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Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator: Inside An Airborne Laboratory

by Chris Sloan
June 3, 2015
4 minutes read

MIAMI — As part of the ecoDemonstrator program, Boeing has been conducting several months of test flights with a 757-200 (cn 24627/293) in order to assess new technologies intended to improve the efficiency of flight operations and reduce environmental footprints. In total, Boeing has completed 250 hours since this third generation of ecoDemonstrators testing started in March. The […]

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American’s 787 Dream Takes Flight With Passengers

by Chris Sloan
May 7, 2015
10 minutes read

CHICAGO, IL — At 9:23 AM local, American’s inaugural Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight, AA 2320 operated by the second of five 787s delivered so far to AA, gracefully touched down at Chicago O’Hare to a large round of applause. Although short, the 1 hour and 52 minute flight aboard N801AN was filled with lots of fun with many […]

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High Flyer Interview: American Airlines CEO Doug Parker

by Chris Sloan
December 8, 2014
13 minutes read

MIAMI — American Airlines Group CEO Doug Parker has both witnessed, and led, tremendous change in the aviation industry. He became CEO at America West Airlines just ten days before September 11, 2001 and, by all accounts, led the carrier through the crisis with clarity and assuredness. In 2005 he oversaw the successful merger of US Airways and America […]

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