The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (at least for this House) in favor of a short-term government funding measure that also included an extension of the charter for the Export-Import Bank until June, 2015. First, a quick primer on the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im, in short)….
From King5 in Seattle, a train carrying 737 fuselages derailed in Montana. The fuselages ended up in the river. I’m guessing based on some of the damage in the pictures that not all of these fuselages will become airplanes. HT: Rob on Milepoint
I have some family that live in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area that we try to visit each year. Recently, we made our way up there via United and landed without incident, arriving at the international terminal. Halifax airport isn’t small or big, though…
This is a bit of a long post, due mostly to a bunch of pictures. I thought about splitting out the lounge information into a separate post but there’s not a whole lot of information from our brief visits, mostly just pictures. While 2 days is a short time in Paris (for that matter, most destinations) we left with one more mini-adventure for our return flight, a ride on the new Boeing 747-8i (Intercontinental).
Boeing has disclosed that the manufacturer of the 787 Dreamliner wings, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, reported very small cracks in some wings that have already been delivered and some that are still in production. As it stands now, this doesn’t seem to be an issue…
Japan Airlines reported smoke coming from the main battery compartment on one of their 787s as it sat on the tarmac at Narita airport in Tokyo yesterday. Quoting from the WSJ Article: JAL said white smoke was detected Tuesday at around 4:15 p.m. Tokyo…
Late Friday night the Boeing machinist union voted to accept management’s latest contract offer. I predicted it would be a close vote but I thought the local union leadership would sway enough folks to vote no even though they were likely casting a vote…
When Boeing union members widely rejected the latest contract offer recently, it seemed to largely indicate that Boeing would move production of significant parts of the 777X out of Washington state. The wing is the likely thing getting moved, and after the failed vote…
The Boeing machinists union rejected a new contract offer from Boeing just about a week ago. I was actually in the camp that thought they would accept the offer, though probably not by a wide margin. Instead, they soundly rejected it by a margin…
The Middle East carriers are pumping up the order books early for Boeing’s new 777X. First, there was the news of an order from Etihad for 25 777X aircraft. And, for good measure they tacked on another 30 787s. The retail value on that…