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Boeing Focused On Improving 787’s Reliability
Boeing acknowledged the reliability issues of its 787 Dreamliners on Monday, and said it is taking steps to make the new high-tech plane more dependable. “Today, the reliability of the 787 is better than 95 percent...
American Air Plans To Recruit 1,500 Pilots
American Airways plans to rent 1,500 pilots over the subsequent 5 years because it expands global flying and takes supply of recent planes, the provider stated on Monday. The Castle Price-primarily based firm stated its ...
New EU Rules On Pilot Fatigue Opposed
A European Parliament committee on Monday rejected planned new flight time limits for pilots, saying the proposals did not go far enough to eliminate the risk of air crew fatigue. The European Commission says the new rul...
LOT 787 Dreamliner Forced To Land In Iceland
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by LOT had to land unexpectedly in Iceland on Sunday due to a fault in its identification system, a spokeswoman for the airline said on Sunday. The plane was flying from Toronto to Warsaw...
Norwegian Grounds 787 After Breakdowns
Norwegian Air Shuttle is taking one of its 787 Dreamliners out of service and demanded that Boeing repair the plane after it suffered repeated breakdowns. Boeing said the repairs would take “a matter of days”...
More Problems For Boeing As Norwegian Demands 787 Repairs
The brochure for Boeing’s aircraft repair service makes a simple assertion: “No one knows Boeing airplanes better than Boeing.” Now that claim is being put to a visible test as Norwegian Air Shuttle gro...
