Re: Official 747-8 Flight Tracking/Production Part 18

LN1437 RC573 A7-BGA 2nd B748F for Qatar Cargo:

photo by Chris Edwards/WoodysAeroimages: https://twitter.com/AeroimagesChris/status/929846808800407552

Re: Airbus A320NEO Production Thread - Part 7

There is no need for speculation. Qatar walked away from the P&W engine so the first two production frames (originally due in January and February) cannot be delivered. The next customer in line is China Southern which I believe is due for delivery in March (unless the CAAC delays the introduct...

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 43

It's still in FAL building undergoing assembly and test equipment installation. Should be out before end of February.

Re: New Members Posting For First Time

Good idea.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 43

She was rolled out from FAL in April 2010.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

And you can see engines attached to fixed Xiamen's 789.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

No idea.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

Of course, CHS has 2 bays of paint hangars with 3rd one possible to build in the future.

Re: Official 747-8 Flight Tracking/Production Part 24

Maybe Rossiya took up Transaero order which still is not officially cancelled.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

Delivery schedule was made just simply before these frames entered re-work. Change of re-work order changed order of frame to delivery, so LN16 will be probably delivered in March.
She is nearly ready for 1st flight, already underwent initial fueling and APU start tests.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

Probably February 2017.

Re: CSeries - Flight Test And Production (Part 12)

queb wrote:

piotrg wrote:

Any idea about fate of CS100 test frames? Are they going to deliver them eventually?

yes, all except the first one who will stay at BBD as test bed.

Re: CSeries - Flight Test And Production (Part 12)

Any idea about fate of CS100 test frames? Are they going to deliver them eventually?

Re: 767 Deliveries/Retirement Q2 Update

ZK-NCL (Air New Zealand) was retired on July 26th. Currently undergoing parts recovery prior to being sold to Icelandair. 3x 763s left with ANZ. All to be retired in 2017. The parts aren't required for Icelandair's use? Are these seats, coffee makers and IFE systems that are perhaps proprietary or ...

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

LN10 should be last terrible teen delivered to Ethiopian. Re-work start order: LN16, LN18 and LN10. Delivery order is still listed as 18-10-16, one every two months starting in March. Start of rework is not necessarily a reliable indicator of delivery date -- 14 started before either 22 or 12, and ...

Re: Ethiopian 787 diversion to Athens

You forgot about 3 frames in ANA fleet (LN7-9, this is the same production block LN7-19).

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

LN10 should be last terrible teen delivered to Ethiopian.
Re-work start order: LN16, LN18 and LN10.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

LN19? No, she is inside 40-24 undergoing re-work. This RAM frame on the flightline is LN506 CN-RGU.

Re: When Will ET Receive Their

ZK-NZC is not overweighted. It's frame at full specfication. But it is a prototype aircraft, so I thought it would be heavier, but correct me if I am wrong. In this case you are wrong. After 787-8 weight issue, Boeing redesigned 787-9 to met weight specification with 1st 787-9 test frame. First 787...

Re: Official 747-8 Flight Tracking/Production Part 24

But he is wrong. LN1437 wont be expensive to customer modify, she was reworked to full specification already. Cash was burned then.

Re: The one oddball in a fleet!

ET-AOO Ethiopian's B788: https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8846/28833849133_782b99c243_c.jpg ET-AOO by T Jerkson , on Flickr and whole Cargolux fleet. Their CathayLux livery rocks https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8342/29340092934_8125dc1514_c.jpg LX-GCL by Peter Bakema , on Flickr

Re: Official 747-8 Flight Tracking/Production Part 24

I don't think so, both frames are refurbished to production standard so keeping them on desert is better option. Do not forget that last 2 747-400Fs which were not taken up by LoadAir Cargo suffered the same fate until Boeing sold them to Kalitta and Cargolux. LN4 and LN5 were different story, both ...

Re: When Will ET Receive Their

ZK-NZC is not overweighted. It's frame at full specfication.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

LN15 F-OLRB completed her C1 flight today, delivery is scheduled for October 27th.
She was used for some FAA flight testing earlier this month.

Re: Sir Tim Clark talks about a tough year.

Low load factor? They need more A380s! It's interesting to see this thread (Sir Tim Clark talks about a tough year) and Clark: The World Needs More A380's running at the same time, isn't it? Indeed. I won't be surprised if they are going to deffer/delay some A380 deliveries but Airbus' A380 backlog...

Re: Official 747-8 Flight Tracking/Production Part 24

No, it isn't.

Re: Sir Tim Clark talks about a tough year.

Low load factor? They need more A380s!

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

n471wn wrote:

For instance their 2nd terrible teen has still not been delivered after weeks of sitting.

Re: LOT choose B737 Max 8, Teheran and Astana

B734s will stay until 2020/2021 until current lease agreement will end.

Re: China Southern Orders 12 787s

More interesting part: The carrier announce Wednesday to order 12 787-9 Dreamliners, pending approval from its board. Besides, four 777-200s and two back-up engines will be sold to Boeing. Moreover, China Southern also has reached agreements to lease eight more 787-9s from AerCap Ireland Limited and...

Re: LOT choose B737 Max 8, Teheran and Astana

4x 737-800 NG will be from AerCap,
B737 MAX8 from ALC.

186 seats config on both types. MAX interior with space bins. No idea about NGs

Re: China Southern Orders 12 787s

This could suggest Boeing have near term delivery slots to fill. With a backlog of 500+ aircraft? Doubtful. Perhaps the order was signed much earlier and booked as undisclosed. Or China as a whole could have secured some delivery positions via options or something. Or these are slots after another ...

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

This particular frame is owned by AerCap. First B789 for Air France from their direct order will be LN543, delivery in March/April 2017/

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

China Southern Orders 12 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners By Lena Ge, China Aviation Daily | Oct. 12, 2016 On October 12, China Southern Airlines announced to order 12 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing Co., valued at US$3.25 billion at list price. The Guangzhou-based carrier said in a statement, it will take d...

Re: Official 747-8 Flight Tracking/Production Part 24

No chance.

Re: Why Did Boeing Design/Offer Different Abreast Configurations on 777 and 787?

Because Wizzair and other LCC appeared. Competition in LCC segment. But in planes configuration there is no difference.

Re: Why Did Boeing Design/Offer Different Abreast Configurations on 777 and 787?

High oil prices during financial crisis and rising low costs and Persian Gulf carriers competition changed economics of aviation business. Yet the US3 are enjoying record profits while most are moving their 777s to 10x and most ordered the 787s as 9x. To me, it's simple profit taking, and it's shor...

Re: Why Did Boeing Design/Offer Different Abreast Configurations on 777 and 787?

Because aviation market was different when these planes have been designed.
High oil prices during financial crisis and rising low costs and Persian Gulf carriers competition changed economics of aviation business.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

Steadily lower production costs on new-build frames may also have contributed. The final decision on LN 4 and LN 5 happened about the same time we saw a new BBJ 787-8 appear in the firing order -- Boeing may well have determined that the cost to build a new 787-8 from scratch was lower than the cos...

Re: LOT Polish To Announce LAX

This will be return after 25 years long hiatus - previous connection was terminated in 1992.

Re: LOT to start Newark in April 2017

Yep, route was terminated in 2012.

Re: LOT to start Newark in April 2017

No longhaul flights from RZE or any other polish regional airport.

Re: LOT to start Newark in April 2017

They will wet-lease 767-300ER for this route until arrival of 7th 788 sometime in August 2017.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

EX-IM Bank is not connected to these deliveries. 3 terrible teens deliveries are secured through financial bridge and sell&leaseback agreement with AWAS. Delivery of LN13 is delayed due to paint problems. AWAS delivers 787-8 to Ethiopian Airlines AWAS has delivered a new 787-8 Dreamliner aircraf...

Re: KLM introduces world's first on-tap draught beer on flights

They should learn from Delta:

Re: KLM introduces world's first on-tap draught beer on flights

Great! Now fill that keg with decent beer. There is really no difference between tasteless lager from can and tasteless lager from tap.

Re: 787 D checks

SonomaFlyer wrote:

I believe UA has already had one or more of its 788s go through a heavy check at HKG.

Re: Vale Joe Sutter, Father of the 747, 1921-2016

Rest in Peace, you can now sleep satisfied after completing amazing job of revolutionizing world transport.

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48

You have to use BBCode provided by flickr sharing (or find direct link to image). Not every photo from flickr can be directly pasted, some people just disable this for their photos (though it's still possible to find direct link in site source :P ). https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8017/29202501321_3b7...

Re: 787 Production/Delivery Thread - Part 48