Reading Time: 3 minutes GE Aviation celebrated in Muskegon the grand opening of its $14.5 million Brilliant Factory – an investment that will stimulate economic growth in the region and where GE is using data and analytics to run its plants more efficiently. For the event, John Bowman, general manager, Supply Chain for GE Aviation joined Senator Debbie Stabenow, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On March 28, 2016, a special commemorative ceremony was held at the Los Angeles International Airport for the specially decorated ANA “BB-8™ ANA JET”. A Boeing 777 made its debut flight from Osaka to Tokyo to Los Angeles. The BB-8 is scheduled to travel between Tokyo and Los Angeles through 8th of April. Later on […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Two years ago on March 8, 2014 tragic news hit the world when Malaysian Airlines’ plane disappeared. The fact that 239 people were missing caused a lot of pain for families and friends and left them in uncertainty which lasts until now. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am and was expected […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes United Airlines announced an order to purchase 25 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The order is in addition to the previously announced order of 40 737-700s. United will take delivery of the aircraft beginning at the end of 2017. The new 737-700 aircraft will enable United to continue utilizing larger, more efficient aircraft as the airline […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flightworthiness tests have been conducted in Las Vegas on a British Airways jet that was damaged by an engine fire while passengers escaped an aborted takeoff almost six months ago, officials said Friday. An airline official wouldn’t say when the repaired Boeing 777 will be flown out of McCarran International Airport, or where it will […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A security hoax has forced a Virgin Australia flight bound for Los Angeles to divert to Brisbane before it was searched by Australian Federal Police. The Boeing 777 left Sydney at 11am on Wednesday for the Californian destination, but landed in Brisbane four hours after departure over a safety threat understood to be a hoax. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) took delivery of the first of nine new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on 29th January. The day also saw the opening of new SWISS First Class, Business Class and Senator Lounge facilities in Zurich Airport’s Terminal E. The two events usher in a new era for SWISS, in the air and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing will further increase the 737 production rate to 57 aircraft per month in 2019, citing robust demand for narrowbodies, but the manufacturer is also cutting 777 production to seven aircraft per month in 2017. The 777 rate cut to be implemented next year, which will bring production down from the current rate of 8.3 […]