APB will develop and certify the Split Scimitar Winglet System for several variants of the Boeing Next-Generation 737 series of aircraft including the structurally provisioned and non-provisioned 737-700, 737-800, Boeing Business Jets, the structurally …
To that end, Air France-KLM recently announced plans to invest €500 million over the next year to upgrade the seats, catering and other amenities in the first- and business-class cabins of all Boeing 777 wide-body jets that ply its busiest routes to …
“One of the problems is that these designs look a lot different and people say 'oh those look kind of weird and stuff,'” says Joe Clark, chief executive of Aviation Partners Inc., the Seattle company that pioneered original upward-swept winglets and …
In December, it announced plans for the S-512, which it claimed would be the world's first supersonic business jet. Photo of jet It's claimed that the S-512 … In comparison, a Boeing 777-300 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.8. Other firms are racing to …
It marks a departure from the large-scale outsourcing to overseas suppliers that caused significant delay on Boeing's 787 jet. Locating the factory in Everett is expected to reduce the risk that delivery of the first 777X jet would be delayed beyond …
In contrast, CFM, a joint venture between General Electric Co and Safran, has supplied the dominant engine on narrow-body, single-aisle planes, which are the best-selling Boeing Co and Airbus Group models. Single-aisle planes make up more than 60 …
Airlines in the region are exploring new business models and development of intra-regional hubs," Boeing said in its report. "Growth … First is safety: In 2012, African airlines had one accident (with a Western-built jet aircraft) for every 270,000 …
While younger folks often found flashy technology startups, it's the older entrepreneurs who tend to be most successful, said Dan Steininger, president of BizStarts Milwaukee, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs obtain the funding to launch businesses …
Plus, there's plenty of space next to the passenger luggage in a wide-body jet like the Boeing 777. “It's incremental revenue. You're already paying for the airplane to go,” says Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association, the …