Boeing's 50 Dreamliners in service have been grounded since mid-January following two incidents involving battery problems.
Bombardier Inc's CSeries jetliner successfully completed its first flight on Monday, a key step in a $3.4 billion program to develop the first all-new narrow-body plane of its size in decades that the company hopes will increase sales.
It is a similar story several thousand miles away, outside the company's North Charleston, South Carolina final assembly building, where space is taken up by four 787s destined for Air India.
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China is set to take on American airliners Airbus and Boeing Co.
Air India used to fly its 787s on three domestic and three international routes.
The grounding has been a "frustrating experience," McNerney told a US Chamber of Commerce aviation summit.
'Rohit Sharma's victorious team will take a ride on an open-top bus in a parade from the National Centre for Performing Arts in Nariman Point to the iconic Wankhede stadium at 4 pm on Thursday evening, said a report in The Indian Express newspaper.
US-based company has a 100-aircraft order from Air India, SpiceJet and Jet Airways.
Incidents stark reminders of problems that have hit Dreamliner since July, prompting federal regulators to call for engine and fuel line inspections
Air-India Ltd's board will discuss on April 3 whether the state-run long-haul carrier should place orders for 17 long-range aircraft from Boeing or Airbus, a spokesman for the airline said on Wednesday.
Whether it's navigating the labyrinthine Cu Chi Tunnels, boating on the Mekong, marveling at ancient Champa temples, or the Mekong Bay, Vietnam promises a journey like no other.
Air India's entire European operations are carried out with Boeing Dreamliner planes.
In a statement, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said the airport and emergency teams responded swiftly and effectively after a full emergency was declared at 18.05 hours.
Air India will purchase 220 planes from Boeing for $34 billion, with an option to buy 70 more aircraft that could take the total transaction value to $45.9 billion, a deal that US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement". While announcing the Boeing-Air India deal on Tuesday, Biden also asserted that together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he was looking forward to deepen the ties between India and the US. As per an announcement from the White House, Boeing and Air India have reached an agreement under which the airline will purchase 190 B737 MAX, 20 B787, and 10 B777X for a total of 220 firm order valued at $34 billion at list price.
Air India shelves plan to acquire Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
A Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India this week returned to London due to a communications problem, but has since been operational, the state-run carrier said on Wednesday.
'The future is about autonomy and tanking.'
SpiceJet is in talks with aircraft makers for a jet deal.
India has its share of both large tech companies and large national laboratories, but why is it that these don't seem to be at the forefront of any innovation news headlines? asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Air India has finalised an order for around 250 aircraft with Airbus and the deal is expected to be announced next week, a source said on Thursday. The source in the know also said the airline has signed a deal with Boeing for about 200 planes. Specific details could not be immediately ascertained and there was no immediate comments from Air India about the deals.
Pilots working with Air India have warned of non-co-operation if restoration of pre-Covid overtime allowance is delayed, and if other practices they say are 'discriminatory' continues. "We cannot assure that our members will undertake flying duties exceeding 70 hours a month. Any coercive action by the management will lead to industrial action to safeguard flight safety and well-being of our members," the Indian Commercial Pilots Association and the Indian Pilots Guild said in a joint letter to Air India's management on Tuesday.
The number of Indian passengers has jumped more than 20 per cent in the past year
When the photographers congratulated her, she couldn't stop blushing.
Along with HAL, Boeing intends to involve the Mahindra Group in building Super Hornets in India.
'Getting married is not a huge priority in my life right now. Nor has it ever been on my bucket list.
Astronauts aboard the space station have found themselves facing a foe far tinier than any rogue asteroid: A joint study by IIT-Madras and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- under Principal Investigator Kasthuri Venkateswaran -- has revealed that strains of the bacterial species Enterobacter bugandensis, a multi-drug resistant superbug, have been hitting the gym in the microgravity crucible. Though the situation at the ISS is slightly unsettling, holding funeral dirges would be an overkill, says Kumar Abishek.
Commercial flights may also help Boeing's bottom line on a rare, fixed-price, government-backed development program.
Defence major Boeing on Monday proposed greater business engagement with India, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the US companies to provide friendlier business environment in the country.
SpiceJet had last year announced a $4.4-bn deal for 42 Boeing 737 Max.
Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co, forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan.
Air India has six Dreamliners and has ordered 21 more.
This is Boeing's third advanced research centre outside the US, the others being in Europe and Australia. This centre would carry out continued collaboration with Indian R&D organisations, including government agencies and private sector R&D providers, universities and other companies, Boeing officials said.
Jet has already confirmed an order for 50 737-MAX planes together with up to 10 777-300ERS from Boeing.
Boeing's plan involves setting up an Indian factory and the aerospace ecosystem to build the Block II Super Hornet.
The Boeing website lists the price of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft at $90.5 million.
As of now, there have been no problems with the aircraft.
US Exim Bank has agreed to extend guarantee for up to 85 per cent of the $7.2 billion (Rs 33,500 crore) loan that Air India requires for replenishing its fleet with 68 new aircraft from Boeing Co.
India will need 290 new jet airliners worth $22 billion over the next 20 years to meet growing air travel demand, Boeing Co, the world's top commercial aircraft maker
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