Boeing
Boeing’s Dreamliner: A Virtual Tour and Review
Boeing’s Dreamliner is on tour. The aircraft making the rounds has the designation ZA003, the third Dreamliner to come off the assembly line. It was built with the intention of being used as a test aircraft and the FAA considers it to be an experimental aircraft. Its first flight was on March 10, 2010 and it is currently travelling the world as part of Boeing’s Dream Tour, which began in …
787 Dreamliner Arrives at DFW Airport, American Shows Off New Fleet
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft is on tour and its 33rd stop was Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, home of American Airlines, where it arrived on Friday to a warm welcome from a crowd of invited guests, airport and airline employees, and Boeing and American Airlines executives. (To see the Dreamliner landing as well as for more detailed information on the aircraft, see Boeing’s Dreamliner: A Virtual Tour.)
The Dreamliner is currently in service …
American Airlines to Revamp International Fleet
At a news conference held on a Boeing 777 aircraft, American Airlines announced that it will be completely revamping its international widebody fleet. The airline said it is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to accomplish this.
The carrier’s fleet of Boeing 777-200ER aircraft will be reconfigured to a two-class cabin (it is currently three-class) that will feature fully lie-flat business-class seats that offer aisle access for every seat. The seats …
Delta BusinessElite Flight 1940 San Francisco to New York JFK – Review
Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport is decidedly less glamorous than the newly-constructed Terminal 2, but this is what Delta Air Lines calls home in the Bay Area for domestic flights.
Arriving uncharacteristically early with my boarding pass in hand I proceeded to the security checkpoint. Delta offers its first- and business-class passengers the use of the SkyPriority line, which came in handy since there were only a handful of …
Great Moments in Travel History – May 2012
In 1893, numerous visitors flocked to Chicago for the 1893 World’s Fair, which introduced the Ferris Wheel, among other curiosities, to the world.
The beginnings of international air travel were discussed as an international conference on aerial navigation opened in Paris on May 18, 1910.
On May 9, 1917, William Boeing changed the name of his company, Pacific Aero Products, to the Boeing Airplane Co. The name stuck.
The Douglas DC-2, a larger …
First South Carolina Built Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completed
The first South Carolina built Boeing 787 Dreamliner was rolled out of the factory today amid celebration. This is the first time that a Boeing commercial airplane was constructed in the Southeastern U.S.
In 2009, Boeing first announced that it would build the Dreamliner in North Charleston, SC. The facility was completed in June 2011, and production began later that month.
The Dreamliner will now go through systems and engine checks before …
