There are now two suits filed against Boeing for alleged violations of US governance and stock trading laws concerning its statements about the progress of its much delayed 787 Dreamliner project.
The first is a class action by a Dallas law firm, the Kendall Law Group which is advertising for aggrieved shareholders to join the case. [...]
Tag Archives: 787 Dreamliner
Sky goes dark with lawyers over Dreamliner ‘misinformation’
November 18, 2009 – 9:07 am
More talk from Airbus about plastic limits on new jets
November 6, 2009 – 5:54 am
Airbus has sent another signal that there are some plastic limits to its enthusiasm for advanced composites in new airliners after all.
Following John Leahy’s answers to Plane Talking’s inquiries in Sydney on Wednesday, November 4, this item is being carried by Bloomberg:
By Sabine Pirone
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) — Airbus SAS, the world’s largest maker
of passenger jets, [...]
Talking points: Jetstar fire, PC pilots grounded & 787 Dreamliner wing fixture latest
October 28, 2009 – 9:49 am
The Jetstar engine fire at Newcastle Airport last night wasn’t an emergency evacuation using slides. Just a bolt for the front and rear stairs after a ground engineer told the pilots he had seen a three second flash of flame from one of the A320’s engines after it came to a standstill at the terminal [...]
787 Dreamliner heads into a winter of discontent
October 22, 2009 – 7:43 am
Once again the critical timing of winter for the 787 Dreamliner has been overlooked by the analysts at a Boeing briefing.
This airliner cannot achieve certification without passing a cold soak test at a high Arctic location. Its last chance to do so if it is to be capable of being delivered as promised to its [...]
Coming to grips with McBoeing
October 21, 2009 – 7:11 pm
On the eve of the third quarter Boeing briefing for analysts a reader has sent me an essay on the causes of its current misadventures with the Dreamliner.
The story is published by Crosscut.com, a Seattle based on-line news and analysis resource.
By tomorrow morning Australian time Boeing will have told us whether or not the [...]
Can Boeing really build jets anymore?
October 7, 2009 – 9:13 am
The ultimate Boeing 747, the 747-8, isn’t flying this year.
Barely a week after Boeing starting feeding nonsense into the ears of unquestioning reporters about how the 747-8 would exceed its specifications, it has announced it won’t fly until early next year, and has informed investors it will take a $US 1 billion hit because [...]
Conspicuous consumption, of Qantas, by Jetstar
September 29, 2009 – 5:26 pm
The August operational statistics for the Qantas brands provide measures of the rise of Jetstar at the mainline brand’s expense that the group’s management continues to resist discussing with shareholders and employees.
But the child is eating the parent, and so is Virgin Blue and Singapore Airlines controlled Tiger Airways (Australian division).
In August the [...]
The shape of jets to come, maybe?
September 18, 2009 – 2:06 pm
This design (above) graces the overnight update to the Airbus Global Market Forecast to 2028.
Is it a successor to the A380, already? Or intended perhaps to fill the size gap between it and the A350-1000? Or is it just a fantasy, like the original shark fin concept of how the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was (never) [...]
The damage that spin and uncritical reporting did to the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing, and the airlines
September 10, 2009 – 3:23 pm
You don’t have to be interested in aircraft or flying to find a parable about corporate fantasies, outright lies, or the image spinning that can harm or destroy businesses by looking at the dismal saga of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
As mentioned in the preceding post, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries overnight publicly blindsided Boeing by [...]
787 breaking news: Mitsubishi drops composite wing from own jet project
September 10, 2009 – 8:57 am
In a very loud wake up call to Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which makes the carbon fibre wings for its troubled 787 Dreamliner project, has cancelled plans to use composites in major sections of its own MRJ regional jet project, including its wing.
The 787 project was plunged into disarray after a Mitsubishi built wing broke [...]
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