The 787 Dreamliner is back in the air in the U.S. as the CEOs of Boeing (BA) and United Airlines (UAL) fly with 250 other passengers from Houston to Chicago aboard the jet. [View news story]
Amazing, the CEO flies on a 787. Another PR blitz for a crippled program! The 787 has more problem than batteries. Why doesn't the press ask that CEO why they cannot build more than 2 or 3 a month when they said 7 years ago they would be at 14 today!
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Boeing's (BA) largest 787 customer with 17 Dreamliners, has safely carried out a two-hour test flight of the jet with its modified battery system. However, while Ethiopian Airlines has already flown the plane commercially, ANA intends to conduct at least 230 test flights before allowing customer back on in June. Fellow carrier Japan Airlines plans to carry out its first 787 test flight next month. [View news story]
230 test flights! How much you want to bet on all 230 going without a hitch or another fiasco?
The Boeing (BA) 787 Dreamliner officially returns to the skies. Ethiopian Airlines flight 801 left Addis Ababa at 11 a.m. (local time) this morning and safely landed in Nairobi, Kenya at 12:38. [View news story]
One hour and thirty eight minute flight, oh boy! And that was worth reporting??
Japan's Ministry of Transport plans to officially lift the ban on commercial flights of Boeing (BA) 787s after the FAA officially signs off on the resumption of operations, which is expected later today. Japanese officials will ask Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways to carry out extra safety measures over and above those requested by the FAA, including the remote monitoring of battery data. Ethiopian Airlines will reportedly become the world's first airline to resume 787 operations tomorrow. [View news story]
Sure hope Boeing can keep the 787 in the air more than a few months before the next fiasco!
The FAA publishes a new rule for the 787 Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries and says it will cost an estimated $2.8M to make the necessary modifications at United Airlines (UAL -0.3%). [View news story]
Should be interesting to see what the NTSB has to say today...and the Boeing responses or line of PR-BS
The U.S. intends to sell tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey airplanes to Israel for the first time as part of a $10B package of defense deals with the country, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The Osprey, which takes off and lands like a helicopter, is made by Textron's (TXT) Bell Helicopter unit and Boeing (BA). [View news story]
The European Aviation Safety Agency will allow the Boeing (BA) 787 to fly commercially again once the FAA has issued an "airworthiness directive" for the jet, which will formally lift the ban on commercial flights. The directive is expected soon after the FAA approved the new battery system for the plane on Friday. [View news story]
The FAA will issue the directive, they and the US government cannot afford for Boeing to NOT sell planes. Each overseas sale of an airplane affects the US bottom line!
International Airlines Group announces a $6B order for 18 Airbus (EADSF.PK) A350s intended for its British Airways subsidiary. Some see the order as further proof that Airbus can compete with Boeing's (BA -1.1%) 777 in the "mini-jumbo" market. Separately, RBC Capital upgrades EADS to Outperform. [View news story]
Airbus, just like Boeing is buying market share...again. That is a pretty cheap A350 Boeing is doing the same thing with the 737.
Boeing Co (BA) has started installing the new battery system for the 787 in five All Nippon Airways Dreamliners, which should allow them to restart flying in about a week. However, commercial passenger flights probably won't begin until June, as ANA intends to make 100-200 test flights first. The installations come after the FAA approved the 787's modified battery system on Friday. [View news story]
I sure hope it works and does not end up being just another flaw that comes back to bite the 787! I fear the leadership will push to fly the 787 before it is ready, that has been their way of doing business from the start of the program.
Boeing (BA) intends to carry out two 787 flights tests, possibly over the weekend, in order to assess the jet's revamped battery system. Meanwhile, Boeing is attempting to convince the public that the 787s are safe to fly on. That includes downplaying the seriousness of the two battery burnouts by portraying them as somewhat routine, although independent experts aren't buying that line. [View news story]
I sure hope you are kidding? Boeing sped up the certification of the 787 and cut corners at every turn. Those on the inside that have worked on the 787 from the start have been shaking their heads for years. That plane was build to a schedule no matter what maturity the technology was at. The leaders at Boeing should be embarrassed at what they have done to Boeing and the 787.
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Sorry people but none of you know what is going on inside! "lucky" is the word for selling airplanes now, if the market turns which it always does, Boeing is in financial trouble as they have bled money on the 787 and that plane will not be profitable for many years if at all. You could buy countries for what Boeing has wasted on the 787. They could have keep the money in the bank at 2% and made more money over a 20 year period!
Airbus has a new plane that will hit the market and be very competitive to the 787. Japan is building a plane to compete with the 737 and A319, A320 China is building their own version, it will not be sold in the USA but will replace all the sales Boeing and Airbus get for the small planes.Why do you think Boeing and Airbus are chasing India? And India will get lot's of work from Boeing and screw it up just like all the other countries Boeing and Airbus chase without doing the technolgy transfer required to build stable safe hardware!
Boeing's supply chain is a mess with no real fix yet Charleston is a mess Alenia, Hitco, Maylasia, China, Isreal suppliers are all a mess, just to name a few.
You keep believing the PR BS from the leaders at Boeing and buy that stock!
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Go for it, not me, anyone that knows Boeing from the inside knows they are ridding a wave and it will go away along with the stock price. If Boeing had not been lucky with 737 and 777 sales, they would be a 20 buck stock with all the money they have spent on the 787 and still have a lousy production system, poor supply chain and Charleston which is a mess internally. It will all come out soon enough and Boeing will drop like it always does.
The FAA approves Boeing's (BA +1.8%) battery fix, clearing the way for the 787 to return to the skies on flights up to 180 minutes from an airport. [View news story]
Big deal, The 737 can fly that many minutes and much cheaper than the 787! It is all one big publicity campaign for Boeing. They still have huge production problems and supply chain problems that make the battery issue small in comparison.
The FAA orders more than a thousand Boeing (BA) jets to be examined for potential problems with the tail plane fixing pins. The agency says the cost could be up to $10.1M across the fleet. [View news story]
Boeing is out of control. They have played "risked based management" for to many years trying to save money and leaders bonuses! The supply base is broken and Boeing has known it for 7 years with the 787, now it will spread much further than the normal AD's issued. Everyone inside Boeing knew it would catch up to them sooner or later, most were hoping for sooner, but, the FAA has had no direction, budget of balls for years.
Boeing's (BA -0.4%) CEO says he has a "high degree of confidence" in lithium-ion battery redesign and says the embattled 787 Dreamliner will be carrying passengers "sooner rather than later." (Previously: 787 could face limit on routes) [View news story]
Boeing is one of the best as propaganda. Nothing they have said over the last 10 years about the 787 has come true! They lie to the press and investors and the only reason they have a good bottom line right now is the 777 and 737, if there is any glitch in the industry, Boeing will have a huge down turn. They have bled money for to long, it will come back to haunt them.
The 787 Dreamliner is back in the air in the U.S. as the CEOs of Boeing (BA) and United Airlines (UAL) fly with 250 other passengers from Houston to Chicago aboard the jet. [View news story]
The 787 has more problem than batteries. Why doesn't the press ask that CEO why they cannot build more than 2 or 3 a month when they said 7 years ago they would be at 14 today!
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Boeing's (BA) largest 787 customer with 17 Dreamliners, has safely carried out a two-hour test flight of the jet with its modified battery system. However, while Ethiopian Airlines has already flown the plane commercially, ANA intends to conduct at least 230 test flights before allowing customer back on in June. Fellow carrier Japan Airlines plans to carry out its first 787 test flight next month. [View news story]
How much you want to bet on all 230 going without a hitch or another fiasco?
The Boeing (BA) 787 Dreamliner officially returns to the skies. Ethiopian Airlines flight 801 left Addis Ababa at 11 a.m. (local time) this morning and safely landed in Nairobi, Kenya at 12:38. [View news story]
And that was worth reporting??
Japan's Ministry of Transport plans to officially lift the ban on commercial flights of Boeing (BA) 787s after the FAA officially signs off on the resumption of operations, which is expected later today. Japanese officials will ask Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways to carry out extra safety measures over and above those requested by the FAA, including the remote monitoring of battery data. Ethiopian Airlines will reportedly become the world's first airline to resume 787 operations tomorrow. [View news story]
The FAA publishes a new rule for the 787 Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries and says it will cost an estimated $2.8M to make the necessary modifications at United Airlines (UAL -0.3%). [View news story]
The U.S. intends to sell tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey airplanes to Israel for the first time as part of a $10B package of defense deals with the country, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The Osprey, which takes off and lands like a helicopter, is made by Textron's (TXT) Bell Helicopter unit and Boeing (BA). [View news story]
The European Aviation Safety Agency will allow the Boeing (BA) 787 to fly commercially again once the FAA has issued an "airworthiness directive" for the jet, which will formally lift the ban on commercial flights. The directive is expected soon after the FAA approved the new battery system for the plane on Friday. [View news story]
Each overseas sale of an airplane affects the US bottom line!
International Airlines Group announces a $6B order for 18 Airbus (EADSF.PK) A350s intended for its British Airways subsidiary. Some see the order as further proof that Airbus can compete with Boeing's (BA -1.1%) 777 in the "mini-jumbo" market. Separately, RBC Capital upgrades EADS to Outperform. [View news story]
That is a pretty cheap A350
Boeing is doing the same thing with the 737.
Boeing Co (BA) has started installing the new battery system for the 787 in five All Nippon Airways Dreamliners, which should allow them to restart flying in about a week. However, commercial passenger flights probably won't begin until June, as ANA intends to make 100-200 test flights first. The installations come after the FAA approved the 787's modified battery system on Friday. [View news story]
I fear the leadership will push to fly the 787 before it is ready, that has been their way of doing business from the start of the program.
Boeing (BA) intends to carry out two 787 flights tests, possibly over the weekend, in order to assess the jet's revamped battery system. Meanwhile, Boeing is attempting to convince the public that the 787s are safe to fly on. That includes downplaying the seriousness of the two battery burnouts by portraying them as somewhat routine, although independent experts aren't buying that line. [View news story]
Boeing sped up the certification of the 787 and cut corners at every turn. Those on the inside that have worked on the 787 from the start have been shaking their heads for years.
That plane was build to a schedule no matter what maturity the technology was at.
The leaders at Boeing should be embarrassed at what they have done to Boeing and the 787.
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"lucky" is the word for selling airplanes now, if the market turns which it always does, Boeing is in financial trouble as they have bled money on the 787 and that plane will not be profitable for many years if at all. You could buy countries for what Boeing has wasted on the 787. They could have keep the money in the bank at 2% and made more money over a 20 year period!
Airbus has a new plane that will hit the market and be very competitive to the 787.
Japan is building a plane to compete with the 737 and A319, A320
China is building their own version, it will not be sold in the USA but will replace all the sales Boeing and Airbus get for the small planes.Why do you think Boeing and Airbus are chasing India? And India will get lot's of work from Boeing and screw it up just like all the other countries Boeing and Airbus chase without doing the technolgy transfer required to build stable safe hardware!
Boeing's supply chain is a mess with no real fix yet
Charleston is a mess
Alenia, Hitco, Maylasia, China, Isreal suppliers are all a mess, just to name a few.
You keep believing the PR BS from the leaders at Boeing and buy that stock!
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It will all come out soon enough and Boeing will drop like it always does.
The FAA approves Boeing's (BA +1.8%) battery fix, clearing the way for the 787 to return to the skies on flights up to 180 minutes from an airport. [View news story]
It is all one big publicity campaign for Boeing.
They still have huge production problems and supply chain problems that make the battery issue small in comparison.
The FAA orders more than a thousand Boeing (BA) jets to be examined for potential problems with the tail plane fixing pins. The agency says the cost could be up to $10.1M across the fleet. [View news story]
The supply base is broken and Boeing has known it for 7 years with the 787, now it will spread much further than the normal AD's issued.
Everyone inside Boeing knew it would catch up to them sooner or later, most were hoping for sooner, but, the FAA has had no direction, budget of balls for years.
Boeing's (BA -0.4%) CEO says he has a "high degree of confidence" in lithium-ion battery redesign and says the embattled 787 Dreamliner will be carrying passengers "sooner rather than later." (Previously: 787 could face limit on routes) [View news story]
They lie to the press and investors and the only reason they have a good bottom line right now is the 777 and 737, if there is any glitch in the industry, Boeing will have a huge down turn.
They have bled money for to long, it will come back to haunt them.