Emirates to add 12 Boeing 777-300s
Chicago Tribune, 25/01/2007
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Emirates Airline, the biggest Arab carrier, plans to order an additional 12 Boeing 777-300ERs, valued at $3 billion, because of the delays on the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet, Emirates' vice chairman said Wednesday.
"We've ordered 54 777-300ERs already to help us plug the gap left by the A380 on routes like New York, Sydney and Melbourne," Maurice Flanagan said at the World Economic Forum. "We're now going to order 12 more 777-300ERs for delivery hopefully in 2008 for the same reason.
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Boeing cuts 787 wireless system
Seattle Times, 25/01/2007
Boeing has abandoned its plan to install a wireless inflight-entertainment system on the 787 Dreamliner, one it had touted earlier as saving weight and complexity by eliminating wires.
Boeing will substitute a wired system with cables running to each seat row, instead of a wireless antenna at each row, to feed movies and music to passengers' seats.
Mike Sinnett, director of 787 systems, said the switch will ease the plane's development schedule rather than cause any delay. Paradoxically, he said, the change will reduce weight.
"We're putting in about 50 pounds of wiring and taking out about 200 pounds of other gear" including wireless antennae, wireless access points and thickened ceiling panels, said Sinnett. "And from a schedule point of view, it makes life easier for us."
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2 comments:
Bun topic, iar. Am vazut pe ziulica, apari cu logo blogului de acum, bravo, optima idee !
Am vazut la o expozitie internationala un model de avion saudit, de m-au luat ametelile, un lux inimaginabil, à propos de avioane pt. sauditi.
Trec peste postarea deosebit de interesanta a signorei nu insa inainte de a o felicita..
Despre Airbus... se afla intro situatie ciudata, are f. multe contracte care depasesc capacitatea de fabricatie, deci se "teme" sa mai obtina contracte, dar ie nevoita sa faca economie.
Chiar ieri s-a anuntat ca Airbus vrea sa disponibilizeze ca. 8000 de salariati NUMAI in Germania.
Cum va reusi sa-si onoreze contractele incheiate si eventual noile contacte nu stie nici dracu. Se spera colaborari cu suplyer, eventual cu cei din tarile mai ieftine, mai ales pt. tinichele fara pretentii, sau/si cu infiintarea unor noi firme constituite din salariatii disponibilizati, firme care ar oferi salarii mai mici si mai putine drepturi (concediu, pensie, actiuni).
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