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Airlines Push New Booking Platform
The airline industry is set to allow consumers to see more details of what they are booking using a new online reservation platform, a project that poses a threat to many travel technology firms working with older system...
First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Begins Final Assembly
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner. The newest member of the 787 family began taking shape on schedule May 30 in Everett, Wash., when Boeing started joining large sections of the super-effi...
Qatar Air Will Not Be 787-10X Launch Customer
Qatar Airways will not be a launch customer for Boeing’s next passenger jet, a stretched version of its 787 Dreamliner, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest growing c...
Southeast Asian Airlines Study A350, 787
Malaysia Airlines is looking at both the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 as potential replacements for its existing medium and long-haul fleet of aircraft, an airline executive said on Monday. Garuda Indonesia is also conside...
Ethiopian May Lease Or Buy More 787s
Ethiopian Airlines plans to buy or lease up to six more Boeing 787 Dreamliners by 2018 as it adds routes to Asia and South America, its chief executive told Reuters. “We are looking at another five or six by 2017/1...
Boeing Delivers Thomson Airways’ First 787 Dreamliner
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Thomson Airways announced the delivery today of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airplane, the first of eight 787s Thomson Airways has on order, is the first to be delivered to a UK air...
