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Thomson's forthcoming Dreamliner takes center stage

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The tourism industry is built on the idea of selling dreams, Thomson goes one step further and sells you the "Dreamliner" experience with its latest TV ad.



The British leisure carrier is going to get its first Boeing 787, that it plans to deploy on routes from Gatwick, Machester, East Midlands and Glasgow to Cancun and Florida.

Thomson has used the Dreamliner's entry into service as a marketing opportunity, and not only on TV: this summer is also launched a Twitter campaign (#nameourplane) to have its first Dreamliner named.

PICTURES: Take a look inside Berlin Brandenburg Airport #ILA12

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Credit: Colin Miller


This year's ILA air show is for the first time based at the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. 

The focus in the build up to the show however was this particular showground, but rather something positioned directly next door.

Officials reviewing the readiness of Berlin's brand new Brandenburg Airport concluded recently that too much work on the operation needed to be revised, and consequently pushed back the opening date to 27 October 2013.

Despite this delay, we've been able to take a look inside the airport and our intrepid reporter Colin Miller created a gallery of some of the highlights.

For more news and views from this year's ILA air show check out our dedicated ILA Berlin show page.

PICTURE: Eurofighter Amateur Photography Competition picks best in class #ILA12

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Credit: Gaz West

This extraordinary image from Gaz West took the winning prize in the second annual Eurofighter Amateur Photography Competition.

Amateur photographers from across the globe submitted their best images for consideration, and entries came from as places as diverse as Malaysia, India, Slovenia, Turkey and Bulgaria. This striking winning image will be on the front cover of the 2013 Eurofighter Calendar.

I was honored to be part of the judging panel, which included Theodor Benien, Head of Communications at Eurofighter GmbH, renowned Eurofighter Typhoon photographer Geoffrey Lee from Planefocus, last year's competition runner up Alvaro Munoz-Aycuens, Andreas Westphal from Images-Art-Design and Eurofighter media relations representatives Kathryn Holm and Martina Schmidmeir.

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Credit: @Eurofighter1

Remember to keep keep a look out on Flightglobal for the return of our Front Cover Competition which will be launched shortly.



VIDEO: Airbus lights up Berlin's Humboldt-Box with its vision of the future of flight #ILA12

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To celebrate its vision of the future of flight, Airbus lit up Berlin's Humboldt-Box with a 4D projection light show, launching the ILA air show in spectacular fashion.


"Our light show unveils the significant benefits of combining smarter aircraft, smarter technology and smarter skies in 2050", says Charles Champion, Executive Vice President Engineering at Airbus.
Check out Flightglobal's dedicated ILA Berlin page for the latest news,views, images and videos from the show.