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Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.
A Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental of Lufthansa, its launch and largest operator. The passenger version, named 747-8 Intercontinental or 747-8I was formally launched on November 14, 2005, by Boeing. [138] It can carry up to 467 passengers in a typical three-class configuration over a range of 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at Mach 0.855.
1 B747SP, 1B747-400, 1 B747-8I United Arab Emirates: Dubai Royal Air Wing: 5: 2 B747-400, 2 B747-400M, 1 B747-400F Oman: The Royal Flight Sultanate of Oman (RFO) 3: 1 B747SP, 1 B747-400, 1 B747-8I Qatar: Qatar Amiri Flight: 2: B747-8I Kuwait: State of Kuwait 1: B747-8I South Korea: Code One operated by South Korean Air Force: 1: B747-8I United ...
The Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gifted the Boeing 747-8 to Turkey in September 2018. [1] This proved controversial in Turkey due the sheer cost of the plane. [2] The BBJ 747-8i was the first aircraft of its type to be delivered. The 747-8 BBJ is the largest VIP aircraft ever built. [1]
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
This is a list of destinations that Frontier Airlines serves or has previously served as of December 2024. It does not include destinations served by a codeshare agreement with Volaris, or via charter flights on behalf of Apple Vacations and Fun Jet Vacations.
These include a Boeing 767-200ER, a Boeing 747-8 BBJ, and a Boeing 787-8. An Airbus A310, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747SP, and Airbus A340-200 were previously used as well. The A340, 767, and 787 carry a hybrid Royal Brunei Airlines livery, whereas the 747s carry a white livery with brown lines and the coat-of-arms of Brunei on the tail.
Frontier Airbus A318 in the livery introduced in 2001. Frontier was the first operator of the A318. Frontier took delivery of its first Airbus aircraft (an A319) in 2001 and simultaneously launched with it DirecTV in-flight television along with a new company livery. Frontier Airlines was the launch customer of the Airbus A318 in 2003. [25]