April 6, 2007
Boeing Agreement with LCAL Expands Exclusive 787 Dreamliner Fleet : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE -- Boeing and LCAL have announced that the leasing company has placed an order for one additional 787-9 Dreamliner, expanding its fleet to 15 of the advanced-technology aircraft.
LCAL established itself in 2005 as an aircraft leasing company providing lease services exclusively with the 787 Dreamliner. The company was the first leasing company to order 787s. |GlobalGiants.com|
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April 2, 2007
Boeing, Travel Service Agree to 787 Dreamliner Order : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE -- The Boeing Company has announced that Travel Service, a Prague-based charter carrier, ordered one Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and holds purchase rights for one more.
Travel Service already operates an all-Boeing fleet of 10 737s, including eight Next-Generation 737-800s. The company offers charter flights to more than 233 airports on four continents, as well as low-cost scheduled service to major European destinations through its Smart Wings brand. The airline celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 30, 2007
Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner Changing How Passengers Travel Around the World : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE -- The Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner (Longer Range) has a maximum range of 9,450 nautical miles (17,500 km), making it the worlds longest-range commercial jetliner. The Worldliner is capable of connecting virtually any two city pairs around the globe with nonstop service. The 777-200LR is the fifth and newest 777 model. The airplane first entered service with Pakistan International Airlines in March 2006. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 27, 2007
AIRBUS A380 CRUISING AT 1,500 FEET ABOVE WASHINGTON, DC : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: The Airbus A380 could be seen over DC skies during the last US stop on A380's proving run. The All New Double-Decker Airbus A380 made its last stop in Washington, DC, Monday, 3/26 before heading back to Europe. Dulles International Airport was the fourth airport to see the A380 in one week. (Eric Long, Photographer, National Air and Space Museum) |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 22, 2007
Airbus A380 - World's Largest Aircraft - Shows Its Stuff to New York City : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: The world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, takes off Wednesday morning from New York's John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport. The plane visited the U.S. this week for the first time.
NEW YORK, March 22 -- The 555-passenger, double-deck Airbus A380 created a stir across the U.S. this week, starting with Monday's dual landing at LAX and JFK airports. The planes were in the U.S. for the first time for a series of route-proving exercises. First delivery of the A380 is slated for October 2007 to Singapore Airlines.
Photo: NYC Mayor Bloomberg visits Airbus A380 at JFK -- world's largest aircraft in town for Route Proving Exercise. Airbus' Engineer Fernando Alonzo and COO John Leahy lead tour.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg toured the visiting superjumbo Airbus A380 at John F. Kennedy International Airport early Wednesday morning, shortly before the 21st Century double-decker widebody took to the skies over the Big Apple in a short demonstration flight for a group of invited guests and media. Shown here in a walk-around tour with Airbus Chief Flight Test Engineer Fernando Alonzo (l) and Airbus COO Customers John Leahy (r), Mayor Bloomberg, a recognized aviation enthusiast, visited the exterior and interior of the world's largest passenger aircraft. The 555-seat A380 touched down in the U.S. for the first time on Monday, with dual landings at JFK and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The A380 offers unparalleled comfort, economic efficiency and environmental friendliness to the commercial airline industry, which expects to see a near tripling of passengers worldwide over the next 20 years. The A380 departs JFK Wednesday evening but will return to the U.S. Sunday night. On Monday, March 26, Washington Dulles International Airport will host a group of invited guests in a tour and demonstration flight around the Washington area.
Photo: New York's Police and Fire Departments salute A380 with appearance of vehicles donated by Airbus in 9-11 recovery effort.
In recognition of the strong relationship between Airbus and the New York City Fire and Police Departments and Airbus' contributions to both in 9-11 recovery efforts, America's first rescue unit, Rescue One, brought their custom-built fire and rescue truck, along with the NYPD's specially built lighting truck to JFK. Also on display was a Police Fire and Rescue vehicle from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Airbus COO-Customer John Leahy joined representatives of the various agencies in position outside the Airbus A380. The police and fire equipment was waiting to salute the Airbus A380 as it landed Wednesday at JFK following a brief demonstration flight around New York. Airbus donated the $750,000 Rescue One apparatus and the $450,000 NYPD lighting truck in 2002 as part of the aircraft manufacturer's efforts to help New York's emergency teams recover from their devastating losses on September 11th. The double-deck A380 visited JFK this week as part of its first visit to the United States in a route proving exercise that brought the world' largest commercial jet to JFK, Chicago O'Hare, LAX, and Dulles International Airport. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 21, 2007
Boeing 747-8 Launch Customer Cargolux Orders Three More 747-8 Freighters : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE -- Boeing today announced that launch customer Cargolux has placed a follow-on order for three Boeing 747-8 Freighters, valued at $845 million at list prices, and added two options.
This brings the Luxembourg-based cargo operators total 747-8 Freighter order to 13 airplanes, two options and 10 purchase rights. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 15, 2007
Boeing Implements 787 Vertical Fin Moving Line : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: FREDERICKSON, Wash., March 14, 2007 -- Employees at the Boeing Frederickson Composite Manufacturing Center (CMC) transfer into place a skin panel sub-assembly on the main box of the first production 787 vertical fin during implementation of a pulse moving assembly line. Depicted left to right in the foreground are Art Valenzuela and Ed Sherman, CMC assembly mechanics. Guiding the rear of the skin panel onto the main box are, from left, Eric Zapletal, assembly mechanic, and Mike Halbert, team leader for the crew of 787 major assembly mechanics. The Boeing Composite Manufacturing Center rolled out its first 787 vertical fin on March 14, a key milestone leading to the beginning of airplane final assembly in Everett, Wash. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 13, 2007
Boeing, Volga-Dnepr Group Announce Order for Five 747-8 Freighters : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Moscow-based freight company Volga-Dnepr Group today announced an order for five Boeing 747-8 Freighters with purchase rights for an additional five airplanes. Air Bridge Cargo, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, will operate the airplanes valued at $ 1.4 billion at list prices. With this order, Volga-Dnepr becomes the seventh customer announced for the new 747-8 Freighter, joining Atlas Air, Cargolux, Emirates, Guggenheim Aviation Partners, Nippon Cargo Airlines and Korean Air. Air Bridge Cargo will use the freighters for its growing cargo business on routes to Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Europe. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 12, 2007
Continental Airlines Increases Its Commitment to the Long-Range, Fuel- Efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner : GlobalGiants.com
First Airline in the Americas to Order the 787-9.
HOUSTON, March 12 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) today announced that it has increased its commitment to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, raising its firm order from 20 to 25 aircraft. By adding five 787-9 aircraft to its firm order, Continental is strengthening its ability to further modernize its fleet in the years ahead and unlocking additional international expansion opportunities. |GlobalGiants.com|
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March 9, 2007
Boeing to Supply Six 767 Freighters to Re-fleet DHL US Operations : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE, March 9, 2007 -- Boeing and DHL agreed on an order for six 767-300ER (Extended Range) Freighters. DHL, wholly owned by Bonn, Germany-based Deutsche Post World Net, is a leading international express delivery and logistics company. The order is valued at $894 million at list prices. The Boeing 767 Freighter has excellent fuel efficiency, operational flexibility and low noise levels. The airplane meets and exceeds international Chapter 3 noise requirements. |GlobalGiants.com|
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February 28, 2007
PRATT & WHITNEY PW6000 ENGINES : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Two Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engines powered the inaugural flight of the first production A318 aircraft for LAN Airlines of Chile. |GlobalGiants.com|
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February 27, 2007
Azerbaijan Airlines Finalizes Order for 787s and 737s : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: SEATTLE -- Boeing and Azerbaijan Airlines have finalized an order for three 787-8 Dreamliners and two Next-Generation 737-900ERs (Extended Range). A 787-8 Dreamliner in the carriers livery is shown here. With this order, Azerbaijan Airlines, based in Baku, Azerbaijan, becomes the first airline throughout the republics of the former Soviet Union to order the 787 and the 737-900ER.
The carrier will operate the 787 on routes to the East, Southeast Asia and North America. The 737-900ERs will be placed on routes to Europe, Russia and other regional destinations. |GlobalGiants.com|
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February 21, 2007
Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines Finalize Order for One Additional 787 Dreamliner : GlobalGiants.com
SEATTLE: Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines announced today that the airline has increased its 787 Dreamliner order by one additional aircraft, bringing its total 787 order to eight airplanes. In 2005, LOT placed an order for seven 787s, with delivery positions beginning in 2008. LOT will be the first European airline to take delivery of the Boeing 787. |GlobalGiants.com|
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February 19, 2007
Airbus A380 Cabins Shown to the Media : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: A380 Media flight - Airbus' senior management and marketing teams were onboard to answer the media's questions and show them around the cabin (February 2007).
Photo: Airbus A380 cabin - Main deck's welcome desk and stairs to the upper deck. (© AIRBUS SAS 2007)
Photo: A380 Cabin - Upper deck business class. (© AIRBUS SAS 2007)
Photo: A380 Cabin - Main deck first class. (© AIRBUS SAS 2007)
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February 17, 2007
Launch Customer ANA Takes Delivery of First Boeing Next-Generation 737-700ER : GlobalGiants.com
PHOTO: SEATTLE, Feb. 16, 2007 -- The first Boeing Next-Generation 737-700ER takes off for a test flight from Boeing Field prior to its delivery today to launch customer ANA (All Nippon Airways). ANA will begin operations with the airplane in March with its new ANA BusinessJet service, providing international business travelers with 24 business class and 24 premium economy class seats, both in four-across configuration. The 737-700ER is inspired by the Boeing Business Jet and is designed for long-range commercial applications. |GlobalGiants.com|
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February 16, 2007
Boeing and UPS Finalize Major 767 Freighter Order : GlobalGiants.com
27 Freighter order pushes 767 order total over 1,000 airplanes.
SEATTLE, Feb. 16, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] confirmed an order by UPS, the world's largest package delivery company, for 27 Boeing 767-300 Freighters -- an order, when all are delivered, will nearly double the UPS 767 Freighter fleet.
"UPS continues to be an innovative and world-class service provider, as well as an important Boeing customer," said Ray Conner, vice president, Sales - Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "The 767 Freighter is a proven airplane that has served UPS well, and this order constitutes a strong vote of confidence for the capabilities of the airplane."
In addition, the new order pushes the total number of 767s ordered to date to 1,005 airplanes, 77 of which are freighters. With more than 1,000 total orders, the 767 joins an elite group of airplanes that includes Boeing's 707, 727, 737, 747, 757 and MD-80 models. |GlobalGiants.com|
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February 12, 2007
Airbus A380 Media Flight : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Members of the international press and television experienced flying in the A380.
Photo: A380 cabin - Main deck first class.
Photo: A briefing on the A380 was given to the media before their flight aboard the aircraft on February 7, 2007.
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Airbus Corporate Jetliner for Chinese Customer: GlobalGiants.com
Photo: The first named Chinese customer for the Airbus Corporate Jetliner is China Sonangol, which has firm orders for three of the aircraft (February 2007). [GlobalGiants.com]
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February 10, 2007
Honda Aircraft Company to Establish World Headquarters and Production Facility in Greensboro, North Carolina : GlobalGiants.com
HondaJet to Be Produced at New Plant.
Photo: North Carolina government, business and community leaders gathered together with Honda executives after a press conference on February 9, 2007 where Honda Aircraft Company announced plans to establish its world headquarters and HondaJet production facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. Honda plans to begin delivery of HondaJet, to customers in 2010.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Feb. 9 -- Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., today announced plans to establish its world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, with construction of a new 215,000 square foot headquarters facility and hangar at Piedmont Triad International (PTI) airport. The company also confirmed plans to manufacture its advanced light jet, HondaJet, at a new plant to be constructed adjacent to its new headquarters.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. was founded in Japan in 1948. Honda began operations in the U.S. in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. [GlobalGiants.com]
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February 8, 2007
Boeing and Canada Sign Deal for Four C-17s : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: In this artist's conception, a Canadian C-17 airlifter flies over Ottawa, Canada's capitol city, where the Canadian government announced it had reached contract agreement to purchase four C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Boeing. Boeing will deliver the first Canadian C-17 as early as fall 2007. [GlobalGiants.com]
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