Emirates New Boeing 777x Order

The world’s largest airline by international traffic wants 115 400-seat 777-9Xs and 35 smaller 777-8Xs. The deal, first announced in November, is the largest single order in aviation history.

 Emirates, the largest airline by international traffic, signed off on an order for 150 Boeing 777X planes to renew and extend what is already the world’s largest widebody fleet.

The order is worth $56 billion at list prices, but airlines get large discounts so the real price is likely around $31 billion, according to data from aircraft valuation firm Avitas.

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The deal for 115 400-seat 777-9Xs and 35 smaller 777-8Xs firms up a commitment announced last year and comes with an option for 50 more aircraft taking its value to $75 billion at list prices, Dubai-based Emirates said in a joint statement with Boeing.

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The first aircraft are due for delivery in 2020.

The largest single order in aviation history positions Emirates as lead operator of the first twin-jet able to haul a jumbo’s payload, aided by a revamp with new General Electric engines and Boeing’s largest-ever wing.

The Gulf carrier, the No. 1 operator of both the current-generation 777 and Airbus A380 superjumbo, is splurging on capacity as it builds Dubai into the leading hub for long-haul transfer flights.

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The 777X order was initially announced at the Dubai Air Show in November, and is being firmed up days before next week’s Farnborough expo outside London.

While financing options haven’t been announced, some U.S. carriers led by Delta Air Lines have protested government-backed competitors, including Emirates, receiving loan guarantees from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which helps foreign companies buy American goods. Atlanta-based Delta has said the bank’s charter should expire at the end of September unless the 80-year-old lender drops its support for such purchases of widebody jets.

 

From Bloomberg News

767-300/Airbus / Go Around / Near collision in Barcelona

Two passenger planes nearly collided at an airport in Barcelona on Saturday when one airliner taxied across the runway while an was coming pin to land. A plane enthusiast caught the near-collision on video at the Barcelona El-Prat airport Saturday morning.

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An UTair Boeing 767-300 (VQ-BSX) incoming from Moscow as UT5187 and Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 (LV-FPV)...

The Utair 767 was about to land on Runway 02 while the Argentinas was crossing the runway.

By the time russian pilots sight Argentinas (they were taxiing to Holding point of RW25R for take-off) on runway while they were on final approach, they did their best making an impressive and close go around.

After that incidence the plane landed safely on runway 02, and the Argentinas took-off heading Buenos Aires

The plane on the runway, an Aerolineas Airbus A340 from Argentina, was taxiing to a waiting point before takeoff, while the UTair Boeing 767 on approach was arriving from Moscow.

The airliner from Moscow looped around and landed safely a short time later.

From AeroBarcelona/YouTube

Il PRAT DE LLOBREGAT GOOGLE MAP / Runaways

The New & Old Boeing 747

Lufthansa is celebrating the arrival of its latest Boeing 747, the 1,500th 747 ever built by U.S. jetmaker Boeing. The airline has affixed a special "1500th" logo to the jet to commemorate the milestone.

The jet – tail number D-ABYP – was officially handed over to Lufthansa on Saturday at Boeing's 747 assembly line facility in Everett, Wash. The carrier then flew the jet to its main base in Frankfurt, where the 1,500th 747 landed on Sunday at 9:17 a.m. local time.

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"It's an honor for Lufthansa that the anniversary jumbo will fly in the colors of the Lufthansa crane," Nico Buchholz, Head of Group Fleet Management for Lufthansa,says in a statement. "For decades, Lufthansa has been one of the aircraft manufacturer's closest advisers -- a pioneer when it comes to developing new, environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient aircraft."

The milestone 747 taken by Lufthansa is the 76th 747 to be taken by the carrier since Boeing began the aircraft line in the late 1960s. It's also the 14th of Boeing's newest model of the 747 – the 747-8 Intercontinental – to join Lufthansa's fleet. The German airline expects to take 19 "Dash-8s" in total, a figure that it says will make it "the world's largest operator of 747-8s among passenger airlines."

BOEING 747 PHOTO GALLERY

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Also browse the 747 chronology, take a quick look at the 747 Program important dates, read about the early versions of the 747.

Model	First Order	Rollout	First Flight	Certification	First Delivery	In Service	First Airline in service	Last Delivery
747-100/SR/B	04/13/66	09/30/68	02/09/69	12/30/69	12/13/69	01/21/70	Pan Am	9/86 Japan Air Lines
747-200	12/19/68	09/10/70	10/11/70	12/23/70	01/15/71	06/71	KLM	12/90 USAF
747-200F	03/03/69	11/23/71	11/30/71	03/07/72	03/10/72	04/19/72	Lufthansa	11/91 Nippon Cargo
747-200C	03/27/72	02/28/73	03/23/73	04/24/73	04/30/73	05/73	World Airways	9/88 Martinair
747SP	09/10/73	05/19/75	07/04/75	02/04/76	03/05/76	04/25/76	Pan Am	12/09/89 Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE)
747-200M	04/08/74	10/30/74	11/18/74	03/07/75	03/07/75	03/07/75	Air Canada	12/09/89 - Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE)
747-300M	06/11/80	01/14/83	02/14/83	03/05/83	03/05/83	03/83	Swissair	9/90 Sabena
747-300/SR	06/11/80	09/21/82	10/05/82	03/07/83	03/01/83 (to UTA)	03/28/83	Swissair	10/88 Japan Asia
747-400	10/22/85	01/26/88	04/29/88	01/10/89	01/26/89	02/09/89	Northwest
747-400M	04/09/86	03/23/89	06/30/89	01/10/89	09/01/89	09/89	KLM	04/10/02 KLM
747-400D	12/18/88	02/18/91	03/18/91	10/10/91	10/10/91	10/91	Japan Air Lines	12/95 All Nippon Airways
747-400F	09/13/89	03/08/93	05/04/93	10/22/93	11/17/93	11/17/93	Cargolux	5/7/09 Nippon Cargo Airlines
747-400ER	12/19/00	06/17/02	07/31/02	10/29/02	10/31/02	11/07/02	Qantas	7/30/03 Qantas
747-400ERF	04/17/01	09/05/02	09/02	10/16/02	10/17/02	10/02	Air France	11/10/09 LoadAir Cargo
747-8F	11/14/05	11/12/09	2/8/10	08/19/11	10/12/11	10/12/11	Cargolux
747-8	12/6/06	01/28/11	03/20/11	12/14/2012	4/25/2012		Lufthansa

The new A380 Jet Luxury in Dubai

Dubai International Airport has surpassed Heathrow as the world's busiest global hub, while three Gulf airlines—Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad—are scooping up passengers. Boarding a lavishly appointed Airbus A380 at Dubai's $4.5 billion Terminal 3, Graham Boynton examines the tectonic shift in aviation that threatens to leave the West's cramped, bare-bones carriers in the dust. [caption id="attachment_551" align="aligncenter" width="640"] a380-dubai-international-airport[/caption] This is Dubai International Airport's $4.5 billion Terminal 3, the exclusive province of Emirates airline. Covering nearly 18.5 million square feet, it is the largest air terminal on the planet. Dubai International also ranks alongside Singapore's Changi, Hong Kong International, and Beijing Capital International as the most passenger-friendly. Every week from this airport's Jetways, 130 international airlines operate more than 6,000 flights to some 260 destinations on every continent except Antarctica. In January 2013, Dubai International opened Concourse A—aviation's first facility dedicated entirely to Airbus A380 superjumbos. Located in Terminal 3, it is a magnificent building. Huge first- and business-class lounges connect directly to the A380 upper decks; economy-class passengers board from the lower level. The new concourse has already increased Dubai's traffic to 75 million passengers a year, moving it past London's Heathrow as the world's busiest international airport. By 2018 that number is expecte.  

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