by Janice Hough | Jun 18, 2025
The Boeing/Air India situation is on the front page of newspapers and the lead story on TV and radio again. At the time of this writing, the seemingly nonstop coverage had slowed down, but even Americans who aren’t frequent flyers or generally tuned into airline...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 16, 2009
After a two-year delay, the composite-material Boeing 787 Dreamliner finally takes to the sky. The new Boeing 787 jetliner finally took off Tuesday. This was the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world’s first airliner made from lightweight composite...
by Charlie Leocha | Dec 10, 2009
After decades of learning the hard way that having different aircraft in an airline’s inventory adds costs to the operations, the management geniuses at United have step forward with a split order for 25 Airbus 350s and 25 Boeing 787s. Perhaps the airline is...