It seemed unthinkable a few months ago that the Boeing Dreamliner, the technologically most advanced airplane in the world and a display of American superiority in technology that had finally entered service after a three and a half year delay,…
The FAA just announced that it is grounding all Boeing 787s in the US, and urging international regulators to do the same after two recent incidents with Lithium-ion batteries. The last time the FAA grounded a fleet of aircraft was…
Contract negotiations resumed January 9 between Boeing and its engineers’ union, SPEEA. The outlook is dim and the prospects of a strike are high. The gap between the SPEEA “wants” and the Boeing offer is too wide and talks are…
There is much debate about market need for VLAs (defined as an airplane with >400 seats). The argument goes back to the time when Airbus decided on the A380 and bet on the need for the VLA (demand for hub…
[UPDATE: The WSJ is reporting that United Airlines has discovered improperly installed wiring on one of its 787s. This was discovered in an inspection in the wake of Monday’s JAL 787 electrical fire in Boston. The improperly installed bundle of…
Looking ahead at this time of year, there are several key events and stories that we know will occur in 2013. In this post, we’ll comment about them, along with our prognostication on how we expect they might turn out.…