft’s first regular international service.

The Dreamliner’s first regular domestic service will be the Haneda-Okayama route starting on November 1, with a flight on the Haneda-Hiroshima route also departing the same day.

ANA will also operate a special charter flight between Tokyo (Narita) and Hong Kong on October 26 and 27. It will be the world’s first passenger flight of the Dreamliner. On the following days (October 28 and 29), excursion flights departing from and landing in Narita will allow more customers to experience the increased level of comfort associated with a flight in the Dreamliner.

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‘Significant’ Cracks on Boeing 767 Spur Expanded Jet Checks

Braniff — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:56:44 +0000

United Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and other U.S. carriers may need to inspect their Boeing 767s twice as often after one operator found “significant crack sizes” sooner than expected.

Airlines should inspect 417 of the twin-engine jets after 2,000 flight cycles or 6,000 flight hours, double the current requirement, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a proposal to be published in the Federal Register next week.

The FAA is proposing heightened scrutiny of the wing skin after cracks as large as a half-inch (1.3 centimeters) were found on either side of a fastener hole on a plane that had 18,900 flight cycles and 89,500 total flight hours.

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First B747-8 freighter for British Airways

Braniff — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:11:23 +0000

The first IAG Cargo 747-8 freighter, painted in British Airways World Cargo livery, as it emerges from the paint hangar at Boeing’s Everett site in Washington.

IAG Cargo, through British Airways World Cargo, will take delivery of the first of three 747-8 freighters late October. These aircraft will be operated for British Airways World Cargo under a contract with Global Supply Systems, a 49 per cent UK affiliate of Atlas Air, owner of the aircraft. They will replace the current fleet of 747-400 freighters in operation.

Boeing took six days to paint the new 747-8 freighter – 240 gallons of mixed paint and primer were used by 50 employees working in shift rotation.

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Boeing has received ICAO “heavy” designation for its 747-8,

Braniff — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:01:50 +0000

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has granted Boeing the use of the heavy designation for its 747-8, continuing the wake separation rules established for the smaller 747-400.

Boeing said ICAO has sent a letter to its member nations that the 747-8 should maintain a 9.9km (5nm) separation distance from small aircraft weighing less than 19t (41,000lbs) and those in the large category below 136t (300,000lbs). For aircraft above 136t, separation distances have been reduced to 7.4km (4nm).

By comparison, Airbus’sA380, the only commercial aircraft to operate with the “super” designation requires an 11.1km (6nm) spacing ahead of heavy aircraft, a 13km (7nm) ahead of larger aircraft and 14.8km (8nm) ahead of small aircraft.

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