The 787′s maiden commercial flight
After what seems like an eternity of delays, endless press releases and sheepish apologies the Boeing 787 finally entered service today with Japanese carrier ANA. NH7871 today was operated by JA801A and touched down in Hong Kong around 15:50 local time. As you might expect the flight was welcomed by a water cannon salute and...
New LOT livery unveiled
To celebrate the fact that they will be the first European carrier to receive the 787, LOT has rolled out plans to update their livery and the results are terrific. There is always the temptation at airlines –particularly those with drab liveries –to make a big splash and go wild when redesigning. Rather than take that route,...
Qantas to abandon San Francisco in favor of Dallas
As part of a move to harmonize operations with their Oneworld partner American Airlines, Qantas is set to discontinue operations from Australia to San Francisco on May 14th. The sudden halt of San Francisco is a bit of a surprise, but given the strength of American Airlines at DFW the move is an understandable one....
Why Air Canada needs the 787
We’re in the second quarter of 2010, which means that in a parallel universe somewhere Air Canada is dotting the umlauts (even in this parallel universe it’s worthwhile running things past zee Germans) and crossing the t’s in the final ramp up to entry into service (EIS) of the 787-8. If only the same thing...
