Options On Two More; Will Lease Another Two Planes From
GECAS
Philippine Airlines (PAL) picked an appropriate way to celebrate
its 66th anniversary this week: it ordered two Boeing 777-300ER
(Extended Range) commercial airplanes, with purchase rights for two
additional 777-300ERs.
While it's undeniable European planemaker Airbus has seen its
share of bad press lately -- with delays to its A380 superjumbo,
and the resulting financial crisis at the planemaker and parent
company EADS, leading to the shedding of 10,000 Airbus jobs --
the manufacturer hasn't taken the news lying down.
Once bitten, twice shy. Seeking to avoid a repeat of this
winter's tales of stranded passengers and scheduling nightmares, on
Friday low-cost carrier JetBlue cancelled 215 of its flights --
about one-third of its entire schedule -- ahead of a winter storm
on the East Coast.
AD NUMBER: 2007-06-09
MANUFACTURER: Boeing
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-06-09
SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness
directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 737-600,
-700, -700C, and -800 series airplanes.
Despite the seeming disadvantage of ceding a five-year head
start to its Boeing rival in the marketplace, don't count out
Airbus' A350XWB just yet... as news surfaced Thursday the European
planemaker may soon land two large orders for a combined 102
planes.
On March 14, about a dozen pilots and flight attendants in
uniform marched on the US Airways' headquarters in Tempe, AZ
carrying signs proclaiming "management's millionaires are pilot
subsidized."