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Boeing Picks up First 787 Order of 2011, Engines Approved for ETOPS

China Southern Airlines became the first 787 customer of 2011 according to The Seattle Times after the airline filed a report with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that detailed plans to order six 787s. The order is valued at $1.1 … Continue reading

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Boeing Executive Shows Off S. Carolina 787 Assembly Plant

Boeing’s Vice President of Marketing, Randy Tinseth, is back from a recent trip to South Carolina and has updated his blog Randy’s Journal with photos of the second 787 assembly line currently being built in Charleston. Nothing particularly special to report … Continue reading

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April Airport of the Month: McCarran International Airport

About Like the city that surrounds it, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is unlike any place I’ve been before. The airport itself is clean, has unique exhibits and shops, but there is something that immediately strikes you when you … Continue reading

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787 Passes 1,000th Flight Milestone

Boeing announced today that the 787 has completed 1,000 test flights with nearly 3,000 hours of flight time and more than a million total miles flown. Boeing’s 787 test fleet includes seven aircraft which have flown all around the world in order to … Continue reading

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Entire Test Fleet of 787s Back in the Sky

FlightGlobal is reporting that all six of Boeing’s 787 test aircraft are flying again after the last of the planes, aircraft three, took off from Boeing Field on January 29th. Boeing’s fleet was grounded back in November after a fire … Continue reading

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