Japan Airlines will take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on Sunday, March 25, and will fly it to Tokyo the following day, the airline announced on Wednesday.
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In a conference call this morning, Boeing gave it’s current market outlook for this year and the future for commercial airplanes, forecasting growth in the market as a whole to the tune of around 5% a year.
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