O petróleo está em queda, mas a incerteza continua em alta

[atomez]

Os A380 da Singapore Airlines vão ter camarotes privados:


Private luxury: passengers will be able to travel from Sydney to Singapore in their own cabin later this month. A London service will be introduced next year


E camas duplas:


Joining the Mile High Club is set to become easier on this Singapore Airlines jumbo plane

[Jiboia Cega]

Que vergonha...faz lembrar o mobutu do ex-zaire que quando saiu do poleiro tinha uma riqueza acumulada que dava pagar pagar toda a divida do seu pais!!!

Pois mas o avião dele continua estacionado na Portela... não pagou o conserto

Começou a semana passada a ser desmantelado. Já não era sem tempo, foi é preciso espaço que já é muito pouco...

[Elias]

Que vergonha...faz lembrar o mobutu do ex-zaire que quando saiu do poleiro tinha uma riqueza acumulada que dava pagar pagar toda a divida do seu pais!!!

Pois mas o avião dele continua estacionado na Portela... não pagou o conserto

[Keyser Soze]

até os states já estão interessados no A380

EXCLUSIVE: US considers Airbus A380 as Air Force One and potentially a C-5 replacement
By Stephen Trimble

The Airbus A380 has attracted interest from the US Air Force (USAF) as a cargo freighter and as a large VIP transport in the Air Force One class, says an industry source.

EADS last summer responded to two separate inquiries by the USAF’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) about the A380, which is a double-decker jet delivered to Singapore Airlines on 15 October after a long delay.

AMC’s first request asked EADS to submit data about the A380F Freighter for potential use as a military airlifter, the source said, adding that the company has submitted a reply and expects an invitation to make a presentation in December to AMC officials.

The request may be linked to the USAF’s ongoing review of a potentially over-budget re-engining and reliability improvement programme for the Lockheed Martin C-5 fleet. Lockheed insists the programme can be accomplished within the current budget, but USAF estimates indicate a 50% to 100% cost growth.

USAF officials were not immediately available to comment.

Separately, AMC also requested data from EADS about three Airbus jets as part of a market survey for “VIP Large Aircraft Recapitalization”, the source said. The survey solicited data about the A380, A340-600 and A330-200.

The USAF may soon need to recapitalize the VC-25 Air Force One and the US Navy also may face similar pressure to replace the E-4 Looking Glass airborne command post. Both aircraft are based on the Boeing 747-200 and entered service in the early 1990s. Many commercial airliners are retiring the 747-200 due to age and fuel inefficiency.

Boeing’s Global Support Systems (GSS) division is aware that the USAF may need to replace the VC-25 with a new model and intends to offer the Boeing 747-8, which features new engines and wings and is scheduled to enter service in 2009.

Retaining the company’s historic monopoly on the Air Force One fleet is the GSS division’s top priority, Boeing officials say.

Recent acquisition contracts show that presidential aircraft fleets are not immune from transatlantic competition. In 2004, the US Navy selected an Italian-British helicopter design – the EH101 -- offered by Lockheed for the next presidential helicopter.

The Lockheed product, which has since faced cost and technical problems, beat a rival bid from incumbent “Marine One” supplier Sikorsky.

AMC’s two separate requests for Airbus jets arrived as EADS prepared a bid for the KC-X tanker contract based on the A330-200 converted freighter. The US Special Operations Command, meanwhile, has previously asked EADS for information about the A400M. Another EADS division, Eurocopter, is supplying the EC145 to the US Army as a light utility helicopter.

[atomez]

O mais recente brinquedo dos ultra-ricos -- submarinos privados

Forget fancy sports cars and private jets, submarines are the new vessel of choice for the ultra rich.

In the world of 150-foot yachts, private helicopters and lightening fast speedboats, there is a new toy so exclusive that buyers are actually invoking non-disclosure agreements.

[atomez]

O humor dos anglo-saxónicos é imbatível

Sir Richard even went as far as suggesting it could have private cabins costing from £2,000 which he dubbed "the Mile High Club."

Sabem o que é este "Mile High Club" não sabem?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_high_club

[Keyser Soze]

Friday, 10 March 2006, 13:54 GMT



Castro buys new presidential jet


External view of President Castro's new presidential plane

The luxury plane was exported to Havana from Russia

Cuba is buying one of Russia's most up-to-date airliners, carefully crafted for President Fidel Castro's personal comfort.

The purchase is part of an initial Cuban order for two brand new Ilyushin planes worth $110 million (£63 million) which Russian officials say is a shot in the arm for their struggling airline industry.

To head off criticism that a new presidential jet is an expensive luxury in austere times, Cuba says one of its new planes is being used to ferry workers to and from Venezuela.

To finance the deal, Cuba has paid 15% of the total sum up front, the rest coming from a 10-year loan from Russian banks.

Creature comforts

Russian NTV Mir television said the designers at Ilyushin had worked hard to give Mr Castro as smooth and secure a journey as possible.

"This is a sofa bed on which he can spend his hours of rest or read a book from his own library. Everything has been designed to be as ergonomic as possible, with a personal reading lamp," designer Aleksandr Kuchukhidze told the channel.



Principal interior designer Anton Nikolayev added: "Beige colours will predominate. Business meetings and talks can be held here."

The station showed the little luxuries the president could expect: a DVD player, drinks bar and leather seats. But security is paramount too: the plane comes with armoured cockpit doors and a system for making bombs safe.

Export breakthrough

The report showed the Ilyushin Il-96-300, built in Voronezh, being handed over at Havana's Jose Marti airport. It said the order was one of the biggest the Voronezh Ilyushin plant had secured this decade.

"These are the first Russian civilian aircraft to have been exported in the last 15 years," Ilyushin finance director Aleksandr Rubtsov said.

"We are convinced that Cuba can become a springboard for exporting our planes, above all in the countries of Latin America."

Russia and Cuba plan to sign another contract in Cuba on 10 March for the supply of a further five airliners, for an undisclosed sum.

Cuba has been a key customer of Soviet-built aircraft - whether civilian Ilyushins or military MiGs - since the Cold War era.

Even today, Cuban pilots for the newest Ilyushins are being trained in Russia, and Ilyushin engineers are in to Havana to school ground crews on maintaining the planes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4793048.stm

[Keyser Soze]

Vladimir Putin







mais: http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/2007/01/putins-plane.html

[novo_nisto]

Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau has just ordered a Dreamliner VIP. It's the same airplane you and I are going to use, but instead of being crammed in seat 36D between Biff, the overweight shoe salesman, and Chantal, the aerobic teacher from Fort Lauderdale, he'll have a 2,404 square-feet luxurious cabin all for himself.

O humor dos anglo-saxónicos é imbatível

[MozHawk]

Keyser,

Esse dormitório tem muito mau aspecto.

Lis,

Coitada, se o fizesse ficaria nas lonas...

Abraço,
MozHawk

[atomez]

Mas que raio de coisa é essa? Um abrigo para desalojados voador???

Este 787 Dreamliner privativo tem muito melhor aspecto

Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau has just ordered a Dreamliner VIP. It's the same airplane you and I are going to use, but instead of being crammed in seat 36D between Biff, the overweight shoe salesman, and Chantal, the aerobic teacher from Fort Lauderdale, he'll have a 2,404 square-feet luxurious cabin all for himself.

[Keyser Soze]

Welcome to sardine air: Airline introduces triple bunk beds in economys



Cosy: A computer generated image of what economy class passengers could look forward to in the future


By RAY MASSEY
Last updated at 19:28pm on 6th August 2007

With triple-decker bunk-beds stacked from floor to ceiling, it looks a cross between a school dormitory and the sleeping quarters on a troop ship.

But thrifty fliers take note. German airline Lufthansa is considering introducing just such an economy sleeper cabin on its long-haul flights.

It would, for the first time, offer economy-class passengers a bed rather than a seat for a more comfortable ride.

The triple decker bunks are set out in the herring-bone pattern of a kipper - designed to give the maximum number of passengers the chance of a kip.

The fly-and-lie "kipper class" service is likely to take place first on the giant Airbus A380, giving budget fliers the chance of a horizontal snooze that, until now, is the preserve of business and First class fliers.

But it could be adapted to most long-haul aircraft.

Details of the idea - which would radically alter intercontinental travel - emerged yesterday as the airline hailed encouraging feedback from customers quizzed in an online poll.

Lufthansa spokeswoman Amelie Lorenz said: "We are going to analyse the results of the survey and then we will decide whether to proceed or not. But the first results have been very positive."

Most airlines already provide flat bed seats on their long-range routes, but only for first- and business-class customers.

Economy-class passengers have had to settle for being packed into tightly regimented reclining seats for extended periods of travel, which have been blamed for causing potentially fatal blood clots known as deep-vein thrombosis, or DVT, in susceptible individuals.

Until now, airlines have been reluctant to introduce fully reclining seats in economy class because they require more space.

This reduces the number of passengers and decreases profit for the carriers.

But by stacking beds one on top of another, the airline can make use of the normally unused space in the cabin above fliers.

Lufthansa revealed computer-generated pictures of its triple-decker bunk beds as part of a customer survey it conducted among selected customers to see if the idea had wings.

The official picture, which the airline was nevertheless reluctant to release, features a layout of berths stacked three-high in diagonal rows - herringbone-style - along the sides of the plane. There are two additional rows bunked berths at the centre of a wide central aisle.

The high-density bunk-beds would allow the airline to accommodate enough passengers, while still providing them with the luxury of a good night's sleep on an overnight flight, without having to charge them a £3,000 price tag.

Miss Lorenz noted that the proposed layout - which appeared to represent the lower deck of the twin-level Airbus A380 - was just one of those under consideration.

If the airline decides to go ahead with the proposed sleeper cabin, the best option will be selected, she said.

The A380 - the world's largest airliner - will fly on Lufthansa's ultra-long haul flights, including those from Germany to North America, South Africa, the Far East and Australia. It has already flown long-haul, staffed with a full Lufthansa crew and VIP passengers, to Hong Kong and the United States.

If the new "kipper class" idea is adopted, the airline would have to fine-tune how the beds would be adjusted to enable passengers to eat meals - and how the cabin would be configured for take off and landing.

But Lufthansa suggested it was ready for the challenge.

The bunk beds would be transformed from seats after take off and would cost around £120 more than a flexible economy fare.

They would be linked to the flight entertainment system but would be unlikely to include a meal service, other than a light snack and bottled water from the buffet, because passengers booking them would be anxious to get their heads down to sleep as quickly as possible.

The bunk beds would have to be approved by the international safety authorities, who would consider ease of evacuation in an emergency.

Business travellers on passenger websites have broadly welcomed Lufthansa's bunk bed idea.

One passenger noted: "The prospect of being able to get a decent night's sleep on a flight without having to fork out a four figure sum would be a monumental step forward for air travel."

Another said: "I think that it could prove very popular with business travellers whose companies are too stingy to let them fly business class. Even with the £120 surcharge, this should still be within the range of all but the most draconian corporate travel policies."

Miss Lorenz said: "This is part of an innovation process within our airline. It is part of our normal product development."

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic will be the first UK airline to take delivery of the A380 superjumbo and has already expressed an interest in putting beds into its planes.

Sir Richard even went as far as suggesting it could have private cabins costing from £2,000 which he dubbed "the Mile High Club."

Three years ago he said: "It has been one of my long held ambitions to have double beds onboard our aircraft and now, once again, we are leading the way in product innovation onboard our aircraft."

British Airways has yet to commit to buying any A380s.

More than a decade ago some aircraft engineers came up with the idea of sleeping capsules on planes, similar to the capsule hotels in Japan.

[sharpyn]

Que vergonha...faz lembrar o mobutu do ex-zaire que quando saiu do poleiro tinha uma riqueza acumulada que dava pagar pagar toda a divida do seu pais!!!

[Jiboia Cega]

sim para ele e para as 524 esposas....

concubinas queres tu dizer?...

[redhot]

É para um xeque do golfo pérsico! E há vários modelos de interiores cada um mais "horripilantemente" luxuoso que o outro...

Coitadinhos...

sim para ele e para as 524 esposas....

[Jiboia Cega]

É para um xeque do golfo pérsico! E há vários modelos de interiores cada um mais "horripilantemente" luxuoso que o outro...

Coitadinhos...

[Lis]

...para a filha de josé eduardo dos santos. Com as idas às compras a paris, londres e NY, não lhe chega o porão de um a380. São os lucros das percerias com a pt e o amorim.

[Keyser Soze]

On Wednesday, Airbus confirmed that it had booked an order from an individual for its A380 super-jumbo. It said only that the buyer, whom it did not name, was not from Europe or the United States. The $300 million plane seats 525 people; Airbus said this one would be converted "for personal use for him and his entourage."