Just over a week ago, we noted that an Iranian government official said that Iran Air’s order for 80 new commercial jets from The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) would not cost the $16.6 billion list price, but only about half that amount. Iran Air’s CEO also said that the airline’s order for 100 planes from […]
In 1964, the United Nations Flight Unit established the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, known then as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Centre. About the same time, UN also established similar training centres in Dakar, Senegal, in Nairobi, Kenya and in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Today the training centre established in Addis Ababa has […]
Andrew McIntosh Boeing makes both models in its Everett factories, so the order boosts what has been a slow market for global wide-body jet sales in 2016. Two of Boeing’s top executives suggested in recent months that they may have to cut production without new sales by the end of the year. Boeing (NYSE: BA) declined to […]
During the development of the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing encountered countless engineering hurdles. One of which was the decision to build much of the plane out of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics and other composite materials instead of the aluminum most commonly used on commercial airliners. While the engineering of the composite airframe may have been a […]