Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways has placed firm orders for 10 Boeing 747-8 Freighters and seven additional 777-300ERs, and taken purchase rights on another 14 747-8Fs. Cathay currently operates 19 747 cargo aircraft and has a further eight 747-400 Freighters due for delivery by 2009.
The airline's follow-on order for 777-300ERs takes its firm commitment to the type to 30 for delivery by 2012. It has already taken delivery of its first three.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
Comac has kicked off a joint research meeting for its in-development C929 widebody, bringing together a large group of academics, scientists and engineers, as well as government officials, from across the country.
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy refutes a whistleblower’s claim that Boeing concealed key documents related to the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 accident in January.
A current Boeing quality engineer told lawmakers on 17 April that the fuselages of more than 1,000 787s could be subject to early failure due to manufacturing “shortcuts” – an allegation Boeing firmly refutes.
