<i><b> U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt says he will demand justification for Friday's decision. In a written statement, Tiahrt said he wants "to see the numbers that justify a contract for American planes going to a foreign entity, when the merits clearly reside with Boeing. If this decision holds, it will be...
Jump to postSounds to me the political winds are a blowin fierce. There is sentiment expressed in the NY Times that the politicians are demanding to know why we awarded a tanker contract to a company we are fighting in the WTO over subsidies....
Jump to postBoeing already got a "bone" from the USAF Friday night with the tanker deal announcement.
I can almost gaurantee you that it was some sort of retribution for the lease scandle.
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Jump to post100's were always the plane from <acronym title="Rochester - Greater Rochester International (Monroe County) (ROC / KROC), USA - New York">ROC</acronym>-<acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> that I frequently flew in the late 70's to very early 90...
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Jump to postThe US legacy carriers are not going to be in a position to order the 787 for a while yet, primarily due to financials.
Jump to postFair use: <i>The rudders of about 420 older Airbus jetliners are being subjected to repetitive ultrasonic and other enhanced inspections, the first time airlines and safety regulators have resorted to such recurring, high-tech procedures to determine the integrity of composite parts on airliners alr...
Jump to postFL will do just fine in <acronym title="Milwaukee - General Mitchell International (MKE / KMKE), USA - Wisconsin">MKE</acronym> with or without <acronym title="Midwest Express (USA)">YX</acronym>. As for the Transcons, they are better off creating more novel routes than those already overserved by o...
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Jump to postThis is indeed good news for the A-380 program. Boeing will have it's work cut out for them to try and match this level of seat mile costs with the 748.
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Jump to postThis webcast gives a confidence boost to the program IMO. No new or significant delays anticipated is good news indeed.
Jump to postI can remeber flying on the 747 with the bar. It was great!
Jump to postI do not understand how a CFRP 737 replacement can be more expensive to operate.
Jump to postWho are the next likely customers for the 8I since BA decided to order the A-380?
Jump to postThe one's to and from DAY are full from what I have been reading here locally. I do not know how they are doing $ wise.
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Jump to postOne beautiful aircraft in AA livery for sure. I wish her many happy flights until retirement.
Jump to postA damnable situation with those fastners and the software at Honeywell.
Did they get the Honeywell situation resolved yet? I wonder if Boeing could in fact produce thier own fastners to solve any potential problems.
I hope that with the new <acronym title="Dayton - James M. Cox Dayton International (DAY / KDAY), USA - Ohio">DAY</acronym>-<acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> route going daily, and the reduced airport fees here, they see more opportunities t...
Jump to postI wonder if this represents a potential opportunity for FL to compete with Skybus??
Jump to postWith Skybus now in the picture at <acronym title="Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH / KCMH), USA - Ohio">CMH</acronym>, this is no big shock to me. There isnt enough demand for the two to survive a <acronym title="Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH / KCMH), USA - Ohio">CMH</acrony...
Jump to postIs it possible to even make <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> happy?? It's almost like they expect the entire aviation world to revolve around only them and their needs. When you bu something, you have the right to expect it to do what it is supposed to do, but really...e...
Jump to postGSO is an interesting choice. I wonder if SKYBUS will use the TIMCO facilities for mx there??
Jump to postWOW.
But seriously, the guy must have money to burn.
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Jump to postI have seen renditions of forward swept wing fighters many times, but I wondered if the concept has ever been tried in a pax design, or if it is even practicle?
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Jump to postI think if he really wanted the 787 he could have worked with Boeing very closely on 787-10 specs and had it done by now.
EK will sign a large A350 order next month IMO. He's just spewing hot air for a better deal until then.
A nice addition to the order book for this week, no doubt.
How does the yearly total look vs Airbus?
Sounds like they are having a lot of trouble. <i>MADRID, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Spanish airline Vueling (VULG.MC: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it has cancelled an order for 3 new Airbus (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) A320 aircraft and postponed delivery of six others to 2009 from 2008 ...
Jump to postIm surprised <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> hasn't taken more advatage of the downsizing by US at <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym>. I know <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> is there, but ...
Jump to postLooks to me like they are moving Mike back to where his real business strengths lie.....
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Jump to postWhat I want to know was why didnt the UM contact a member of the flight crew when they were still in the air? It would have been easy enough to detain him and the could have landed and had him removed from the flight and jailed.
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Jump to postGood news for GE. Where does this leave the competitive numbers vs Rolls? Anyone know how it stacks up?
Jump to postTime will tell.
Perhaps they will announce new 737 orders to replace the mad dogs.
Par for the course. DL has had nothing but problems with the 700's they run out of CVG. Lots of mx problems.
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Jump to postGood news for <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym>. I would think with the US pulldown at <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym> that this leaves a nice opportunity for <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> to make...
Jump to postCongrats to Airbus. Looks like another tight race for the title of sales king this year, since Boeing also has several outstanding large orders.
Jump to postMore CRJ or prop flights to/from <acronym title="Covington / Cincinnati - Northern Kentucky International (Greater Cincinnati) (CVG / KCVG), USA - Kentucky">CVG</acronym> is NOT where <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> needs to focus it's attention on <acronym title="Covington / Cin...
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