![]() Dozens of 787s were grounded while Rolls-Royce spent $2.7 billion to address the turbine blade corrosion issue. It made the flight in just 5 hours, 13 minutes, at one point traveling 776 mph.īut the financial issues surrounding Norwegian’s low-cost, long-haul model were exacerbated by problems out of their control. I flew Norwegian that summer, on a remarkable non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Madrid of 5800 miles.Ī Norwegian 787 Dreamliner even set a speed record for airliners from New York to London. In 2019, Norwegian had 2,057,284 customers in New York for eight nonstop routes from JFK to Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, London, Madrid, Oslo, Paris and Rome. Flying a mix of Boeing 787s and 737s (including the brand-new 737 MAX) the airline became the largest foreign airline in New York. ![]() While short-haul, low-cost airlines like Southwest and its European imitator, Ryan Air, have been profitable, previous low-cost, long-haul airlines from Tower Air to WOW to Primera have bitten the dust.īut in 2019 Norwegian was riding high. Norwegian was the latest to try to show that long-haul, low-cost airlines dependent on baggage and other fees can succeed. Millions of people were flying between continents, and demand for low-cost flights was high.Ī significant customer for the Boeing 787 was rapidly-expanding budget airline Norwegian. International travel was setting records. How did we get here? To understand why, we need to take a trip back in time to before COVID-19 upended the aircraft industry. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg © 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP. Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying to New York from London's Gatwick airport today as the Scandinavian discount carrier seeks to establish Europe's first viable low-cost long-haul operation. ahead of the company's inaugural flight to New York from the south terminal at London Gatwick airport in Crawley, U.K., on Thursday, July 3, 2014. 787 Dreamliner aircraft, operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle AS. Photo: Stefan Gschwind (Planespotters.Ground crew prepare a Boeing Co. They will replace the two current Air Force One's, the VC-25A. Air Force One, when Donald Trump was still POTUS. Two 747-8I were originally built for Transaero Airlines, but were sold to the US Government to be converted to a VC-25B, a.k.a. The nine 747-8 BBJs that are still flying around can be found with the Kuwait Government, Egyptian Government (they have taken over an ex Lufthansa 747-8), Qatar Amiri Flight (2), Qatar Executive, Brunei Government, Oman Government, Turkish Government, and the Moroccan Government.īesides ten 747-8 BBJs Boeing has built 36 passenger 747-8I and 107 cargo 747-8F (including the last four 747s, currently being built for Atlas Air which will be delivered later this year). If it will be parted out, it will be the first 747-8 airframe to be scrapped. At Marana the aircraft will – according to rumours - be parted out, although that is not confirmed. The aircraft was offered for sale with, according to pictures on the webpage of the sales agent, an empty cabin and just 29 flight hours.Īfter almost ten years of storage it was flown back to the US. Actually since then, not much had happened to the airframe. Nonetheless the aircraft was ferried to Basle for interior modifications on 29 December 2012. The aircraft was planned for interior outfitting at Jet Aviation in Basle, Switzerland, but this contract was cancelled early 2012. ![]() The aircraft was registered as N458BJ on behalf of thrust owner Bank of Utah, and was intended for Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz, but he died in October 2011. The airframe was built in 2012, and made its first flight on 30 May of that same year. On Friday 15 April 2022, long time Basle resident Boeing 747-8 BBJ N458BJ (msn 40065/line 1446) was ferried from Basle to Marana (AZ). ![]()
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