Qatari Royal Family Boeing 747-8 For Sale

[Flying Fox]

Found this interesting article.

If I had the money, I would consider buying it.

More realistically, I simply enjoyed looking around the inside of a private B747-8.

Enjoy

PS, if anyone here buys it, can I request a ride!

Qatari royal family puts its Boeing 747-8 jet up for sale at £500m | Daily Mail Online

 

[tgh]

Offered them 250, seemed a fair price, but they knocked it back…..

 

[Archipelago]

Offered them 250, seemed a fair price, but they knocked it back…..

ahh you just pipped me then - I offered 245, but they said they had more cashed up interested parties

 

[Happy Trails]

I would've been interested, but I really needed a matching pair.

 

[juddles]

I am so disappointed. Back in the hey-day Arab times you would not dream of selling something you used - you would quietly scrap it. This is so undignified.

 

[Must...Fly!]

You'd think this is the sort of item that gets personally sold to the few parties that could actually afford it, not put on the internet!

 

[Archipelago]

You'd think this is the sort of item that gets personally sold to the few parties that could actually afford it, not put on the internet!

True and correct thinking, but my thoughts are getting it in the media/on the net gives it more transparency
Nobody can come back and say it was kept secret for clandestine reasons

 

[Atleastonce]

My son and I spoke about how to raise the money and threw around the idea of crowd funding.

 

[RooFlyer]

My son and I spoke about how to raise the money and threw around the idea of crowd funding.

Where did it land? I'm good for 10.

 

[juddles]

Where did it land? I'm good for 10.

Count me in for a million. Colombian pesos.

 

[Archipelago]

Count me in for a million. Colombian pesos.

Just got back from Sri Lanka. Got a bunch of crisp, new, shiny 20 rupee notes.
I'm in too.

 

[Major]

I might start a "go fund me" campaign.

 

[Scott K]

I'm curious about what they have replaced/or are replacing this bird with!

 

[kelvedon]

I'm curious about what they have replaced/or are replacing this bird with!

The only trade up from there would be an A380. Probably get a good price on one of those atm. Pity they’re not on speaking terms with their neighbours, they’ve got loads these in order.

 

[Forg]

Good luck to ‘em, I say.
I was lucky to get 12c on the dollar, selling my 380 to fnd a new quieter 350 ... yeah I know it’s smaller, but I barely used the 20m lap-pool as it was.

 

[kelvedon]

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Qataris have given the Boeing 747-8 to them as a thank you for Turkeys support in its tiff with Qatar’s neighbours. Very generous !

Qatar's emir 'gives Boeing 747 to Turkey'

 

[Flying Fox]

Lucky guy.

I wish I had friends that gave away B747's.

 

[jb747]

Well, if any of you buy it, I can fly it...

 

[tgh]

Que dissapointment.. I thought that negotiations were proceeding well.
I had some concerns about the colour scheme and it needed new towels in the heads , otherwise I thought we were on track
Guess I will buy something else

 

[Quickstatus]

Moot point now, but I didn't bid because my place is just a tad small for a 2000m runway.