Fleet Renewal at British Airways In a matter of months, the first of many new long-haul aircraft will be delivered. British Airways has finalized the cabin design and layout for its soon to be delivered Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Airbus A380 aircraft. The Boeing 747-400, the “Queen of The Skies”, will be moving over to [...]
New Airbus A350 XWB coming together When it comes to new aircraft construction, the one item painted first is the tail. The first A350 – MSN1 – is coming together with the composite built, vertical tail now sporting the Airbus Blue-White Livery. Airbus was initially looking to fly MSN1 this year, but components were slow [...]
Recovery Continues at Spirit AeroSystems The National Weather Service Issued a Tornado Emergency Warning for Wichita, Kansas, on April 14, 2012. The EAS was activated and sirens wailed as a a large violent twister was confirmed on the ground. Spirit AeroSystems was hit with what the National Weather Service has determined to be an EF-3 [...]
Air France – KLM places Boeing 787 Dreamliner Order The order, attributed to an unidentified customer, signed for twenty-five Boeing 787′s during the month of December 2011, was the workings of Air France-KLM Group. The deal was finalized January 10, 2012, with the French-Dutch carrier. A preliminary agreement for this order was first announced on [...]