Boeing 787 News

 A US-bound Air India Dreamliner flight was held back in Vienna after a routine inspection during a scheduled fuel stop uncovered a technical issue, according to media reports. 

The largest Boeing 777 operator in the world - Emirates, has ordered a new bunch of planes at the Dubai Airshow that includes 90 777X jets and 5 787X planes.

Two Saudi Arabian airlines - Saudia and newly announced Riyadh Air - has announced a combined order of 121 planes from Boeing, all in the form of B787 Dreamliners. 

Existing Air India pilots will be able to fly two different aircrafts - Boeing 787 and 777 and DGCA said that cross utilisation of pilots is being followed by airlines in around 16 countries.

FAA will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight FAA will perform final inspections and retain power to clear each new plane The 787, has been plagued by production flaws such as unacceptable gaps between fuselage panels

The aircraft is a Boeing 787-9 It was a cargo flight carrying 24 tonnes of goods The flight will return to New Zealand after repairs

5G networks could interfere with systems such as thrust reversers on Boeing 787 Boeing 787 is a two-aisle plane that is popular on longer routes There are more than 1,000 Boeing 787s in operation worldwide.

Calhoun, a longstanding board member who took over as chief executive on January 13, told the New York Times that the problems at Boeing were even bigger than he anticipated.

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it was mandating new flight control software and parts to Boeing Co`s 787 Dreamliner to address what it called an unsafe operating condition of certain products on the plane.

Air India is evaluating switching its order for Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing 787-8 to the larger version 787-9.

In a new problem for the Boeing 787, the US aviation regulator has ordered repairs to correct a software bug that could cause the aircraft to suddenly lose all power.

Air India has tied up with two overseas banks to arrange short-term loans to the tune of USD 315 million to partly fund the acquisition of three Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Air India has so far acquired 18 Dreamliner aircraft costing over USD two billion or about Rs 12,700 crore and spent more than Rs 97 crore on their maintenance since 2012-13, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said Monday.

The airline said that it will press into service a Boeing 747, 777-200LR and B777-300ER to clear the holiday rush. 

Air India suffered a double whammy once again when two of its Dreamliners reported serious faults just before take off from here for Birmingham and Sydney and had to be grounded, airline sources said today.

The national carrier has so far taken delivery of 14 of these aircraft and concluded leaseback arrangement for the first seven of those.

Celebrating its 60th year of flying to Singapore, Air India is adding another Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' aircraft on its Singapore-Chennai-Mumbai sector from next month.