Boeing 787

By Jens Flottau
Airliner manufacturers are “lacking resources and quality control” according to Emirates' COO, who complains that quality standards have declined.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
ZipAir is seeing strong advance bookings for its long-haul low-cost routes, especially to North America, with some destinations seeing load factors of over 90%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
LATAM Airlines Group has opted to order 10 Boeing 787-9 widebodies after recently issuing a brighter financial outlook for 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Togo-based ASKY is changing its network to fly more nonstop regional routes, ahead of the potential arrival of its first Boeing 787s in 2026.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Togo-based ASKY, which is part-owned by Ethiopian Airlines, is looking for a pair of Boeing 787-8s to join its fleet in 2026.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air Lease founder Steven Udvar-Hazy is concerned his company will not receive the 11 Boeing aircraft scheduled for delivery by year-end, because of the strike.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand launched a retrofit program for its Boeing 787-9s, including the installation of a new business class product and a seat reconfiguration.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Helen Massy-Beresford, David Casey
British Airways (BA) has reduced some frequencies because of durability issues with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines powering its Boeing 787 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Oman Air has revealed plans to launch its first new route in five years, marking the start of a strategy to maximize the utilization of its narrowbody fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Swaati Ketkar
The airline has started retrofits on its Airbus A320neos and will move on to its Boeing widebodies in early 2025.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is laying out drastic cost-reduction plans, including sharp cuts to planned supplier purchase orders and potential layoffs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chris Sloan
El Al has become an air transport lifeline since war broke out in Gaza.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Kenya Airways says the grounding of two of its Boeing 787-8s powered by GE Aerospace GEnx-1B 70/75s has led to delays and disruptions throughout its network.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Virgin Atlantic will launch its first flights to Saudi Arabia next summer, as well as returning to Ghana after a 12-year absence.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787 delivery timetable has been hit by more delays, prompting it to consider keeping its 777-300ERs longer than planned.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norse says it will operate only Boeing 787-9s as it presents quarterly results showing higher activity and lower costs but a dip in revenue per passenger.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The first-class seats on Oman Air's Boeing 787s will be rebranded as “business studios” and will be marketed as a “business-plus” proposition.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Guy Norris
Boeing made its first certification flight test of the upgraded Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine on the 787 on Aug. 16; the flight lasted 1 hr. 21 min.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Air Astana now expects to get its first Boeing 787-9 widebody nine months later than planned, according to the airline’s CEO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall
Leonardo is cutting work at its site making 787 fuselages for Boeing to a single shift as a short-term measure to address the slow pace of aircraft deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines is rushing to reverse course on an unpopular distribution strategy that could result in over $1 billion in lost revenue in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Japan Airlines has placed a firm order for 10 Boeing 787-9s and secured options for 10 more, the airline announced on the first day of Farnborough Airshow.
Farnborough Airshow

By David Casey
Korean Air has boosted its order book with firm commitments for 20 777Xs and 20 787-10s, with options for 10 more 787-10s.
On Location

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air plans to begin scheduled services with its first Boeing 787-10 between Seoul and Tokyo Narita, also debuting a new widebody business-class product.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
Lufthansa Technik has becomee the first Boeing-licensed 787 cabin upgrade service provider, with the first project expected in 2025.
Farnborough Airshow