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: airliners
Sky goes dark with lawyers over Dreamliner ‘misinformation’
November 18, 2009 – 9:07 am
Air Austral signs up for 840 seat party plane but gatecrashers are on the way
November 18, 2009 – 8:01 am
The MonsterBus looms larger than ever. Some 10 months after French territorial carrier Air Austral pencilled an order for two A380s configured for 840 economy class seats each it has signed the binding purchase contracts.
This story The Party Plane to Paris is on its way published here on January 16 has stood the time test [...]
All Nippon Airways invents a First Class ‘Crypt’ and puts bidets in the bathrooms
November 14, 2009 – 12:01 pm
All Nippon has revealed its new premium and economy cabins and given the quality end of the air travel spectrum a big jolt.
How about bidets in the bathrooms for the first and business class cabins? Which it claims as a world first. Will this cause Emirates to also install bidets in its twin shower/spa rooms [...]
Dreamliner: Boeing says ‘we have an answer for everything’
November 14, 2009 – 7:20 am
Hot off Google, and a perfect reminder of how ineffective Rupert Murdoch’s pay wall on the Wall Street Journal really is, here is its latest report on the Boeing 787.
At Boeing, Dreamliner Fix Turns Up New Glitch
By PETER SANDERS
Boeing Co. said Thursday it had finished fixing the problem that had forced it to postpone the [...]
V Australia looks at VVVery long range 777s, BUT ISN’T GETTING ANY JUST YET
November 6, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Uh oh. V Australia is now officially not about to order more Boeing 777s, either -300ERs, which it already has in service, or ultra long range -200LRs.
Earlier today even some finger-on-pulse sources in Qantas were of the view that V Australia is poised to acquire enough Boeing 777-200LRs to launch non-stop flights between Sydney and [...]
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, [...]
Very Large Jets & Mega Cities, present & future
November 4, 2009 – 8:36 pm
Airbus sees some very different uses for its A380s emerging, including short haul high density regional routes, like Sydney-Melbourne, and low cost holiday migrations like those from Japan to Hawaii and Germany to the Caribbean.
Not tomorrow, but within two decades.
All in addition to the A380’s current inaugural roles as a full service flagship airliner plying [...]
Will air safety in Australia be reformed promptly, or after a disaster?
November 3, 2009 – 5:11 pm
Two safety critical issues arose today, in Crikey reports about a Qantas 767 descending too low with its wheels up as it approached Sydney last Monday, and about the informal relationship between Qantas and CASA and shoddy foreign maintenance.
They raise again the question as to whether the public administration of air safety in Australia is [...]
ATSB probes Qantas (767) and Jetstar (A330) serious incidents
November 2, 2009 – 7:16 pm
Two recent incidents officially rated as serious involving Jetstar and Qantas flights are under investigation by the ATSB.
The Jetstar incident, on October 28, may have involved an iced up pitot or external speed measuring device on an A330 which was flying from Tokyo to the Gold Coast.
The flight experienced an involuntarily autopilot disconnection and [...]
Is tin back in for jets?
October 31, 2009 – 10:42 am
News that China is looking hard at using aluminium rather than composites for much of its proposed Comac C919 airliner raises the question as to whether ‘plastic fantastics’ like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350 are mistakes.
Both high composite projects make ambitious claims for the use of non-metallic materials. And the first, the 787, [...]
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