Wall Street Journal graphics director Jessica Yu took the newly launched Hello Kitty-branded Eva Airways flight from Hong Kong to Taipei. Here’s what she saw.
Everything got a bit bigger at this year’s Singapore air show, which just ended– more deals, more exhibitors, more fancy acrobatics from Malaysia’s Royal Air Force, and more big planes – especially Boeing’s new Dreamliner.
But much of the excitement revolved around something smaller, at least compared to the Dreamliner: private jets. Among the models parked for display were Embraer’s Lineage 1000, a 19-seater, five cabin plane that’s still bigger than many studio apartments in New York, with space for a full living room and 32-inch television, all for the bargain price US$53 million.
Attention aspiring jet owners: The New Zealand government is selling eight decommissioned fighter aircrafts to the highest bidders.
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