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British Air to WIDEN seats

  Going against the current Zeitgeist, British Airways has announced plans to widen seats on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.  As we all know, plane seats are getting narrower and the pitch (distance between rows) is also shrinking,…

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United: Dreamliner flights to 6 continents

No complaints received yet from Antarctica, but its now the only continent with no Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from United. United, which has been the fastest U.S. airline at getting the 787 into the fleet, is adding flights this week from Houston…

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New technologies for de-icing are in the wings

OK, I apologize for the double pun…but it’s true in both ways.   The ritual of de-icing planes before winter take-offs is costly, time-consuming, and known to be effective, so while many companies are working on ways to do it faster, cheaper or…

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AA announces its first Dreamliner routes

American Airlines, which last month took possession of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has announced first routes. Starting May 7, it will take over a DFW to Chicago route, and on June 2, it will start using 787s on DFW-Beijing flights. DFW-Buenos Aires.

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AA gets its first Dreamliner

American Airlines got the keys today to its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Like anybody with a new toy, they promptly took it out for a spin, flying from Boeing’s plant in Everett WA.   American has 42 of the planes on order; this one, seen at…

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World’s First A350 flies next week

The Airbus A350, the European company’s competitor for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, goes into service on December 13 with Qatar Airways, the official “launch customer.” Like the 787, it uses carbon-composite fibers in its fuselage instead of traditional…

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Delta joins the mixed fleets with big Airbus order

The days of all-Boeing domestic fleets seem over as Delta joins American and United in mixing Airbus into its fleet. In Delta’s case, this is reflected in a new nearly $15 billion order for 50 A350 and A330neo widebody planes. The A350 is Airbus’s…

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British Air to WIDEN seats

  Going against the current Zeitgeist, British Airways has announced plans to widen seats on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.  As we all know, plane seats are getting narrower and the pitch (distance between rows) is also shrinking,…

Read More

United: Dreamliner flights to 6 continents

No complaints received yet from Antarctica, but its now the only continent with no Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from United. United, which has been the fastest U.S. airline at getting the 787 into the fleet, is adding flights this week from Houston…

Read More

New technologies for de-icing are in the wings

OK, I apologize for the double pun…but it’s true in both ways.   The ritual of de-icing planes before winter take-offs is costly, time-consuming, and known to be effective, so while many companies are working on ways to do it faster, cheaper or…

Read More

AA announces its first Dreamliner routes

American Airlines, which last month took possession of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has announced first routes. Starting May 7, it will take over a DFW to Chicago route, and on June 2, it will start using 787s on DFW-Beijing flights. DFW-Buenos Aires.

Read More

AA gets its first Dreamliner

American Airlines got the keys today to its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Like anybody with a new toy, they promptly took it out for a spin, flying from Boeing’s plant in Everett WA.   American has 42 of the planes on order; this one, seen at…

Read More

World’s First A350 flies next week

The Airbus A350, the European company’s competitor for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, goes into service on December 13 with Qatar Airways, the official “launch customer.” Like the 787, it uses carbon-composite fibers in its fuselage instead of traditional…

Read More

Delta joins the mixed fleets with big Airbus order

The days of all-Boeing domestic fleets seem over as Delta joins American and United in mixing Airbus into its fleet. In Delta’s case, this is reflected in a new nearly $15 billion order for 50 A350 and A330neo widebody planes. The A350 is Airbus’s…

Read More