First Dreamliner Long Haul Flight Underway
 

The first Dreamliner long haul flight is underway from RJTT Tokyo Haneda to EDDF Frankfurt. All Nippon flight ANA203 is currently 6hr 23min into the 11hr 13min sector, a direct distance of 9373km.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ANA203

Geez it's doing alright, leaving 25m late & estimated to arrive 27m early!! Do you know the rego Grahame??

Understand its JA801A.

No confirmation on the registration, however the aircraft is currently tracking 220 at 489kts FL400 off the south east coast of Sweden.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203.jpg

And the view from the cockpit, with Bornholm island ahead to the right, with Poland and the Oder River to the left.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203 02.jpg

1400L Tracking directly towards Berlin.

The rego is JA805A from PlaneFinder.
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8489/photodm.png

is indeed JA805A. Apologies for earlier mistake... Just going off picture on flightawre...

Also now on ACARS ....

ACARS mode: 1 Aircraft reg: JA805A [Boeing B788]
Message label: ** Block id: @ Msg no: 0447
Flight id: NH0203 [] [All-Nippon Airways]
Message content:-
SBS-1 Callsign: ANA203
----------------------------------------------------------[ 21/01/2012 02:52 ]-

Current ATIS for Frankfurt ...

• 210320Z 22007KT 9999 SCT019 OVC080 02/00 Q1017 NOSIG

1452L In a holding pattern with QF5 also on approach behind them.
1457L On approach for Runway 25R
1502L Touchdown for the first commercial longhaul Dreamliner service.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203%2003.jpg

Final approach to Runway 25R

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203%2004.jpg