Posts Tagged ‘787’
GE Engine Failure A Contained Incident
The US National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday that the failure of a General Electric jet engine on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner last month was a contained incident of the sort that does not normally pose an im...
Engine Glitch Grounds Some Of ANA’s 787s
Japan’s All Nippon Airways said on Monday it had grounded several Boeing 787 Dreamliners after discovering a problem inside the new jet’s Rolls-Royce engines. ANA, which is the launch customer for the lightwe...
Air India 787s Grounded By Bureaucracy
Three of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners destined for Air India are parked in South Carolina, waiting for the ailing state carrier to pay for them and take possession. The 787 has been a source of several headaches for th...
787’s Dimmable Windows ‘Not Dark Enough’
Boeing’s launch customer for its 787 Dreamliner, Japan’s All Nippon Airways says the plane’s electronic dimmable windows are not dark enough for long haul flights and has asked the US aircraft maker to come up...
Lion Air Signs Deal To Buy 5 Boeing 787s
Indonesia’s Lion Air has signed a deal for 5 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger jets, worth a total list price of USD$967.5 million, the airline said in a statement. The move puts more pressure on Garuda Indo...
Air India To Get Three 787s This Month
Air India is expected to take delivery of three 787 Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing this month, India’s civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said, after the two companies agreed on a compensation package for the delayed ord...
