Doesn't NH codeshre with a Chinese carrier on this route (CA?); it just occurs to me that someone flying to Japan in, oh, say, May 2008, could fly CA (or LH, on a CA codeshare) to PEK, then connect onto the NH 787 service?
Futurecaptain From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 11174 times:
Ok, who will be the first to book this flight is the real question. I can see a bunch of internet aviation junkies constantly refreshing their internet web page until the 787 shows up as the scheduled equipment for this flight.
Cslusarc From Canada, joined May 2005, 811 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 10945 times:
I would have thought that NRT-PEK (at 1330 sm) and NRT-PVG (at 1118 sm) were routes that would be flown with 783s while the 788 would fly longer haul missions, like perhaps NRT-PHL or NRT-LIS.
Jimyvr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 10870 times:
Quoting Cslusarc (Reply 3): I would have thought that NRT-PEK (at 1330 sm) and NRT-PVG (at 1118 sm) were routes that would be flown with 783s while the 788 would fly longer haul missions, like perhaps NRT-PHL or NRT-LIS.
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 10282 times:
DTW757 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 1415 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10189 times:
From the article. A 747-400 it could easily be recognised, not having the familiar upturned wing fairing.
What does this mean? Are they speaking of the winglet?
Centrair From Japan, joined Jan 2005, 3597 posts, RR: 21 Reply 13, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 9906 times:
Quoting RwSEA (Reply 12): Hopefully the rumored NGO-SEA will eventually pan out.
Please! Please! Please!
I think new North American Routes will be established and maybe some European expansion/reintroduction. I also hope they will take advantage of their 5th freedom rights via the US to tackle South America.
New International Y would be nice.
Yes...I am not a KIX fan. Let's Japanese Aviation!
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4934 posts, RR: 13 Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 9788 times:
Good to see the first routes set... How long are they going to be flying the regional routes? One season?
I'm excited with anticipation to hear the confirmation of NRT-SAN with their 787s!
Trex8 From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 3970 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 9654 times:
Quoting San747 (Reply 14): I'm excited with anticipation to hear the confirmation of NRT-SAN with their 787s!
I suspect you may need a longer runway at SAN before that happens!
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4934 posts, RR: 13 Reply 17, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 9480 times:
Quoting Trex8 (Reply 15): I suspect you may need a longer runway at SAN before that happens!
AFAIK, the 787 can do SAN-NRT from the current airport... Any aircraft (including 747) can do NRT-SAN, but the other way round is the problem for most aircraft.
The 787 is hopefully the miracle a/c that CAN do the westbound sector without a problem...
Since the 783 isn't available until 2010, no surprise.
However, even the 744, MD11 or any new type of aircraft has always been first put on domestic routes first and then on int'l routes, so I am quite skeptical about the 788 starting its first revenue service on an int'l route. We will just have to see.....
To note: The journalist should get his/her fact straight, NH still operates 23 744s (10 744 & 13 744Ds). The first one should depart the fleet next year.
Trex8 From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 3970 posts, RR: 14 Reply 19, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 7886 times:
Quoting San747 (Reply 17): The 787 is hopefully the miracle a/c that CAN do the westbound sector without a problem...
my concern is the less than 3000m runway SAN has. while no figures are yet available for the 787 (Boeing are a month late, their website says that should have been up in Nov!) given the performance of the A330 and 777 it wouldn't be surprising to see the 787 need all that or even a little more.
SQ452 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 1053 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7140 times:
What about BOS???? I honestly think this will be the first destination ANA chooses in America if AA doesnt already have the exclusive right to that route still.
Trex8 From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 3970 posts, RR: 14 Reply 24, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 5854 times:
Quoting Ska (Reply 21): If the runway at SAN is long enough to handle a 747, it is definitely long enough to handle a 787.
there are 777 and A340 versions which require more TO field length than a 744
25 TinkerBelle: Yep. The 744D doesn't have the winglets. The sentence is not very well constructed though.
26 DTW757: So then it looks identical to a 747-300 or 747-200 SUD. I have to agree about the sentence as well. I would think the 747 would be recognizable with
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