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World Airways to Operate Boeing 747-400 Freighter for Asiana Airlines Through 2010

by Jarkko on February 16, 2010

in Airlines, Aviation

World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., has signed an agreement with Asiana Airlines to operate one Boeing 747-400 aircraft on a full-time basis for air cargo service beginning February 23 through the remainder of 2010. Asiana Airlines, a South Korea-based international airline, offers passenger and cargo operations to more than 20 countries [...]

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World Airways Extends Contract With Allied Air for MD-11 Freighter Service

July 17, 2009

Image by Drewski2112 via Flickr PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., July 17 /PRNewswire/ — World Airways has extended a contract with Allied Air to operate one MD-11F on a full-time basis for service through December 2011 between Ostend, Belgium and Lagos, Nigeria, continuing on to Nairobi, Kenya, and returning to Ostend. World Airways, a subsidiary of Global [...]

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Boeing Joins the Wing to Body for First 747-8 Freighter

June 30, 2009

Image by StarvingFox via Flickr EVERETT, Wash., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m) fuselage section to the center wing box in the final assembly bay at the factory in Everett, [...]

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Boeing Postpones 787 First Flight

June 24, 2009

Image via Wikipedia EVERETT, Wash., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing today announced that first flight of the 787 Dreamliner will be postponed due to a need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft. The need was identified during the recent regularly scheduled tests on the full-scale static test airplane.  Preliminary analysis [...]

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Boeing Affirms Market-Driving Products and Services

June 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia LE BOURGET, France, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) continues to make steady progress on its largest commercial development programs, the 787 Dreamliner and the 747-8. Pat Shanahan, vice president of Airplane Programs for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, reported the progress at the 48th International Paris Air Show, affirming the company will fly [...]

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Second Boeing 787 Dreamliner Moves to Flight Line

June 16, 2009

Image via Wikipedia EVERETT, Wash., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner has moved to the flight line to begin fuel testing. This is the second of six 787s being used in the all-new airplane’s flight-test program. “Momentum continues to build with each milestone achieved,” said Scott Fancher, vice president and [...]

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Boeing Completes 787 Intermediate Gauntlet Testing

June 9, 2009

EVERETT, Wash., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) has completed the intermediate gauntlet phase of testing on the first 787 Dreamliner. During the testing, pilots and engineers simulated multiple scenarios using all airplane systems as if the aircraft were in flight, including power, avionics and flight controls. Test scenarios ranged from standard flights to single [...]

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Boeing Completes First 787 Dreamliner Engine Runs

May 22, 2009

Image via Wikipedia EVERETT, Wash., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) continued to make steady progress toward the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, completing the first engine runs on the all-new airplane. The occasion marks the first all-electric start of a commercial jetliner engine on a commercial jetliner; the engines had been started electronically [...]

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