Boeing 747-8 to make first test-flight on February 8, 2010

Like in the case of the Boeing Company’s latest commercial jet, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the latest version of the venerable 747 Jumbo aircraft is running well behind schedule.

The delays would mean that the testing programmes for the Boeing 747-8 and the 787 Dreamliner will now overlap. In December 2009, Boeing Company had integrated its testing operations across the entire company, including the defence and space operations, in order to share test-pilots and facilities.

The deliveries of the Boeing 747-8 are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2010, late by over a year.

The Dreamliner also is slated to be delivered by the end of 2010.

The wide-body Boeing 747-8, with a length of 253 feet, is the longest commercial plane built so far by the Boeing Company, based in Chicago, the United States. The 747-8 has reportedly borrowed technology from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in order to help cut operating costs.

The first takeoff of the Boeing 747-8 will be from Paine Field, Everett, Washington, depending on the weather conditions.

The window for the first test-flight of the Boeing 747-8 jet, a freighter version, will open at 10 a.m. local time on February 8, 2010, and will depend on the weather conditions, a spokesman of Boeing Company said.

The 40-year-old Boeing Company said it will add 2 more 747-8 cargo planes after the first test-flight on February 8, 2010.

The 3 Boeing 747-8 test jets, the company said, will be based in an airport at Moses Lake, in eastern Washington, and a Boeing military facility in Palmdale, California, instead of the Boeing Field in Seattle – which is the base for the main Test Operations Centre an the 787 Dreamliner

Commercial flights of the 747-8 will start once it receives final confirmation from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company said it will shift its test aircraft to Palmdale, California, the United States, for the final stages of the FAA certification.

The test-flights are expects to last at least 8 months before the Boeing 747-8 is certified for service and delivered to Cargolux Airlines International SA in the fourth quarter of 2010.

The initial passenger version of the Boeing 747-8 will carry 210-250 passengers on the New York-Hong Kong route.

However, some industry analysts say that the Boeing 747-8 programme has been facing heavy losses and described the new plane as “unsuccessful and burdensome.”

The Boeing Company has been incurring losses since early 2009. Besides, the delay in the Dreamliner and 747-8 programmes has caused sizeable losses to customers.

The Boeing 747-8 is currently priced at $301 million.

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After having been put off two times owing to design changes and shortage of resources, the Boeing Company’s Boeing 747-8 Jumbo jet is all set to make its first test-flight on February 8, 2010.

Like in the case of the Boeing Company’s latest commercial jet, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the latest version of the venerable 747 Jumbo aircraft is running well behind schedule.

The delays would mean that the testing programmes for the Boeing 747-8 and the 787 Dreamliner will now overlap. In December 2009, Boeing Company had integrated its testing operations across the entire company, including the defence and space operations, in order to share test-pilots and facilities.

The deliveries of the Boeing 747-8 are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2010, late by over a year.

The Dreamliner also is slated to be delivered by the end of 2010.

The wide-body Boeing 747-8, with a length of 253 feet, is the longest commercial plane built so far by the Boeing Company, based in Chicago, the United States. The 747-8 has reportedly borrowed technology from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in order to help cut operating costs.

The first takeoff of the Boeing 747-8 will be from Paine Field, Everett, Washington, depending on the weather conditions.

The window for the first test-flight of the Boeing 747-8 jet, a freighter version, will open at 10 a.m. local time on February 8, 2010, and will depend on the weather conditions, a spokesman of Boeing Company said.

The 40-year-old Boeing Company said it will add 2 more 747-8 cargo planes after the first test-flight on February 8, 2010.

The 3 Boeing 747-8 test jets, the company said, will be based in an airport at Moses Lake, in eastern Washington, and a Boeing military facility in Palmdale, California, instead of the Boeing Field in Seattle – which is the base for the main Test Operations Centre an the 787 Dreamliner

Commercial flights of the 747-8 will start once it receives final confirmation from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company said it will shift its test aircraft to Palmdale, California, the United States, for the final stages of the FAA certification.

The test-flights are expects to last at least 8 months before the Boeing 747-8 is certified for service and delivered to Cargolux Airlines International SA in the fourth quarter of 2010.

The initial passenger version of the Boeing 747-8 will carry 210-250 passengers on the New York-Hong Kong route.

However, some industry analysts say that the Boeing 747-8 programme has been facing heavy losses and described the new plane as “unsuccessful and burdensome.”

The Boeing Company has been incurring losses since early 2009. Besides, the delay in the Dreamliner and 747-8 programmes has caused sizeable losses to customers.

The Boeing 747-8 is currently priced at $301 million.