http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:15:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/boeing-begins-assembly-of-1000th-767/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/boeing-begins-assembly-of-1000th-767/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:15:01 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3091 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/boeing-begins-assembly-of-1000th-767/feed/ 0 EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing has begun assembly of the 1,000th 767 airplane at the factory in Everett, Wash. Mechanics took the first step in major assembly by loading the wing spar into the assembly tool. The spar is the internal support structure that runs through the full length of the wing. “This is an important [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/jetblue-airways-introduces-latest-livery-design-to-the-fleet/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/jetblue-airways-introduces-latest-livery-design-to-the-fleet/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:12:21 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3087 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/jetblue-airways-introduces-latest-livery-design-to-the-fleet/feed/ 0 NEW YORK – JetBlue Airways today introduced its newest tailfin livery design, ‘Barcode,’ on the latest aircraft to join its fleet. The Airbus A320, appropriately named ‘All Blue Can Jet,’ was unveiled to hundreds of customers and All-You-Can-Jetters at its home port of John F. Kennedy International Airport, Terminal 5. Today is [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/flight-school-disappointed-by-ecbc-action/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/flight-school-disappointed-by-ecbc-action/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:05:46 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3085 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/flight-school-disappointed-by-ecbc-action/feed/ 0 YARMOUTH, NS – The Cape Breton Flight Institute is disappointed Enterprise Cape Breton felt it was necessary to seek the appointment of a receiver despite CBFI’s offer to settle its debt with the federal agency. “This is a responsible company that meets its commitments. We made ECBC an offer that would have resulted in [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/aircastle-takes-delivery-of-new-airbus-a330-freighter/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/aircastle-takes-delivery-of-new-airbus-a330-freighter/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:50:23 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3083 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/07/aircastle-takes-delivery-of-new-airbus-a330-freighter/feed/ 0 STAMFORD, Conn. – Aircastle Limited announced today that it has taken delivery of the first of the three freighter aircraft in the Company’s A330 order stream and placed it on long-term lease to Hong Kong Airlines. The three A330-200F freighters, which will be equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engines, will be operated on services [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/05/plane-crash-in-lumby-claims-two-lives/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/05/plane-crash-in-lumby-claims-two-lives/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:17:08 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3075 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/05/plane-crash-in-lumby-claims-two-lives/feed/ 0 VERNON, BC – At around 3:15 PM today RCMP from the Lumby office were called to a report of a small plane that had crashed shortly after taking off from the Mable Lake Air strip. Family members were watching the plane as it took off and then attempted to return to the landing strip on [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/03/boeing-conducts-remote-787-testing/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/03/boeing-conducts-remote-787-testing/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:41:25 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3070 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/03/boeing-conducts-remote-787-testing/feed/ 0 EVERETT, Wash – Four of the five Boeing 787 flight test airplanes are conducting remote test operations this week. ZA005 continues testing from its base of operations in Seattle. ZA001, the first 787, is taking a break from operations out of Edwards Air Force Base in California for a week’s worth of testing in Roswell, N.M. [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/03/boeing-projects-700-billion-commercial-airplanes-market-in-north-america/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/03/boeing-projects-700-billion-commercial-airplanes-market-in-north-america/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:30:46 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3068 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/03/boeing-projects-700-billion-commercial-airplanes-market-in-north-america/feed/ 0 MONTREAL – Boeing forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of about 7,200 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $700 billion. New airplane deliveries in Canada and the United States will be driven largely by the need to retire older, less fuel-efficient single-aisle airplanes and regional jets, as [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/02/delta-revitalizing-boeing-747-400-fleet-with-new-interiors/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/02/delta-revitalizing-boeing-747-400-fleet-with-new-interiors/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:07:42 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3063 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/09/02/delta-revitalizing-boeing-747-400-fleet-with-new-interiors/feed/ 0 TOKYO – Delta Air Lines today unveiled plans for the complete revitalization of its fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft flying primarily from the Tokyo-Narita hub. Between summer 2011 and 2012, Delta will equip each of its 16 747-400s with new fully horizontal flat-bed seats in the BusinessElite cabin and new Economy class seats featuring [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/31/boeing-to-provide-landing-gear-exchange-service-to-qantas-airways/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/31/boeing-to-provide-landing-gear-exchange-service-to-qantas-airways/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:10:31 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3059 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/31/boeing-to-provide-landing-gear-exchange-service-to-qantas-airways/feed/ 0 SEATTLE – Boeing will perform landing gear exchange, repair and overhaul services on Qantas Airways’ 747-400ER jetliners. Qantas, the program launch customer for the 747-400ER and operator of six of the airplanes, becomes the launch customer for the 747-400ER Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program. Qantas will use the Boeing Service Center Repair Network for quick, [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/31/frankfurt-airport-expands-cargo-hub/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/31/frankfurt-airport-expands-cargo-hub/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:08:13 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3057 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/31/frankfurt-airport-expands-cargo-hub/feed/ 0 FRANKFURT – Frankfurt Airport, the most important airfreight hub in Europe, is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG – the owner and manager of FRA – has issued a worldwide “Call for Expression of Interest” inviting the logistics industry to specify its locational and space requirements. “Airfreight is booming [...]