The air around Everett is getting clearer, literally. Everett has been plagued by a constant bank of fog over the past few days which has severally limited test flight operations of the 787. It hasn't had an effect on flights from Boeing Field as ZB001 continues to fly from that airport.
Today alone Boeing sent up 5 production 787s from Everett and was planning to send a sixth one up on its first (B-1) flight. This airplane was ZA435 (LN 131, B-2731) and is slated for delivery to Hainan Airlines sometime next month. Boeing is appearing to make a huge last push to get at 5 to 8 deliveries done by end of the month and it does seem plausible that they can do it. If they were to do this then they can at least match the most 787 deliveries in one month if not surpass it. They would also deliver the 100th 787 to a customer. We'll know by next Friday if they were able to attain this.
In closing let me leave you with one last thought:
Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman.. Then be Batman.
— Ted (@OfficialTedSays) October 25, 2013
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7 comments:
I see on flight aware that Qatar LN 109 left today @ 4.42 pm from Southern California Logistics Airport to Doha for the 16+ hour flight.
Why SoCal Logistics instead of Snohomish? Is this a final checkout location Boeing is using?
It's where final installation if IFE for Qatar's planes is done.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/air-india-dreamliner-boeing-fuselage-panel/1/320286.html
This is interesting. A couple of Air India workers are claiming that an Air India engineer instructed them to remove the panel that recently fell of the Dreamliner in flight. The engineer is denying it.
Boeing could have a GREAT month for deliveries were it not to who they are for which includes China Southern, AI and Hainan, who are always notoriously slow. These will roll to November.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JA803A
Line 7 JA803A starts long haul ops.
When a plane is listed as "ready for delivery" does it mean the customer has had their final flight test(s)and have checked out the aircraft, so that it is literally waiting for the customer to fly it away?
Looking at the list I hope the give the honor to UAL or JAL, airlines that have me more Loyal then the Chinese or Air India.
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