Seattle-based Alaska Air Group Thursday reported a record profit for the fifth quarter in a row. “I am pleased to report our fifth consecutive record quarterly adjusted profit, in spite of a nearly 50 percent rise in our economic fuel costs,̶…
TSA making body scans less intimate
July 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
In a move to address privacy concerns, the Transportation Security Administration will eliminate passenger-specific images from its body scans, the agency announced Wednesday. More
American Airlines buys Airbus, stings Boeing
July 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
American Airlines placed what it called the largest aircraft order in history Wednesday: 460 re-engined small airliners from Airbus and Boeing, which previously had been leaning toward replacing its 737, rather than outfitting it with new, more efficie…
Massive radar not leaving Seattle yet
July 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Boeing-built Sea-Based X-band Radar (pdf) is moving around in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, but it’s not leaving yet. The billion-dollar Missile Defense Agency radar is undergoing maintenance and upgrades at Vigor Shipyards, under a subcontrac…
‘Boeing should offer a 737 Neo, fast’
July 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Boeing should ditch talk of replacing the 737 in favor of outfitting it with new, more-efficient engines, analyst Richard Aboulafia wrote Monday. Airbus’ orders and agreements for 700 re-engined A320neos at the Paris Airshow, pushing the A320neo …
