May 2012 - Boeing Australia

South Carolina rolls out fi rst 787The fi rst Boeing 787 Dreamliner tobe assembled in South Carolinarolled out of fi nal assembly inApril, marking the fi rst time thata Boeing commercial aircraft hasbeen produced in the SoutheasternUnited States.“This is a proud moment forBoeing as we roll out an aircraftfrom our third fi nal assembly site,”said Jim Albaugh, president andchief executive offi cer, CommercialAirplanes. “I welcome the SouthCarolina team into a small and elitefraternity – a fraternity of workerswho have built one of the mostcomplex machines in the world – acommercial aircraft.”The aircraft will now undergo fl ightline and taxi testing before beingdelivered to Air India in mid-2012.747-8 Freighter hits high marksThe new Boeing 747-8 Freighterreached six months in servicein April, with the aircraft settingnew standards of effi ciency andperformance – meeting or exceedingexpectations in service reliability, fuelburn, and payload capacity.The fi rst 747-8 Freighters areoperating even more economicallythan predicted and have exceededdispatch reliability targets in the fi rstsix months of operation.Boeing employees get their handsdirty to celebrate Earth Day 2012Boeing employees celebrated Earth Dayby volunteering on environment projects inQueensland and Victoria.In Brisbane, employees from BoeingDefence Australia teamed with BoeingGlobal Corporate Citizenship partnerGreening Australia to plant 1,200 trees inthe fl ood-ravaged Lockyer Valley.In Melbourne, Boeing AerostructuresAustralia (BAA) employees helped theFriends of Westgate Park plant 410 treesin the park beside the organisation’sFishermans Bend facility.“These Earth Day activities are a greatway for our employees to get involvedin local environmental projects and givesomething back to the commuity,” saidBAA environment manager Mike Ramsay.Global Corporate CitizenshipAbove: Allanagh Rivers, BDA environmentmanager, and Michael Paramor, ChiefExecutive of Greening Australia QLD,planting one of 1,200 trees.Left: Rhonda Skinner (left), BDA Health &Safety Advisor, Christine Howland, BDAEnvironment Advisor, Allanagh Rivers, BDAEnvironment Manager, Craig Deveney,Greening Australia Project Manager,and David Dawson, BDA Quality andImprovement Specialist planted trees inQueensland’s fl ood-damaged LockyerValley.VelocityEditor:Content:Allison BoneCaroline BellJennifer WillcockE-mail:caroline.bell@boeing.comPhone: +612-9086 3300Above: Ming Chen (left), Andy Latumahina andRanuka abeysinghe participate in Earth Day activitiesin Melbourne.Left: BAA employees Adrian Vandenbergh and DaynaBoase supporting the Friends of Westgate Park withtree-planting.May 2012 • Boeing Australia & South Pacifi c • Velocity 4