Did you ever look out of an aircraft window and notice the paint marking on the airport runway and wonder what they all mean? Runway paint markings are visual markers that help guide pilots and ensure safe aircraft take-offs and landings. And, if you’re intrigued to understand more about these markings and how they help …
If you are about to fly with an airline you never heard of, you might be wondering if it’s safe. The short answer is that air travel continues to be one of the safest forms of travel. In 2022, a busy year for air travel, there were a total of 33 accidents involving commercial passenger …
The Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 widebodies are very different aircraft physically, primarily due to the upper passenger deck on the A380, making the A380 a much bigger and heavier aircraft than the 787. It’s also worth noting right off the bat that while the A380 is out of production now, the 787 remains in …
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With significant differences in their capabilities, the widebody 747 and narrowbody 757 were developed to serve different types of markets. They embarked on their first commercial flights in 1969 and 1983 respectively. The 757’s production run ended in 2005, and whilst many 757s have now been retired, significant numbers are still operated by airlines such …
Boeing 787 and 747 widebodies are very different aircraft physically, primarily due to the upper passenger deck on the 747, making the 747 a much bigger and heavier aircraft than the 787. The other key difference is that the 787 remains in full production, whereas, the 747’s long production run recently came to an end …
With the recent end of 747 production, I thought it would be interesting to take a look and compare the last two 747 series – the 747-400 and the 747-8 to see where they differ and where the similarities lay. In launching the 747-8 to extend the commercial life of the 747, Boeing had to …
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When Boeing embarked on the 747 program way back in the 1960s it probably never imagined how iconic and admired the 747 would become in the world of civil aviation. The 747 was Boeing’s first wide-body commercial airliner and was conceived as air travel started to surge and airfares started to decrease, creating the opportunity …
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The Airbus A321 and Boeing 737 are competing narrow-body twinjet aircraft. The 737 was introduced 27 years before the first A321 started operating. That said, the 737 has continued to evolve and improve over the decades and is still in production with plenty of orders for the 737MAX variants still to be delivered. The A321 …
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The 777-200 was launched in 1989 to fill the gap in Boeing’s product catalog between the 747 and the 767. The first 777-200 delivery took place in 1995 and was followed by an increased weight and range variant – the 777-200ER, which entered service in 1997. ETOPS (180 minutes) approval for the 777 came in …
