222 Boeing 787s Affected By New FAA Airworthiness Directive
From Simple Flying – link to source story by Linnea Ahlgren | February 18, 2021 On Friday, February 19th, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will publish an Airworthiness Directive (AD) requiring the inspection of approximately 222 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets. The deadline for initial checks of the jets’ decompression panels in the bilge barriers […]
Air Canada Will Launch Boeing 787 Flights To Cairo
From Simple Flying – link to source story by Chris Loh | January 24, 2021 Air Canada is hoping to launch a seasonal flight between Montreal and Cairo this June and is waiting for the necessary approvals. The new service will commence on June 17th and run three times per week. Operated by a Boeing […]
Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ends up in the mud during taxi at Vancouver
From aviation24.be – link to source story By Bart Noëth – 21 December 2020 On 20 December, a maintenance crew working for Air Canada was taxiing in a company Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (registered C-FVLU) at Vancouver Airport, Canada. During the taxi from hanger to terminal, however, the aircraft ended up in soft ground next to the […]
Boeing 787 plane deliveries to be delayed after production flaw found during inspection
From Global News – link to story By David Koenig, The Associated Press | September 8, 2020 Inspections triggered by production flaws in Boeing’s 787 jetliner are further slowing deliveries of the two-aisle planes, compounding Boeing’s struggle to recover from the grounding of its 737 Max and the coronavirus pandemic. Boeing said Tuesday it was inspecting separate issues that have […]
Boeing Woes Mount With Manufacturing Defect Found in Dreamliners
From BNN Bloomberg – link to story Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg News ~ 27/28 August 2020 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. found two “distinct manufacturing issues” in the fuselage of 787 Dreamliner jets and has told airlines operating eight affected planes to remove them from service so they can be repaired. The issues were found in the join […]
Air Canada’s First Refurbished Airbus A330 Takes Flight
News from Simple Flying – link to story by Emily Derrick, June 25, 2020 Air Canada is celebrating the first flight of its newly refurbished Airbus A330 aircraft. The A330 flew from Montreal to Vancouver on June 24th. In 2018, Air Canada chose to do an interior refit on its A330s. This was in addition […]
Operators of 787s warned after latest ILS deviation incident at Hong Kong
From Flight Global – link to story By David Kaminski-Morrow. 25 April 2020 Hong Kong authorities have warned Boeing 787 operators of possible adverse autopilot behaviour during localiser capture at the city’s international airport, after the latest in a string of incidents involving the type. A newly-issued NOTAM instructs carriers to check a Boeing flight crew […]
WestJet names John Weatherill, Vice President, Network Planning and Alliances
Provided by WESTJET, an Alberta Partnership/CNW CALGARY, Feb. 14, 2020 /CNW/ – WestJet is pleased to announce the internal appointment of John Weatherill to the role of Vice President, Network Planning and Alliances effective today. Reporting to Arved von zur Muehlen, WestJet Chief Commercial Officer, John will be responsible for the strategic growth of WestJet’s network and partnerships, including WestJet’s first […]
WestJet fortunate to evade layoffs in wake of Max 8 groundings: Sims
News provided by Calgary Herald – link to full story and updates AMANDA STEPHENSON, CALGARY HERALD January 4, 2020 Ten months into the grounding of Boeing’s Max 8 aircraft, WestJet CEO Ed Sims says he is “incredibly proud” that the Calgary-based airline was able to avoid layoffs in 2019. Job cuts could have been a real […]
Air Canada Completes Installation of Satellite Connectivity Across Full Air Canada Rouge Fleet
Provided by Air Canada/CNW MONTREAL, Dec. 17, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada said today that Rouge Wi-Fi high-speed satellite-based connectivity provided by Gogo is now available across the entire Air Canada Rouge fleet of 65 aircraft that fly globally and across North America. “Customers now can access Rouge Wi-Fi high-speed internet connectivity on their own devices whenever they […]