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• Tu-204-100 has a range of 2322 is such a big country. You would believe way.
nautical miles / 4,300 km that the aircraft would have as high a range • Boeing 757 – 1049 orders until
• The Tu-204 with the highest range, as possible. development stopped in 2005.
the -300 version, could only fly as far • Tu-204 – 90 built since 1989.
as 3,132 nautical miles / 5,800 km. BOTTOM LINE The aircraft is still on the books at Russian
Surprisingly, the Tu-204 really falters At the end of the day, the two aircraft are United Aircraft Corporation, although it has
when it comes to range. While the aircraft shockingly similar but there can be no no orders for the type and the developer
was never really built for long-distance mistake about which is the better aircraft. wants to remove it as soon as the Irkut
international travel, it is surprising that the Sometimes for airlines, it is better to go MC-21 comes up for sale. Q
range is not better considering that the with the original and for all its faults the Article courtesy: https://simpleflying.com/
airframe came out after the 757 and Russia Tu-204 never seemed to take off in a big tupolev-tu-204-vs-boeing-757/

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This is the latest addition
to the BlueBird Airways MARVELLOUS MALTA
fleet. The Boeing 737-800
was previously being
flown by Air Italy before
the company went belly up
in February. The aircraft
received attention at
AtiTech in Italy, before
proceeding to Malta. After
the relevant paperwork
was sorted with the
Maltese authorities,
9H-HLY was flown in late
October to Heraklion,
where BlueBird has its
headquarters. Photos
by Mario Caruana.

This Qatari Boeing
777-2DZ(LR) registered
A7-BBE departed Doha
to Luxembourg - Findel
airport. It then made
a stop in Malta on its
way back to Hamad
International Airport.
Flight took place on 30th
October as QR8002/3.
Photos by Mario Caruana.

Two very interesting
aircraft visited LMML
on an official state visit.
The first was 5A-FLL a
Gulfstream 300 currently
operated by Air Libya and
the one here - 5A-DCN,
a Dassault Falcon 900EX
operated by the Libyan
Government. The two
aircraft brought high level
political delegations.
Photos by Mario Caruana.

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