Air Lease buys 8 Boeing 787s for Vietnam Airlines

(Reuters) - Aircraft lessor Air Lease Corp said on Monday it had ordered eight new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft worth $1.8 billion at list prices for lease to Vietnam Airlines. Deliveries of Boeing's new lightweight carbon-composite aircraft are scheduled for 2017 and 2018, the Los Angeles-based company said in a statement. Air Lease Corp had already placed an order for four 787-9s in December last year, according to the Boeing website. The company was founded in 2010 by Steven Udvar-Hazy, widely considered the pioneer of modern aircraft leasing. ...

Ethiopian Airlines is set to become the world’s first carrier to resume flying Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, with a commercial flight on Saturday to neighbouring Kenya, two airline sources said. Boeing’s Dreamliners have been grounded since regulators ordered all 50 planes out of the skies in mid-January after batteries on two of them overheated. U.S. regulators approved a new battery design on Friday, clearing the way for installation.

Boeing faced with vast bill as 787 arrivals are delayed Boeing's Dreamliner nightmare deepened yesterday when the planemaker warned airlines, including one of its biggest European customers and Britain's Thomson Airways, it looks likely to miss deliveries of its flagship new jet.

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LONDON – Boeing told two European airlines on Friday their deliveries of 787 Dreamliner jets would be delayed, as investigations into the problems behind the grounded aircraft continue. Thomson Airways, owned by Britain’s TUI Travel told Reuters delivery of its first Dreamliner, originally scheduled for the end of February, had been “moved out of the month” and it had not been given a new delivery date.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The prolonged grounding of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has forced some airlines to seek alternative arrangements, including renting other planes to fill gaps for the upcoming busy summer travel season. It’s a sign that some Boeing customers don’t expect a quick fix to the 787′s problems. Jeff Knittel of airplane leasing company CIT said on Tuesday that unnamed airlines are talking to CIT about alternatives to the Dreamliner.