Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. The latest Boeing 737-800 for Flydubai is pictured at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field) on a test flight on May 4. 737-8KN A6-FDH (msn 31716) will be delivered this month.
Flydubai (Dubai) will add Karachi and the Dubai-Karachi daily route on June 21.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Boeing is now using two Fairchild Dornier 328-300s (328JETs) (N411FJ and N419FJ) of FlightWorks as corporate transports. 328-300 N411FJ (msn 3166) taxies at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field).
Boeingย (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) announced today (May 3) that it has chosen South Carolinaย as the location for fabrication and assembly of airplane interior parts to supply the 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery site currently under construction inย North Charleston, SC.ย The company is reviewing potential sites for the new airplane interiors facility and anticipates making a final decision by midsummer.
The new facility,ย Boeingย Fabrication Interiors South Carolina, will be located near theย North Charlestonย final assembly and delivery site. As many as 150 employees will work at the new interiors facility, which will serve as an extension of the existing Interiors Responsibility Center inย Everett, WA., leveraging the opportunities of a single, integrated production system. This decision is part ofย Boeing’s plan announced in 2009 to provide an independent sourcing stream for 787 final assembly and delivery inย South Carolina. The close proximity of this new facility toย Boeing’sย Charlestonย site will help improve the efficiency of the final assembly and delivery process inย South Carolina.
Boeing 747-8KZF N5017Q (msn 36136) BFI (Joe G. Walker), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) has placed the second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC521, the pictured 747-8KZF N5017Q (msn 36136), landed in Palmdale, CA yesterday (April 19), marking the beginning of a planned transition of 747-8 Freighter testing to Southern California. The more than four-hour flight from Boeing Field in Seattle included testing on avionics and cruise performance.
The airplane will be stationed in Palmdale for the majority of its scheduled flight-test program. The crew will conduct several tests on the airplane with fuel-mileage and engine-performance testing as key focus areas.
A contingent of employees has been stationed at Palmdale for the testing, including flight-test engineers and the support personnel who prepare the airplane for each day’s flights. In the coming weeks, the two other 747-8 airplanes in the flight-test fleet will join RC521 in Southern California.
The entire flight-test program calls for the three airplanes to perform a total of about 3,700 hours of ground and air testing. The first 747-8 Freighter delivery to Cargolux is planned for the fourth quarter of this year.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. N5017Q is pictured at Seattle (Boeing Field-King County) prior to the departure to Palmdale.
Boeing 787-800 N787BX (msn 40692) BFI (Joe G. Walker), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) on April 15 tested the third 787, 787-8 N787BX (msn 40692) with the call sign of “Boeing 003 Heavy Experimental” (ZA003). The jetliner flew four times that day in a simulated airline service.
Yesterday (April 18) N787BX became the first 787 to complete a transcontinental flight. BOE3 flew from Seattle (BFI) to Eglin AFB, FL. Previously ZA002 flew to Victorville, CA.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. 787-8 N787BX (msn 40692) is pictured at Seattle (Boeing Field/King County) prior to to the transcon flight.
Southwest N945WN, originally uploaded by Drewski2112.
Southwest Airlines (Dallas) is due for another logojet. This brand new Boeing 737-7H4 registered N945WN (msn 36660) pictured at Seattle unpainted except for the rudder with a temporary registration may be the next theme aircraft in our conjecture. The airliner ferried early this morning to Moses Lake, WA in an unknown painted/unpainted condition. The aircraft has now repositioned to Lake Charles, LA (for painting?). Time will tell.
What should be the subject of the next themed aircraft for WN? Another state flag logojet (a new Florida One?) or a new special livery?
Copyright Photo: Drewski2112.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Boeing 747-8KZF N5017Q (msn 36136) arrives at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field) after its first flight.
Boeing’s (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) third 747-8 Freighter, RC 521 (N5017Q), successfully completed its first flight on March 17. It is the final test airplane scheduled to participate in the flight-test program for the 747-8 Freighter.
Piloted by Captainsย Paul Stemerย andย Keith Otsuka, withย Ralph Chaffinย serving as systems operator, RC 521 took off from Paine Field inย Everett, WA, completed a two-and-a-half-hour flight and landed atย Boeingย Field inย Seattle. The airplane reached an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,144 m) and an airspeed of 245 knots, or about 282 miles (454 km) per hour. It took off atย 3:27 p.m. PDTย and landed atย 5:58 p.m.
RC 521 has several tests scheduled in the test program, including fuel-mileage testing. The 747-8 Freighter flight-test program calls for all three airplanes to perform approximately 3,700 hours of testing both on the ground and in the air. The first 747-8 Freighter delivery is planned for the fourth quarter of this year.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Boeing 737-8CT C-GWSZ (msn 37092) departs from Seattle (King County-Boeing) on February 5 bound for the Calgary base. This image shows the French side.
WestJet Airlines (Calgary) yesterday (February 5) took delivery of its first logojet.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. ANA's future Boeing 787-881 N787EX (msn 34488) arrives back at a wet Boeing Field (King County) during the first flight.
Continental Airlines, United Airlines and ANA (All Nippon Airways) yesterday (December 23)ย filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for antitrust immunity to enable the three carriers to create a more efficient and comprehensive trans-Pacific network.
The trans-Pacific joint venture โ the first of its kind between the U.S. andย Asiaย โ also would enable United, ANA and Continental to compete more effectively with other global alliances, each of which has a significant presence inย Tokyo.
Upon DOT approval of the companies’ immunity application, United, ANA and Continental will be able to jointly manage trans-Pacific activities including scheduling, pricing and sales, offering customers a greater selection of routings and a wider range of fare and service options.
Here is the full press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/United-All-Nippon-Airways-and-prnews-1325552356.html?x=0&.v=1
Related to this, ANA’s future Boeing 787-881 N787EX (msn 34488) developed some landing gear and brake problems on its previously-reported first flight according to this Seattle Times article:
Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. The rotation of N787BA at Everett (Paine Field) on the first flight is captured on a very dark and wet day in the Pacific Northwest.
Boeing’s (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) new 787-881 N787BA (msn 40690) took to the air for the first time today (December 15) at Everett (Paine Field) (PAE) at 10:27 a.m. (1027) local time (PST) on runway 34L. The new jetliner landed at Boeing Field-King County (BFI) at 1:33 p.m. (1333) local time.
News link with a video:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_bi_ge/us_boeing787_flight_test
Here is the official Boeing press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Boeing-787-Dreamliner-prnews-901783763.html?x=0&.v=1
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Pilatus PC-12/45 N933SP (msn 240) is pictured arriving at Seattle (King County-Boeing Field).
SeaPort Airlines (Portland, OR) has been awarded an Essential Air Service (EAS) contract by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to serve four Arkansas cities (Hot Springs, El Dorado, Harrison and Jonesboro) from Memphis with Pilatus PC-12s. Since Arkansas is a long way from the sea, is there a new name coming from SeaPort?
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Scheduled-Air-Service-Returns-bw-2490788591.html?x=0&.v=1
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