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Company Watch - Boeing

AirGuide Business, April 14, 2008

Japan Airlines, one of the earliest and biggest customers for the Boeing 787, said the delay would cost the airline more in extra fuel. "The 787 is an extremely fuel-efficient aircraft," said Japan Airlines' chief executive Haruka Nishimatsu, on the sidelines of a press conference in Los Angeles. "A delay will impact us significantly." Apr 10, 2008

Japan Airlines, which has 35 of the planes on order, fell 2.3 percent on the news of further delays on the 787. Spokesman Hirokazu Inoue said it would start talks with Boeing about compensation once the impact became clear. Japan Airlines and ANA, the only two customers buying the shorter-range 787-3 variant of the 787, may be among the hardest hit. Apr 10, 2008

NavAero received STC authority for the navAero tBag C22 as a Class II EFB on Boeing MD-82/-83/-87 series aircraft. Product is suitable during all phases of flight. Apr 7, 2008

Northwest Airlines, the fifth-largest U.S. carrier, which is buying 18 of the planes, expected to get an updated delivery schedule from Boeing in the next couple of weeks, said spokeswoman Tammy Lee. "We are disappointed by the latest delays, but we still believe the 787-8 will be a game-changing airplane for our fleet," Lee said, adding that Northwest would initially use Boeing's older and larger 747-400 jumbos for international flights where it had planned to introduce its 787s. Apr 10, 2008

Defense companies in Arizona will benefit from the $515.4 billion defense budget proposed by President George W. Bush. The package will benefit small and large defense firms, observers say, and they note that it includes $2.3 billion for Raytheon missiles and $800 million for Boeing to remanufacture Apache helicopters. "There is plenty of work for everyone," Frost & Sullivan military aerospace and military analyst Brad Curran said. Congress is considering the budget now. Apr 7, 2008

SunExpress, the joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, said it will be expanding its fleet to up to 25 aircraft. It will take delivery of at least eight Boeing aircraft by 2010, including two more 737-800s during the summer. It currently operates 11 -800s and four 757-200s. It opened its third base at Istanbul Sabhia Gokcen on April 9 and started flights to Antalya, Izmir, Berlin Schoenefeld, Hanover and Cologne. Apr 11, 2008

Turkish Technic reached agreement with Hamburg International for re-delivery maintenance on three Boeing 737-700s. Apr 11, 2008

Volga-Dnepr Group said it is in the process of growing and upgrading its fleet. It took delivery of its second leased Boeing 747-400ERF in February, its sixth 747 overall, and its second upgraded Il-76TD-90VD last fall. It will take three more in 2009-10. Apr 7, 2008

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