A350 funding from UK, Germany
On virtually the eve of the preliminary decision by the WTO on Boeing’s protest to Airbus launch aid, the Governments of Germany and the UK have committed $1.548B and $555m, respectively for the development of the A350. Needless to say, this has not quelled Boeing’s ire about how Airbus funds its new aircraft programs. Permit me to ask an open question, would Airbus be able to secure the same amount of funding from traditional commercial sources with more latitude in how it lays out its workshare?
ZA002 Taxi Testing
All indications point to N787EX taxiing under its own power as early as today in Everett. Today’s tests, which should mimic ZA001’s July testing, will likely mark one of the last public events before Dreamliner Two goes under the knife for the wing fix. Program progress will again be difficult to gauge outwardly. ZA002 will either remain on the flight line covered by a tent or moved north to the ATS hangars to undergo structural reinforcement.
SWA@BOS
Southwest Airlines completed its first flight to Boston’s Logan International Airport yesterday, expanding its New England service into Massachusetts. The move is another step forward in Southwest’s slow and steady expansion into first tier major metropolitan airports like Denver, La Guardia and Dulles. The airline of the suburbs is moving to the big city. Can’t wait to see the DOT data going up against JetBlue.
Reviving FriendFeed
As you can see, I’ve added a big old “FlightBlogger by E-Mail” button to the left side of the page to receive the blog by email. To the right is FriendFeed which, in it’s current form on this page, is quite static. Over the last year or so, FriendFeed (now owned by Facebook) has evolved significantly to better foster and integrate discussion and sharing. I’ve also found myself using it A LOT more to share stories of note and start discussions. They aren’t necessarily items of original content of my own, but it allows me to highlight and comment on interesting things, while using this page for breaking news, analysis and commentary.
I’ve been able to hone the pace of content sharing: FlightBlogger features medium and extended posts, FriendFeed enables short posting and multimedia sharing and Twitter allows for microblogging. All of these tools are FlightBlogger, it’s just a matter of finding the right content for the right platform. No piece exists on its own, and each piece supports the others.
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