Flydubai Boeing 737-800 (A6-FDA) taken at Boeing Field in Seattle, WA before its delivery to the airline.
Flydubai is a relatively low cost carrier flying out of the Dubai International Airport. They have a feel of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft. They currently only have about ten aircraft, but have orders for over 50 more. The airline was founded in March 2008 by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, who is the chairman of Emirates Airlines. Flydubai is not affiliated with Emirates at this time.
With so many aircraft on order, there is an aggressive growth strategy to expand their presence in the middle east.
Both United and Continental have interesting pasts
This is almost a guest post once removed. Dan Webb over on his blog Things in the Sky had a guest post from his friend Court who made a wonderful graphic showing the histories of both United and Continental Airlines. We are still waiting to hear the final word on the merger, but I expect it to be approved and the airlines will both move forward. Before that happens, let’s first take a little look back at where both airlines earned their wings (sorry I couldn’t help it).
Harriet writes about airports, air travel, unusual museums and other topics for MSNBC.com, USATODAY.com and many other outlets. She also runs the blog Stuck at the Airport.
During the book signing, the Future of Flight Store will also offer wine tasting and discounts of up to 50% on selected Northwest wines.
Go see some planes, take a tour of Boeing, get some amazing books signed. No, I don’t get any kick backs for any books sold, but they are great books. I have my own copy of Washington Curiosities and love it!
I was visiting a friend and at a sort of dive-bar that had this photo on the wall. I Tweeted out asking people to guess what kind of plane it belongs to and got all sorts of answers. I decided to also put it up on the blog to see if you can find out what kind of plane is this?
Bonus points if you know the bar (was in the greater Seattle area).
Just before leaving Oshkosh Airventure on Saturday everyone got a real treat watching this privately owned Harrier over and land vertically in front of a cheering crowd.
