Leisure Travel Company Extends Its Dreamliner Order Book To 15 Airplanes
Boeing and TUI Travel PLC ... a leisure travel company ... have completed an order for two 787-8 Dreamliners. The deal, worth $424 million at current list prices, extends TUI Travel's 787 commitment to 15 airplanes. The purchase was originally attributed on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website to an unidentified customer.
Emergency Slide Deployed Inside The Plane In Flight
A JetBlue flight from Fort Myers, FL to Boston, MA was diverted to Orlando Wednesday after one of the plane's emergency slides was activated inside the cabin during the flight.
Agency Calls On Industry To Prioritize Voluntary Actions To Improve Performance
At a meeting Thursday with commercial aviation safety leaders, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta called on the airline industry to work together to assess and prioritize voluntary actions to further improve pilot, flight attendant, and dispatcher training through a new joint government and industry steering group.
Huge, Modified 747 Normally Requires Nearly 10,000 Feet Of Runway For Takeoff
There's a pilot in Kansas that has to be concerned about keeping his or her job after landing Boeing's Dreamlifter ... a modified cargo 747 designed to haul huge airplane parts ... at a GA airport.
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