Zo, even wat luchtvaartnieuws in een post proppen.
De 100e Boeing 747-8 is geleverd. ln. 1501 (VQ-BFU) en ln. 1502 (VQ-BFE) werden op 16 november tegelijkertijd afgeleverd. Wat op zich ook al een redelijk unieke gebeurtenis is.
Deze 2 toestellen zijn onderdeel van het memorandum of understanding (MoU) van eerder dit jaar:
Piet91 in "Het Luchtvaart Topic - Deel 4"
Deze twee toestellen waren eerst bedoelt voor Asiana Cargo.
De eerste vlucht voor VQ-BFU was naar Amsterdam afgelopen dinsdag en ook vandaag weer.
VQ-BFE kwam vandaag ook naar Schiphol.
VQ-BFU afgelopen dinsdag op Schiphol voor haar allereerste commerciële vlucht:
David Cameron to get own plane for official trips
(Catchy title...)Prime Minister David Cameron and senior ministers are to get their own plane for official trips.
An RAF Voyager A330 air-to-air refuelling aircraft will be refitted at a cost of about £10m.
The government says the move will save about £775,000 a year as the plane will be cheaper than chartering flights.
But Labour said the size of any savings would not be known until he started using the plane while the SNP urged full transparency.
Royal family
Most government departments are facing budget cuts of at least 25% over the next four years.
A source said the PM's flights, using either Royal Squadron planes or long haul charter, cost on average £6,700 per flying hour and the RAF aircraft would cost £2,000. It would be available for refuelling when it wasn't in use.
The flight would also be available to the Royal Family.
When he was prime minister, Gordon Brown cancelled plans drawn up by his predecessor Tony Blair to buy two private jets, which had been nicknamed "Blair Force One" in reference to the aircraft used to fly the US president, Air Force One.
Downing Street said the plane would save £775,000 a year over "at least the next 20 years", but it did not give any details about how this had been calculated.
The prime minister's spokesman said the plane's "primary use" would still be refuelling and it would continue to carry RAF livery, but 158 new seats would be fitted and it would provide "secure communications" for the prime minister.
The details of the new arrangements are expected to come at the strategic defence and security review on Monday.
There is no definite timing for the plane to come into service but it could be as early as next year.
A government spokesperson said; "As part of the government's defence review, we have been looking at ways to make better use of the RAF fleet to transport senior ministers and consequently deliver savings for taxpayers.
"We have decided to adapt one of our existing Voyager aircraft so that, in addition to its primary air tanking role, it can transport Ministers and it will also be available for the Royal family to use."
En A6-EOP, de eerste van de 15 A380's voor Emirates met 615 stoelen zal komende dinsdag een testvlucht maken naar Manchester.
Eerste 'normale' geplande commerciële vlucht is nog steeds op 1 december naar Kopenhagen.