Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (Wallpaper 2) aircraft photo gallery | AirSkyBuster

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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (wallpaper 2). Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane pictures collection 2. The 747-8 VIP variant of the 747-8 intercontinental passenger aircraft was first announced in October 2006, although a contract was placed months earlier by the launch customer, the government of Qatar, in May 2006. By December 2009, orders had been placed for 74 freighters for: launch customer Cargolux based in Luxembourg (13 aircraft), Cathay Pacific (ten), Dubai Aerospace (15), Nippon Cargo Airlines (14), Atlas Air (12), Korean Air (five) and Volga-Dnepr (five). In January 2011, Guggenheim Aviation Partners cancelled its order for four Boeing 747-8 freighters due to delay in deliveries. The forward production plans involve ramping down to completion and final production of the 747-400 series and the simultaneous ramping up of 747-8 production. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (wallpaper 2). Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane pictures collection 2. Delivery of the final 747-400 was in early 2009. The aircraft will be able to operate from about 200 airports worldwide for hub-to-hub and hub-to-point operations. The 14,815km (8,000nm) range allows direct connection between nearly every major city pair airports in the world, for example New York and Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Mumbai, London and Singapore. The aircraft uses the same pilot type ratings as the 747, many existing 747 spares, services and the majority of the ground support equipment. Boeing reports the seat-mile cost of the 747-8 intercontinental is 10% lower and 15% more fuel efficient compared to the 747-400, with nearly equivalent trip costs. Both versions of the 747-8 meet the stage 4 standard and the QC2 standard noise. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (wallpaper 2). Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane pictures collection 2.