Algemeen Luchtvaarttopic #26.

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Op maandag 1 februari 2016 14:02 schreef Iemand91 het volgende:
First Atlantic crossing for F-35 on 2 February
The first Italian-made F-35A Lightning II is all set to start the type’s first ever Transatlantic flight to the US on Tuesday 2 February, sources in Italy confirm. A Boeing KC-767 tanker aircraft and a two seater Eurofighter Typhoon accompany the brand new fighter aircraft on its way, which includes a stop over at Lajes airbase in the Azores.

Subject to weather, the aircraft leaves Cameri and joins up with the tanker aircraft and Typhoon for the flight. The F-35 was produced at Cameri by FNV Aeronautics under the watchful eye of Lockheed Martin, first flew on 7 September 2015 and was then delivered to the Italian Air Force on 3 December 2015. It was the very first F-35 to be produced outside the US.

Pilots
An Italian Air Force pilot from the test squadron at Pratica di Mare will fly the F-35 on its flight over Atlantic, the very first of this kind for the new generation stealth aircraft. In the backseat of the Typhoon will be another Italian F-35 pilot. The flight to Lajes is expected to take 4.5 hours. Air-to-air refueling with the KC-767 was validated last year in the US.

Tests and training
After the stop over in Lajes, another 6.5 hour flight takes the F-35 and two accompanying aircraft to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in the US. The F-35 will then remain there for six weeks for tests, before finally moving on to Luke Air Force Base. Here, the aircraft wil be used to train Italian pilots.

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Italian F-35 Lightning II pilot, Major Gian Marco D., is congratulated for making aviation history by piloting an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft on the very first trans-Atlantic Ocean crossing of an F-35 aircraft February 5. The F-35 aircraft — known as AL-1 — arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., from Cameri Air Base, Italy, at 2:24 p.m. EST following an 11-hour oceanic flight.

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The new and improved (and much bigger) Ed Force One landed in Cardiff a couple of hours ago, and isn't she a beauty!! More pics tomorrow when it's daylight...

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Malaysia Airlines will add a new 'Economy Plus' cabin to its Airbus A380s later this year as part of a CEO Christoph Mueller's 'reboot' of the troubled airline.
The economy cabin at the rear of the superjumbo's upper deck – currently the domain of 70 economy class passengers, behind the business class cabin – will be converted into an 'economy plus' zone.
A spokesperson for Malaysia Airlines told Australian Business Traveller that the new cabin would deliver "enhanced space and premium offerings" but specified it would be sold as Economy Plus rather than a dedicated premium economy class favoured by the likes of Qantas, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa and most recently Singapore Airlines.

This indicates the upper deck could retain the same economy seats as the main deck but with with some of its nine rows removed to provide extra legroom, although the 2-4-2 seating layout would likely remain.
Several airlines – including Qantas, Qatar Airways, Air France, China Southern and Thai Airways – include a small economy cabin at the rear of their Airbus A380s.
This zone is often the pick of savvy travellers due to window-side seating in pairs rather than triples (so there's no middle seat), storage bins for the A and K window seats and a generally quieter and more 'intimate' space than the cavernous 350-seat economy cabin downstairs.

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Op donderdag 18 februari 2016 16:56 schreef boriq het volgende:
Bijna 434 milljoen dollar per stuk
bron: airbus