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ANA to Boeing: we need darker windows…
Reuters: “The Japanese airline is looking to install pull down blinds on 787s already delivered, an industry source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. That is one solution ANA is mulling for...
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Singapore Airlines to revamp cabin products
Flightglobal’s Firdaus Hashim: “The products will first be introduced on the new -300ERs that are due to enter service in the later half of 2013. Subsequently, it will be introduced on its Airbus A350s...
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LOT Polish Airlines to keep 787 Dreamliners grounded until October?
From Airnation.net: “ ‘LOT president Sebastian Mikosz said he could not schedule his airline’s two 787s for summer season flights as long as the cause of the technical problems has not been determined...
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Airbus firms decision on moving (back) to Ni-Cad battery tech for the A350
The Seattle Times: “Airbus said Thursday it is dropping lithium-ion batteries from its new A350 airplane because of uncertainty surrounding the technology that has led to the grounding of Boeing’s 787....
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Boeing’s knee-jerk (official) response to Airbus’s “Plan B” execution
Boeing yesterday released an official statement regarding its position on the 787’s lithium-ion batteries, after Airbus officially reverted to nickel-cadium batteries for its upcoming A350 aircraft....
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The 787 disruptions to the commercial airline industry
Aviation Week writers Jens Flottau, Cathy Buyck, and Bradley Perrett has this fantastic and very-informative piece on the 787 situation, and how the delays due to the lithium-ion batteries situation is...
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The intrinsic effects on Norwegian Air’s sans-787 international launch
Air Transport World: Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle will launch its long-haul services with Airbus A340s to make up for delivery delays of its Boeing 787s. The Scandinavian carrier will...
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Innovation versus practice: The case of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The New York Times has an excellent article on the current state of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner groundings, which starts off by reiterating the idea of how the Dreamliner was originally designed with the...
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