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Qatar Airways with its brand new fleet, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, one of the most advanced passenger jet aircraft in the market.

The first picture shown seat configuration in economy class. They have 3-3-3 seat configuration with spacious 17.2 inch width and nice 31 inch pitch (legroom). These are more than enough to give comfortable feeling during flight in short, medium even long-haul flights.



Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Seat Configuration and Layout Map

Indian Air Force bought support deal for Lockheed Martin C-130J worth to USD 96 million, United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced.

Currently, Indian Air Force operating five of Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical airlifters as well as additional six order of the similar type. The additional order came after Indian Air Force loss its six C-130J fleet due to crash.

While the support deal will cover radar warning receivers, about nine thousands flare cartridges, counter-measure dispensing systems and many equipment related to the C-130J.

The main objective of this acquisition and deal are to ensure aircraft operate effectively in order to support military transport and humanitarian assistance during disaster if necessary. Indian Air Force to place six C-130Js in west and east coasts of India each.

Japan recorded highest interceptions and scrambling over neighbor or foreign aircraft that approaching its airspace.



The defence ministry of Japan said that in 2014, there were 943 jet scrambling, increased about 16 percent compare to the 2013. The ministry added most of foreign aircraft were Russian and Chinese military aircraft.

Back to the Cold War era, there were even more jet interceptions attempt. Eventually its decreased after Cold War end.

Minister of Defence said that there were no significant airspace violation in recent years, but the tensions tend to increase due to  territorial disputes with Japan between China and Russia.

For example, Japan and China disputing over islands in East China Sea and over islands located in north coast Japan with Russia. Responding to the tensions, Japan has increased its defence budget in on going years.

South Korean airlines, Asiana Airlines' Airbus A320-200 veered off runway after touch down at Hiroshima Airport, Japan.



The flight number OZ162, flew from Seoul, Korea to Hiroshima in medium-haul or regional flights. The A320-200 carried about 74 passengers and another eight of crew member.

Initial report says that about 20 passengers were minor injured, such as bruises and scratches. Whole passengers were completely evacuated to the nearest hospital.



The picture shown the Airbus A320-200 of Asiana Airlines without any landing gear attached, whole parts were come off right after landing. There were several fire mobile engines in order of firing precaution.

There is no official report yet regarding main cause of the accident.

Previously, two years ago, Boeing 777 series of Asiana Airlines had similar accident in San Francisco Airport, three people killed.

Japan Coast Guard, Airbus Helicopter H225

Japan Coast Guard has ordered an additional Airbus Helicopter H225 to serve on the search and rescue, and other functions.

The new helicopter will arrive in late 2018, and will be the sixth example of the type in the fleet of Coast Guard helicopters Airbus said in a statement.

In addition to search and rescue, the helicopter 11t serve in strengthening security, border patrol, and relief missions. Airbus adds that 24 helicopters helicopters Super Puma family operating in Japan both civil operators and utilities. Previously, the H225 known as Eurocopter Super Puma.

Qatar Airways To Expand, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways has announced a major expansion network of 14 new destinations on four continents. The new routes will further expand the reach of the network of the airline, and include the longest flight in the world, between Doha and Auckland, New Zealand, said CEO Akbar Al Baker in a statement.

Five new European destinations with six in Africa and three in the Southwest Pacific / Southeast Asia are added, the airline added. Daily flights will begin in the Italian city of Pisa, on August 2, while a service to Sarajevo (Bosnia) will begin on September 7, with three flights per week, and daily nonstop flights to Helsinki (Finland) is will start on October 10.

Three times weekly service between Doha and Skopje (Macedonia) will start in November, while Qatar Airways back to Nice (France) in the summer of 2017, with five flights a week.

Flights to Marrakech (Morocco) will begin in July, three times a week, and the carrier will operate four weekly flights between Doha and Windhoek (Namibia) from 28 September.

A regular daily service to Seychelles will resume on December 12, while Qatar Airways will offer three flights a week to Douala (Cameroon) and Libreville (Gabon) between January and three times weekly to Lusaka (Zambia) service will begin in the summer 2017.

The daily service to Auckland - first route of Qatar Airways to New Zealand - will begin on December 3, while four flights per week to Krabi (Thailand) will begin on December 6 and three flights per week to Chiang Mai (Thailand) also It will launch in December.

Al Baker said: "Qatar Airways is proud to be a global connector, and most importantly, providing direct and convenient connections for our customers, so we remain their preferred airline.

"These new destinations are where our customers want to go, and where we see the greatest opportunity to provide better in-class experience at a good price. We expect growth in our network and receive new passengers of Qatar Airways."

The addition of new routes is carried out in parallel with the growth plans of Qatar Airways fleet. On average, the airline receives a new aircraft once every 10 days, and the average age of the fleet is less than four years.

Lockheed Martin U-2

Lockheed Martin U-2 the Dragon Lady. or also known as Dragon Lady, the cold war spy aircraft era that still on operation by United States Air Force. The Lockheed Martin creates the ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft back in 1955, then introduced in 1957. Although it is only powered by single-engine, this thing can fly high at 21,000 meters of altitude or about 70,000 feet up there.

According to US Defense ministry, the U-2 Dragon Lady conducted flown mission over Soviet Union air space during cold war, as well as China, Cuba and Vietnam territory. At that time, the aircraft operated by CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The modernization variant the U-2s has successfully applied to the aircraft in 2012. Then involved in US military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan war, some time NATO also have used the Dragon Lady to do some spying flight mission.

American Airlines Airbus A321

The first fleet of Airbus A321 of American Airlines, largest carrier in USA. Picture shown the aircraft has been completed paint job from painting facility of Airbus United States in Mobile, Alabama. This is the first Airbus which fully built and assembled in United States.

Emirates and Russian S7 Airlines, have improved their association which is set to improve connectivity and benefits to customers across Russia. Emirates and S7 Airlines have been on an interline partnership since 2003 was even higher in 2008.

The new codeshare agreement is based more on this strong partnership and sees the code States added more than 30 routes operated by S7 Airlines across Russia, as well as service twice a week between Dubai to Novosibirsk S7. S7 also enables reciprocally put its code on the Dubai to Moscow route operated by Emirates.

The new agreement allows customers States to connect seamlessly through Moscow to a number of destinations: Anapa, Astrakhan, Barnaul, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Mineralny Vody, Nizhnekamsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Noviy Urengoy, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Stavropol, Tomsk, Tyumen, Ufa, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Voronezh and Yekaterinburg.



The expanded alliance also creates a direct link with the code Emirates between St. Petersburg and Moscow, which allows visitors to experience two largest cities of Russia with a unique travel itinerary. Thierry Antinori, executive vice president of Emirates and Commercial Director, said: "Our new codeshare agreement with S7 Airlines code provides passengers with greater choice, flexibility and ease of connection to different cities within Russia Dubai, ultimately They are offering a smoother, more convenient travel experience. "

Anton Eremin, S7 Group Deputy Director General, said: "This new codeshare agreement with Emirates is an exciting development for S7 customers are provided with a comfortable and hassle to Dubai access and onwards to the rest of the world through. an extensive network of routes Emirates, direct from your local airport. "

Based on Domodedovo Airport (DME), S7 Airlines operates flights to over 80 cities from its hub in Moscow. US customers traveling on any of the routes codeshare 30 + S7 will enjoy the same baggage allowance as their responsibility in their flight States and have the convenience of a single ticket. All Emirates passengers on flights operated by S7 receive boarding passes at the check-in on your first starting point for all connecting flights, providing a smooth travel experience.

The new reservation service codeshare is now available in emirates.com and through US offices and sales partners travel for travel starting today. Emirates currently has codeshare agreements in place with a number of partner airlines around the world, including Qantas, Jetstar and Jet Blue code.

Kuwait has confirmed its order for 28 Tranche 3 Eurofighter Typhoons, making the nation the eighth Middle East customer for the jet fighter. The governments of Italy and Kuwait on April 5 ended contract, which will see the aircraft assembled at the plant in Turin Eurofighter partner company Finmeccanica, the commercial potential customer for the consortium agreement.

The 28 aircraft will be integrated with the Captor Euroradar E-Scan scanning electron active array radar. The contract also includes logistics and operational support, and training of Air Force flight and ground crews of Kuwait in relation to the Italian air force, which also operates the type. Typhoon land needed for infrastructure will also be installed in Kuwait.

Mauro Moretti, CEO of Finmeccanica, said that this is the biggest contract the company has ever received, and will benefit the consortium partners as well as smaller Italian companies. The 22 single seat variant and six two seats variant of Typhoons to Kuwait will undergo final assembly in Italy, but the manufacturing of the front fuselage and vertical tail of the aircraft 28 will be held in the UK by BAE Systems Eurofighter partners.

"We welcome the signing of the agreement today between Italy and Kuwait for the supply of 28 Eurofighter Typhoons," adds BAE. "The state of Kuwait will be the third country in the Middle East, and the eighth country in general to operate the aircraft. This confirms the position of the Typhoon aircraft as swing-role combat new and more advanced generation available today."

Eurofighter first revealed the selection of the Typhoon Kuwait in September 2015, three years after the previous order for the type of Oman. The other client Typhoon Middle East is Saudi Arabia, while Austria, Germany Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom also operate the jet fighter.

"This will allow Kuwait to benefit from the critical mass that developed in the Gulf and the many benefits it brings to an air force in terms of interoperability, training and support service."

A warship has sailed US near a disputed island in the South China Sea to challenge efforts to limit freedom of access, the Pentagon said.
The ship passed near Triton Island in the Paracel Islands, said a statement.

China, one of the countries that claim the islands, responded by accusing the US of violating its laws. China and other nations have competing claims in the South China Sea, which is rich in resources.
The USA. He says he does not take sides in these territorial disputes but want to safeguard access to important navigation route.

The mission to the fight against "excessive maritime claims of the parties that claim the Paracel Islands," the Pentagon said.
"This operation defied attempts of the three claimants - China, Taiwan and Vietnam - to restrict the rights and freedoms of navigation," around the islands, said spokesman Captain Jeff Davis.

According to the statement, the destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island. No Chinese ships were in the area at the time, the Pentagon said.

But a Chinese Foreign Ministry accused the US of violating Chinese law "for entering Chinese territorial waters without permission."
The USA. He admitted that he had not notified any of the applicants before the mission, but this was "consistent with our normal process and international law".

In a previous operation "freedom of navigation", the US a destroyer sailed near the disputed Spratly Islands last year, an incident which also caused a protest from China.

The extra wide body Airbus A350 during water ingestion test on runway at Airbus' facility in France. Airbus used Qatar livery since the airline was the launch customer of Airbus A350 series.

According to FAA documents number AC 20-124 about Water Ingestion Testing for Turbine Powered Airplanes that issued in 1985. It stated that compliance with the requirements of the FAR regarding the ingestion of water from runway or taxiway into the airspeed system, engine as well as auxiliary power unit (APU) of turbine powered an aircraft. Photo credit goes to Airbus, what a spectacular photo shoot.

American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Here it is, the only helicopter that only operated by United States Army, the Bell OH-58 Kiowa while in flight. Nearly 500 OH-58s operated by the Army, one of the largest fleet helicopter in the world and one of the longest lifetime' operation, the Bell Oh-58 has been operated by the Army since 1969 until present.

The Kiowa is single-rotor, single-engine military helicopter, manufactured by Bell. The main purpose of this rotorcraft are observation, utility as well as direct firing support. The OH-58 built based on Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter.

An Airbus A380 landed in Auckland on Wednesday after traveling 14,200 kilometers from Dubai, grabbing the title of longest flight scheduled aircraft in the world to support the Gulf States.

Not to be outdone, Qatar Airways will this year offer services to Santiago, some 225 kilometers newest and your own Auckland route, registration will run 321 kilometers.

Gulf leaders operators are adding destinations performance after stretching largely exhausted the potential of new links between the largest cities. Its operations centers desert, located at the confluence of the flight routes between Asia, Europe, Africa and America, are also attracting passengers enough traffic to provide the critical mass necessary for services once marginal feasible.

"We will add a city before we have the network to support it," said Qatar Airways said in a statement to Bloomberg. "While the title of longest flight of an airline can move and change between the companies, only a few airlines are competing in that space. That's where the advantage of our geography comes in."




Thomas Pellegrin, director of the center PricewaterhouseCoopers aviation in Dubai, told Gulf companies are scouring the world in search of opportunities that larger cities within eight hours become "increasingly saturated" with flights. PWC estimates that US, Qatar and Air Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi and serve all agglomerations with a population of 10 million or more, factoring in codeshare agreements, and 87 percent of that from 5 million to 10 million of people.

At the same time, its scope extends to only a third of the cities with a population between 1 million and 5 million. While "the economy are less obvious," these sites also include many of the fastest growing, Pellegrin said.

Auckland Emirates flight, which departed at 10:05 am Tuesday (local time) will capture the record distance of the Sydney-Dallas route operated by Australia's Qantas Airways, with an Airbus A380. A380 services is an isolated and Emirates route will be operated with 777-200LR done. The carrier Gulf, which ranks as the largest airline on international routes, is also ready to offer longer service when it starts its operations to Panama City on March 31.

Oil Price Factor

While your outgoing Auckland route will take 17 hours and 15 minutes and the return just under 16 hours, the Central Service will be 17 hours and 35 minutes when flying westward as it heads to the prevailing wind. Routes ultra-long distance are also becoming attractive with lower oil prices, as deployed planes carry fewer passengers than the aircraft used on shorter routes in order to earn extra mileage, giving thin margins. 10 777-200LRs Emirates can carry 266 people, compared with 350 in the same provision of the 777-300ER more than 100 that form the backbone of its fleet.
Six 10 longest routes in the world that were already offered by companies in the Middle East before the inauguration of New Zealand this week, although unlike the new flights that serve global cities like Los Angeles, a destination for Arab, Qatar Air, Etihad and Saudi Arabian achievable with the A380 and 777-300ER Airlines.

The service direct Auckland, which said chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum "has been in the spotlight for some time," will save three hours from to four-times daily current journey across Australia, and link with flights to 39 European cities.

Adnan Kazim, Emirates vice president for strategic planning, said in an email that the vehicle is capable of serving the "mature market" directly as the arrival of new aircraft 200LRs releases.

Gulf companies are also looking for new outlets as they run into obstacles while targeting expansion in existing markets such as the US, where Delta Air Lines is campaigning for a revision of the treaties to limit air services access, and Germany, where the number of destinations and frequencies is strictly limited.

The arrival of new aircraft, such as Boeing 777X updated further enhance performance, so most of the planet accessible from the Gulf beyond 2020. However, improvements in range also could prove a double-edged sword making routes such as London to Sydney possible for the first time and eliminating the need to change planes or refuel at an airport hub.

Singapore Airlines is in turn likely to regain the longest flight title with the reintroduction of direct services to the New York area once Airbus makes a lighter version of its latest A350-900 aircraft available in 2018. The Asian airline once flew 19 hours, 15,288 km route using a four-Airbus A340-500 with 100 seats before discarding business service in 2013 after it was nonviable, adding about five hours for the journey.

One of the most sophisticated and jet fighter of Russian Air Force, the Sukhoi Su-35 on beautiful Russian flag livery. This picture taken at Russian Air Force Base and some soldiers are lining up down there.

The Sukhoi Su-35 is upgraded variant of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker jet fighter. This jet only available in single-seat variant, powered by two-massive engines and famous by supermaneuverable multirole jet fighter. The Su-35 designed by Sukhoi and manufactured by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association or also known as KnAAPO.

The American carrier, Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 while flying over Italy. This photo taken by Marco Papa somewhere around Alpen Mountain. This aircraft has N666US registered code flew from Atlanta or New York. What a stunning photo, its landing gear systems are retracting up, towards the landing gear bay.

Delta Air Lines is one of the largest airline in United States, they have most destinations among another airline even giant American Airlines group. Currently they have more than 800 aircraft in operations and keep on increasing as its demand steep up.

Boeing 747-400 is the largest passenger aircraft manufactured by Boeing. Delta has 9 of it, in the future probably the carrier wants to get it retired since it has poor operational cost. Delta to replace all inefficient and ageing aircraft. Despite of all of those, the jumbo jet aircraft remain inside aviation enthusiasts. On the other hand Delta has placed its firm order for Boeing 787 series, Airbus A350 series as well as Airbus A330neo.

The Boeing AH-6 the little bird of US Army while maneuvering in the blue sky, the attack chopper also known as killer egg. The base variant is MH-6 the light-weight helicopter whilst the AH-6 is the attack variant. The AH-6 can be equipped with heavy weapons, guns, rockets as well as anti tank missiles. This helicopter only used by US Army for special operations only, because this kind of helicopter able to carry crew up to six people on board. The killer egg also has up to 282 kmh at maximum speed, 430 km of flight range at service altitude 5,700 m height.

The light weight Cessna 177 Cardinal while flying above Spain air space and sunset scene back there. The 177 Cardinal is single-engine with high wing configuration, produced between 1968-1978. This aircraft is successor of Cessna 172 Skyhawk and successfully manufactured nearly 5,000 units at that time. At its first introduction, it cost around USD 27,000, the 177 Cardinal is one of the best light weight aircraft ever built by Cessna, they are still to be most wanted aircraft in the second-hand aircraft market.

Thai Airways with Airbus A380-800 touching down runway at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Credit of this photo goes to Timo Jager, taken the photograph with brilliant timing. Currently Thai Airways International operating six A380s, the carrier selected an aircraft with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine variant. There are also Engine Alliance GP7000 engine optional. Thailand carrier joined A380's operator since 2012.