Boeing 767-300ER / Air India / CS-TLQ / LPPT

Responding to the overwhelming preference of airlines around the world, Boeing Commercial Airplanes has focused its new airplane product development efforts on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a super-efficient airplane. The 787-8 Dreamliner and 787-9 airplanes will carry 223-259 passengers in tri-class configurations on routes of 8,500 and 8,300 nautical miles (15,700 and 15,400 kilometers) respectively. A third 787 family member, the 787-3 Dreamliner, will accommodate nearly 296 passengers in a two-class configuration and be optimized for routes of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km). In addition to bringing big-jet ranges to mid-size airplanes, the 787 will provide airlines with unmatched fuel efficiency, resulting in exceptional environmental performance. The airplane will use 20 percent less fuel for comparable missions than any similarly sized airplane. It will also travel at speeds similar to today's fastest wide bodies, Mach 0.85. Airlines will enjoy approximately 45 percent more cargo revenue capacity. Production will begin in 2006. First flight is expected in 2007 with certification, delivery and entry into service occurring in 2008.

Air Canada 777 - 787

More efficient airplanes for the long haul, with Air Canada's decision to renew its fleet with up to 60 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and up to 36 Boeing 777s.

Boeing Delivers Air India's First 777-300ER

SEATTLE, Oct. 10, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Mumbai-based Air India today celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane. This is the first 777-300ER from Air India's order of 68 Boeing jetliners placed in December 2005. Air India's 777-300ER has a three-class configuration, including four first-class, 35 executive class and 303 economy seats. In July 2007, Boeing and Air India celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 777, a 777-200LR (Longer Range) Worldliner airplane. To date, Air India has received 14 airplanes from its December 2005 order, including three 777-200LRs (Longer Range) and one 777-300ER, and 10 737-800s for Air India Express.

Airbus A330-200 - Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is a young and ambitious airline from Qatar, one of the United Arab Emirates. The airline intends to develop a big hub at Doha Airport.Qatar Airways is not a very large airline yet, but it has ordered an enormous fleet of widebody aircraft. The airline acquired 32 Airbus A330 aircraft, including 19 A330-200s and 13 A330-300s. It has ordered sixty of the A330's successor, the A350.The picture shows an A330-200 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Airbus A330-200 - MyTravel Airways

The British holiday airline MyTravel Airways was formerly known as Airtours, the inhouse airline of the tour operator Airtours. Airtours started flying in 1991. In 2002 the Airtours Group changed its name to MyTravel Group and the airline became known as MyTravel Airways.The airline will merge with Thomas Cook, which means the end of the striking livery on the aircraft. The colours can still be seen on this Airbus A330-200, which is photographed while taxiing at Manchester Airport (UK)

Airbus A330-200 - LTU

For many years the red backs of LTU airliners were a common sight at Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. In 2007 the airline decided to introduce a new livery, still with much red in it, but with a white back.LTU (Lufttransport Unternehmen) is now part of Air Berlin and many of the aircraft wear the Air Berlin livery now, which is based on the new LTU-colour scheme. This Airbus A330-200 is still in the new LTU-livery. It is taking off from its homebase Düsseldorf.

Airbus A330-200 - KLM

KLM received its first Airbus A330 in late 2005. The Airbuses replace Boeing 767s in the KLM fleet.The aircraft on the picture is taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

Airbus A330-200 - Jet Airways

The Indian airline Jet Airways started as a domestic carrier in India, but today it also flies intercontinental services with Boeing 777-300s and Airbus A330-200s. The photograph shows an A330-200 of which the airline is building up a fleet of 17 aircraft. Jet Airways received its first A330 in 2006.The photograph shows a Jet Airways A330-200 approaching London Heathrow Airport.

Airbus A330-200 - Gulf Air

Gulf Air is an airline from the United Arab Emirates. It flies six Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which were delivered between 1999 and 2002.Gulf Air airplanes are painted in a striking new 'Golden Falcon' colour scheme as seen on the picture above. The picture below shows the old livery, which also was very attractive.

Boeing 747-400 - Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines belongs to the biggest Boeing 747 users. The airline has more than forty 747-400s in service and also flew earlier 747-versions like the -200 and -300.The 'Singapore Girl airline' started flying in May 1947 as Malayan Airways with an Airspeed Consul. In 1965 Singapore became an independent state and one year later the airline was renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines.In 1972 the operations were split up in two separate identities: Malaysia Airline System (MAS, now Malaysia Airlines) and Singapore Airlines. SIA is among the most profitable airlines in the world.Singapore Airlines names the Boeing 747-400 in its fleet 'Megatop'. The earlier 747-300s were named 'Big Top'. The 'Megatop' on the picture is approaching Frankfurt Rhein/Main Airport.

During the late 1980s Boeing developed the 747-400, with the same fuselage length and extended upper deck as the 747-300, but with a larger wingspan, winglets, a highly modernised digital flight deck, higher weights and a lower fuel consumption thanks to improved engines. The 747-400 made its maiden flight on 29 April 1988. It is also available in a 'short-bulge' cargo version (747-400F)and as a combi (747-400M). The 747-400D (Domestic) for short-range flights doesn't have winglets. The 747-400ER is an improved extended range version, of which also a freighter variant exists, the 747-400ERF.Boeing sold more than 1300 aircraft of all 747 versions. 724 aircraft were so-called 'Classics' (747-100, 747-200, 747-300 and 747SP). Today a growing number of passenger aircraft is being converted to freighters. Some Boeing 747 aircraft are used for special purposes, like two 747-200s designated 'Air Force One' as the U.S. presidential aircraft and four 747-200s designated E-4 as airborne emergency command and control posts for the US Air Force. One 747 was modified to ferry space shuttles between California and Florida and one modified 747SP is flying as an astronomical observatory with an infrared telescope on board

Boeing 747 'Jumbo Jet'

The Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet was the largest passenger aircraft in operational service in the world for almost forty years, until in October 2007 the Airbus A380 took over this position. The 747 was the first widebody aircraft to fly and being much larger than its predecessors like the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 meant a revolution in air transport. The history of the 747 started halfway the 1960s. Boeing lost the competition for the development of a large airlifter for the US Air Force in 1965 to Lockheed's C-5A Galaxy and sought ways to apply the experience gathered on this project to a big airliner. In March 1966 the Boeing board of directors decided to go ahead with the 747 programme and one month later Pan American World Airways announced the purchase of 25 aircraft. Many airlines followed, not always because had enough passengers to fill the aircraft, but often because their managements feared that the Jumbo Jet would make the DC-8 and 707 look obsolete in the eyes of the travelling public. The first designs of the intended 747 looked much like a military transport. The drawings showed a high-wing and room for up to 800 passengers on two decks. Boeing concluded, however, that such an aircraft would be too big for the aviation world of the 1970s. The engineers took a clean sheet of paper and designed a smaller aircraft for up to 500 passengers and a low, relatively small wing for fast and efficient cruising and a sophisticated system of flaps for low speed and good handling characteristics. These high-lift devices were even a step beyond the already very advanced systems used on the 727. The 747 is the first civil aircraft fitted with high-bypass turbofan engines, which are more powerful and economical than earlier jet engines and less noisy.

RAF Typhoon F1

RAF Typhoon F1The Typhoon is an agile, single seat, multi-role aircraft specially optimised for high altitude supersonic air combat while retaining considerable ground attack capabilities. It is built by a four-nation consortium consisting of companies from the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. The Typhoon F1 entered service with the RAF in 2003 gradually replacing the existing Panavia Tornado F3, the aircraft pictured above is from 29 Squadron, the RAF's Typhoon OCU (operational conversion unit).RAF Typhoon F1 Specifications
Crew: Single Pilot
Engines: Two Eurojet EJ200 turbofans
Length: 47ft 7in (14.50m)
Wingspan: 34ft 5in (10.50m)
Top Speed: 1,321mph (2,125km/h) at 36,090ft (11,000m)
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