The first paying passenger flight by the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner took place yesterday between Tokyo Narita and Hong Kong and spectacular photos are being posted by many of those on board, reports Ben Sandilands.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Air NZ’s 787 agony about to get worse
The comments made by Air New Zealand’s CFO Rob McDonald concerning ‘painful’ delays to its launch order for the Boeing 787-9 are regarded as the smoke rising from an issue that is about to ignite, reports Ben Sandilands.
The Qantas list of woes continues to grow
Qantas is getting hammered, it seems, from all quarters.
Boeing’s dream fast becoming the nightmare that has to go
If Boeing didn’t deliberately lie, it had to have been totally ignorant of the true state of the project for which it was raking in mega-bucks.
Boeing going gone … is the Qantas Dreamliner over?
The Boeing Dreamliner project is now caught in a destructive sequence of setbacks that threatens that company as well as major customers like Qantas with very serious consequences.
Qantas at (sevens) sixes and sevens over 787 delays
When Continental, one of the few US airlines to order the 787 Dreamliner, publicly contradicts Boeing over its latest guidance about how late the plastic jet is going to be, the impact on Qantas becomes more painfully obvious.
aviation industry Boeing versus the bloggers
Plane Talking has removed two images of the fire damage inside the second Dreamliner test and certification aircraft, ZA002, from the preceding article at the request of Boeing.
A flying RAT means more strife for the flying ‘roo
Another serious problem has beset the Boeing 787 Dreamliner which is supposed to be the key to Qantas retiring its aging Boeing 767s, one of which was forced to turn back to Perth on Friday with an engine problem.
Qantas and Jetstar 787 time warp persists
Qantas today confirmed that it expects to gets its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in mid-2013, but it looks like a very difficult commitment for Boeing to uphold, writes Ben Sandilands.
Boeing’s freeze over cold soak tests
Airliners must pass a test in which they are left unpowered and unheated for prolonged periods at -40C to prove the integrity of their components in polar conditions. So why aren’t Boeings new planes doing the tests? asks Ben Sandilands.
Scoop pix! The 789 ‘dream machine’ revealed
Here I am, worried about being scooped by spotters who have apparently sprung a V Australia 777-200LR under assembly in Everett when my email sends me a set of pix under the heading, the true 789, explains Ben Sanilands.
VIDEO: Watch the Dreamliner take off
Airplane nerds: enjoy some aviation pr0n, as Boeing’s new “plastic fantastic” jet, the 787 Dreamliner, takes to the skies for the first time. Fly my pretty, fly!
Dreamliner goes up, Boeing shares go down
Boeing’s long-awaited and problem-prone 787 Dreamliner jet may have finally taken off successfully this morning, but the company’s shares dropped 1% as it took to the skies. Is the market waiting on a safe landing?
Dreamliner takes flight
After delays, controversy and much anticipation from aviation enthusiasts, Boeing’s first new plane in over a decade, the 787 Dreamliner, is finally flying the friendly skies. Ben Sandilands has all the pictures and details.
The tragedy of Boeing’s demise
In many respects, Boeing is a metaphor for failed corporations, and the wider failings of modern US business managements to engage with the realities of design and production.
Qantas’ annual fairytale lands
The Qantas 2009 annual report out this morning is served up with side dishes of amnesia and hope. And a big plan for restoring their reputation. Will it work?
The shape of jets to come, maybe
Airbus have released some teasers overnight about the future of aviation. Are these the shapes of jets to come or just a whimsy on the part of Airbus?
787 becomes a moving target, again
After several delays, the No2 Dreamliner in the 787 flight test fleet has been doing taxying tests at Everett.
Boeing 787 no dream for Qantas
Qantas are yet to say anything in response to the serious issues involving the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program, although they have 50 Dreamliners on firm order.
US media wakes up to Dreamliner nightmare
Boeing’s Dreamliner dream run with the US media is well and truly over, with a report in today’s USA Today that should prove the mega-circulation media turning point for the company’s PR, writes Ben Sandilands.
787 Dreamliner: flawed inside and outside
New revelations about the “plastic fantastic” Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s wing problems show that they fail at lower stress levels than almost any other airliner in history, says Ben Sandilands.
Boeing’s toxic corporate culture
With every lie and evasion that Boeing utters about its 787 Dreamliner, the story becomes less about an airliner than the wider issue of corporate cultural failure, says Ben Sandilands
Boeing’s hopes for its Dreamliner are turning into nightmares
The Dreamliner 787 is now in limbo: a family of jets for which there is no first flight date, no flight testing and certification schedule, and no performance parameters for the airlines that ordered them.
The 787 calamity: lies and evasions continue
The lie that Boeing used to makes fools of customers like Qantas was that the technology to build a high composite ‘plastic fantastic’ Dreamliner jet posed no difficulties. So is the Airbus any better? asks Ben Sandilands.
QF hedges its bets
Qantas screwed down its profit forecast and flying activity to new lows this morning, but it is still the sort of bad news most other global airlines would die for, writes Ben Sandilands.
