One of the highlights of the Farnborough air show arrived on site this morning as the newest addition to Qatar Airways' fleet touched down after its flight from Seattle.

The carrier's Boeing 787-8 will be taking part in daily flying displays and will also be on static at the show.

Registered as A7-BCB, the aircraft is a 2012-built airframe, line number 58, powered by General Electric GEnx-1B engines.

Qatar Airways is due to take delivery of a total of five of the type this year.

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Picture: Airspace user Varks

Source: Flight International