Category: Aircraft

Boeing 787 Dreamliner is Late But Still Wanted

The Boeing Dreamliner is an impressive example of early 21st century design and engineering. The Boeing Dreamliner aircraft is of conventional design with low sweptback wings and two under wing pylon mounted engines.

The design has replaced the Sonic Cruiser program and incorporates some of the advanced design features developed while examining the Sonic Cruiser concept. The Boeing Dreamliner had, meanwhile, by June 2007, secured a tentative order for 50 aircraft from an aircraft leasing company. In October 2007 British Airways announced one of its biggest fleet orders in a decade with a mixed purchase of 12 Airbus A380 aircraft and 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

The Boeing Dreamliner provides a business solution for airlines everywhere — offering unsurpassed operational flexibility. Exciting improvements in passenger comfort will change flight forever. The Boeing Dreamliner displays an array of features and qualities that may in time grant it admittance to the classic airliner hall of fame. Two power plants, up to date airframe ideas and build plan with reduced fuel needs and airline biz bottom line friendly economics for operation, support , passenger capacity, range, and load capabilities.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, scheduled for delivery beginning in 2008, provides passengers with a better flying experience and operators with a more efficient commercial jetliner. Using 20 percent less fuel per passenger than similarly sized airplanes, the 787 is designed for the environment with lower emissions and quieter takeoffs and landings.

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Posted in Aircraft on Jun 7th, 2008, 11:46 pm by travelair     

Airbus A380 World’s Largest Airliner

The Airbus A380 is the largest jet airliner ever built and is the world’s first double-deck passenger aircraft. The first flight took place from Toulouse, France on 27 April 2005 and led to a flight test programme involving five Airbus A380s. The Airbus A380, launched in October of 2007, is a sleek, energy-efficient aircraft, designed to accommodate up to 850 passengers in a 2-deck configuration.

The plane is ideal for long-haul routes, with a range of over 8000 miles, roughly the distance between New York and Hong Kong. The Airbus A380 will not only revolutionize the world of passenger air transit, but it will also change airports themselves. LAX will be spending $121 million on construction and improvements of its runways, taxiways, boarding gates and other infrastructures to accommodate the airplane’s large dimensions and increased passenger capacity, even strengthening the Sepulveda tunnel.

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engined airliner manufactured by Airbus. The A380 can carry up to 850 passengers and 20 crew members. Wow! That’s big. The Airbus A380 is a plane that has superseded the Boeing 747 as the largest passenger airliner. In the early 90s, Airbus executives decided to challenge Boeing’s dominance in the large passenger jetliner market and so started the A380 program. The resulting Airbus A380 is the largest passenger airliner in the world. It is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus.

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Posted in Aircraft on Jun 7th, 2008, 9:53 pm by travelair