Letter To DHS Says Flawed Proposal Helps Foreign Airlines Compete While Harming U.S. Carriers
In a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano, Capt. Lee Moak, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) said an Obama administration proposal that would establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport must be immediately dropped.
Demand For The Airliner Had Declined Following Battery Issue
In what may be a breakthrough for Boeing as it continues to work on getting the Dreamliner fleet back into revenue service, International Airlines Group (AIG) said Wednesday that it plans to acquire 18 of the composite airliners, placing firm orders as it looks to upgrade the British Airways fleet. IAG is the parent company of the UK airline.
May Use The 787 Initially For Cargo-Only Flights When Operations Resume
All Nippon Airways (ANA) said it plans to start re-training its Dreamliner pilots in June in anticipation of a return of the airplanes to revenue service ... but they pilots may initially fly more cargo than passengers.
Boeing, Sberbank of Russia and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sberbank Leasing, have reached an agreement on an order for 12 Next-Generation 737-800s. The airplanes are intended for operational leasing under Sberbank's contract with Transaero, one of Sberbank's key corporate customers.
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