AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points

Boeing said this week it has 190 airliners out there, or on order, that are privately owned and equipped like castles in the sky. Boeing officials went to the Middle East to talk to customers who are buying private Boeing 747s. One wanted 12-foot ceilings in rooms throughout the jumbo jet. The most expensive private 747 flying so far cost $475 million.

On the convention floor at NBAA in Orlando Lufthansa said they can convert a private Boeing 787 Dreamliner to your needs, and offered one design. You can see my walk down the model here. It gives new meaning to the name Dreamliner.

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