Bali converts Boeing aircraft to tourist destination and Singapore Airlines converted Airbus into restaurant

Aircraft like Boeing and Airbus are designed to carry passengers who love to use the aerial route to travel from one place to another. These patrons value their time and want to reach their destination at the earliest. To them, time is money and they bring in revenue for the airlines. However, a time comes when these aircraft are used for purposes other than flying. One such example has become news. It seems inhabitants in Bali are witness to such a situation. Bali inhabitants baffled by Boeing 737 resting in field. Its location is near the popular Pandawa beach in a limestone quarry close to a highway. Its front portion has runway steps leaning against it. Incidentally, it has become a popular tourist destination. Its origin remains a mystery.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore Airlines had the bright idea of converting two of its Airbus into restaurants. It was to allow people to enjoy the thrill of dining in a different surrounding. Travel-starved diners eat in parked jets turned into restaurants. it was a huge success and travel-starved diners enjoyed the unique experience. At that time, the aviation industry was in a crisis and had to dream up strategies to remain visible. The airline was the flag carrier of Singapore and it offered passengers the chance to dine on board two A380 superjumbos -- the world's biggest passenger jet.

Some popular stories in this and related sites –

Pomp and glamour in Durga Puja in Bengal

Preparations for Durga Puja 2022

Nancy Pelosi visits South Korea after Taiwan during her Asian tour

Meghan Markle celebrates her 41st birthday

Chinese missile tactics force Taiwan to reroute ships and cancel international flights

Politicians are like chameleons

Princess Charlotte steals the show at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Tension increases between the U.S. and China on Taiwan - Chinese warplanes visible

Eggs are an integral part of street foods

Harrowing times in Pakistan - more than 280 people killed in rain-related incidents since mid-June

Boeing celebrates 100-years of manufacturing aircraft

Boeing is marking a century of making planes in Seattle and New Zealand played an early role in Boeing's takeoff to become the world's biggest aerospace company - New Zealand became Boeing's first overseas customer when it purchased two float planes for New Zealand flying school in 1918.
The two aircraft "Bluebill," and "Mallard" had been sold for US$3000 (the equivalent of US$68,000 today) and US$1500 was paid for the engine. Today Boeing's latest airliner, the 787 Dreamliner, has a list price of up to $250 million.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 14 July 2016.

Manufacturers of airplanes continue to defy global economic uncertainty by booking huge orders and Boeing has forecast that nearly US$6 trillion worth of aircraft will be needed in the next 20 years. In the latest Farnborough International Airshow, Boeing has released its annual current market outlook.
In the opinion of vice president of marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the aviation sector will continue to see long-term growth with the commercial fleet doubling in size. He expects to see passenger traffic grow 4.8 per cent a year over the next two decades.
The market for single-aisle planes is shared by Boeing and Airbus' A320 family would be especially strong. The growth would be driven by low-cost carriers and the corresponding emerging markets. He has predicted that there would be a requirement for more than 28,140 new aircraft in this segment.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Some more interesting links -

San Fermin bull-running festival kicks off in Pamplona

Three new crew members from US, Russia and Japan on their way to the International Space Station

2016 Rio Olympics - Rio de Janeiro gets ready to welcome 5,00,000 tourists


Didi not happy seeing urchins in Howrah Station (satire)

Moody discusses women’s fashion with Baba Someday (satire)

Lord Shiva and the mystery of haunted houses (satire)


Two suspected ISIS jihadists arrested in Ataturk Airport

There were more than 2000 gun related violence in Chicago during 2016

Four killed and nine police officers injured in terror attack in Bangladesh during Eid prayer


Salman Khan starrer Sultan set to enter the Rs 100-crore club by Day-3

A R Rahman off on his UK Intimate Tour - will perform in London on September 22

Katy Perry creates microblogging history with over 90-million followers on Twitter

2015 Paris Air Show to focus on green issues

#ParisAirShow #ElectricPlane #Boeing #Airbus President Francois Hollande will inaugurate the week-long Paris Air Show and the focus this year would be on green issues. European company Airbus has a whole range of new products to show off. One of these is its prototype all-electric plane, the E-Fan, along with a cleaner, quieter civilian helicopter, the H160.
The show is expected to attract around 315,000 visitors and 2,260 exhibitors from 47 countries.
This has been reported in zeenews.com dated 15 June 2015.

The focus on green innovations is because of the global climate conference which would be hosted in the same venue later this year – the aviation industry has already committed to being carbon-neutral by 2020.
Among the products would be fuel saving devices - rising fuel prices are a big motivator towards this objective.
Boeing has promised that its next mid-range carrier, the 737 MAX, will offer 20-percent fuel savings. It has already managed to bag more than 2,700 orders, even though it has yet to make an appearance.
Similarly, Airbus A320neo, with a 15 percent cut in fuel consumption, has also picked up a record 3,800 pre-orders before the first one has even left the production line.
Obviously, the stress on going green is of paramount importance to not only reduce the global warming but also to increase profits because no airline would want the cost of fuel to erode its profits.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

A few more must reads -
Airbus to showcase its E-Fan 2.0 silent plane in Paris Air Show

Music is a great healer – listen to classical music and lower your blood pressure

Taxi strike in Kolkata opens the doors for Uber and Ola cabs

Pickles and yoghurt help youngsters to tackle social anxiety


MI5 warns – extremists on the prowl in the streets of Britain

ISIS militants ambush and kill Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

British would-be jihadists are making detour to Syria via Canada to avoid detection


How retired persons keep themselves busy

Learn to embrace the mall culture

Time weighs down heavily on retired men

US astronauts onboard ISS have to work for their living – spacewalk is their routine

#spacewalk #ISS #NASA #AstroButch #AstroTerry #SpaceX #Boeing The US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Terry Virts who are onboard the ISS have to work hard for their living – these spacewalking astronauts have already routed more than 300 feet of cable outside the International Space Station. This is not an easy task but is tricky and tiring and they have to complete the task before the new American-made crew capsules arrive.
This has been reported on foxnews.com dated 21 February 2015.
Their latest spacewalk was the first of three such walks planned over the coming week. The total length of cable they have to run outside the ISS is 764 feet and they have already succeeded in completing the rigging of eight power and data lines, or roughly 340 feet.
In the opinion of NASA, the task ahead for Butch Wilmore and Terry Virts is the most complicated cable-routing job in the 16-year history of the space station and it would be equally difficult to run the cable on the inside of the complex. This extensive rewiring is necessary in order to get ready for NASA's next phase.
In 2017, it would be time for arrival of the first commercial spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to the orbiting lab.
It may be recalled that NASA has contracted with Boeing and SpaceX to build the capsules and fly them from Cape Canaveral.
Once they arrive in the ISS, the docking ports must be ready hence, still more spacewalks would be necessary to set everything up.

NASA eyes humans on Mars by 2024 – Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts to ISS

#NASA #boeing #SpaceX #CST100 #ISS NASA plans to tie up with commercial companies like Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station ISS by 2017 and, subsequently, to send humans to Mars by 2024. It may be recalled that the announcement of US$4.2 billion for Boeing and US$2.6 billion for SpaceX was made in September 2014. However, things are gradually hotting up.
Following the end of its 30-year space shuttle program in 2011, NASA has to rely on Russia and its Soyuz capsules but the cost charged is $US70-million per seat but, with the entry of private contractors like Boeing and SpaceX, the cost would reduce to approximately $US58-million.
As indicated by Commercial crew program manager Kathy Lueders, the cost per seat in the new US commercial industry would be approximately $US58 million – this would be an average cost teased out over the course of a five-year mission plan. The goal is to have two robust providers.
The tentative plans are to send a NASA astronaut and a Boeing test pilot in the first crewed test flight on the spacecraft called Crew Space Transportation-100, or CST-100 for short, in July 2017. This has been informed by John Elbon, Boeing's vice president and general manager of space exploration.
NASA administrator Charles Bolden has clarified that the rise of private industry in reaching low-Earth orbit would translate into greater benefits because the US space agency will then be in a position to focus on sending humans to Mars by 2024.
Of course, another major benefit for the US would be to end its costly dependency on the Russian space agency.