It's Sunday again, and once again it's time for some more airplane art. This week we have a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i climbing out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport as it commences its journey back to Frankfurt-am-Main Airport. Lufthansa operate a fleet of 19 Boeing 747-8i aircraft - supporting the long-haul operations across the world. As well as the Boeing … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i at Frankfurt
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week - taxing around its home base of Frankfurt Airport at is prepares to depart on a long haul journey is a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i. Lufthansa operates a fleet of 19 Boeing 747-8i aircraft (the latest iteration of the Boeing 747 family), with 17 painted in normal Lufthansa house colours. One is … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Lufthansa Boeing 747-8i
It's Sunday again, and it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week we have Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental being tugged away from the International Terminal at Chicago O'Hare International, in preparation for its return journey to Frankfurt. Lufthansa operates a fleet of 19 Boeing 747-8i aircraft - the latest version of the venerable Boeing … [Read more...]
Air China to increase its fleet
Air China has announced that it will be growing its fleet with an order from Boeing. This order is a mixed bag, so lets get to the details, with the following on the books: 2 B747-8I's 1 B777-300ER 20 B737-800's 8 B777-200F's (Boeing 777 Freighter) There are a couple of interesting wrinkles in this order that are worth highlighting. Looking at the passenger side, … [Read more...]
Lufthansa sets out expected dates for 747-8i
Lufthansa has been speaking to Flight about when it expects the 747-8i's - and the date for your diary is is the 23rd April. This is ahead of the planned introduction to service in May. Like the 787, there have been some delays with the delivery of the 747-8i series aircraft, but the first delivery has been made to the Government of Qatar (after an appropriate re-fit). The … [Read more...]
Lufthansa decides the first regions the 747-8i aircraft are visiting
Lufthansa is slowly moving forward to delivery of it's new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals with some interesting titbits of information released today. Firstly, Lufthansa is expecting it's first delivery towards the end of April, at a delivery rate of five 747-8i's a year. For Lufthansa, these new birds will feature a new business class seat which will have a flat bed … [Read more...]
Transaero orders more aircraft… this time Boeing 747-8i’s….
Remember a couple of weeks ago I wrote about Transaero ordering some Airbus A380's? Well it seems Transareo are at it again, this time ordering big aircraft from Boeing, with a preliminary agreement to order four Boeing 747-8 passenger aircraft. Transaero is planing for these planes to be fitted in a four-class configuration with about 460 seats installed. Transaero is … [Read more...]
Arik Air orders two 747-8i’s… huh?
Arik Air is an odd beast. With bits of it from Nigerian Airlines, and different investments here and there, it operates a 22 aircraft fleet, focusing on Nigeria and the area, as well as a few long-haul routes (namely, London, New York JFK, Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg). To run the long haul routes, it's drafted in a pair of Airbus A340-500's which can been seen flying some of … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn extra: Boeing rolls out Lufthansa’s new 747-8I out of the paintshop.
It's Monday still and the Lufthansa press machine has been at it again, so it's time for Airplane p0rn extra! Today Boeing rolled out Lufthansa's new Boeing 747-8I out of the paint shop. And yes, whilst it is still Eurowhite, with the blue tail and the crane on the back of the plane - it does look pretty. Images - Lufthansa AG/The Boeing Company - … [Read more...]
Korean Air goes for 747-8I – who else to follow(?)
The 747-8I project received a very small boost today with Korean Air plumping for a grand total of 5 frames. You read that correct. Five. This actually takes KAL up to 12 747-8's (as they have 7 747-8F's on order) KAL say this is to plug the hole between the 777 and the A380, and it's a logical fit for the between the 300 to 500 seat market. I'm not overly convinced … [Read more...]
