All Things 787

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Puget Sound ...

JA813A B787-8 All Nippon Airways Delivered
L/N 67 C/N 34521
Dep PAE 23:47 PDT Arr HND 011:12 JST
ANA9399 Hex 86D2AA

CC-BBA B787-8 LAN Airlines Delivered
L/N 68 C/N 38471
Dep 17:56 PDT Arr SCL 12:22 CLT
LAN1327 Hex E8040E

[Grahame Hutchison]

I have just added a Boeing 787 Dreamliner database to www.16Right.com that allows you to view the complete B787 production schedule, as well as searching by Registration, Airline or Engine Type. Clicking on the registration will take you to Airliners.net images of the aircraft. I have also added in the Hex Code.

View B787 Database

The database has been built from the great B787 data and daily updates published by Puget Sound, and also from Boeing directly. The intention is to keep this as up to date as possible as production ramps up over the next few months.

I will probably do the same for the Boeing B747-8 Production.

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Puget Sound ...

JA824J B787-8 Japan Airlines First Flight
L/N 27 C/N 34834
Dep PAE 12:20 PDT Arr PAE 14:47 PDT
BOE178 Hex 86D602

[Grahame Hutchison]

Things are now on the move with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

The 20ft increase in length looks like it suits the Dreamliner quite well.

[Bernie P]

FINALLY...

AILING state-run carrier Air India took delivery of its first 787-800 Dreamliner, joint statements from the airline and US manufacturer Boeing said, ending a four-year wait.
The handover - the first of 27 Dreamliners ordered by Air India - has been delayed since 2008 because of production problems at Boeing. The carrier and the firm were then involved in a public spat over compensation for the delay.

The 256-seater aircraft was received by top Air India officials in South Carolina in the United States. The Dreamliner will arrive in the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday.

The Dreamliners mark an important phase for the loss-making airline because they will replace some older, fuel-guzzling planes.

Air India will also be able to fly to more foreign destinations to match other international airlines, analysts say.

"Today is a great day for Air India as the most technologically advanced and fuel-efficient airplane in the world joins our fleet," Air India's chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan said in a statement.

Air India - which emerged from a nearly two-month pilot strike in July - has been struggling to cut losses.

The carrier's once-dominant market share has shrunk to 18.2 per cent in the face of fierce competition from private and low-cost carriers that have taken to the air since India liberalised its commercial aviation sector in the 1990s.

In April, the government cleared a $US5.75 billion bailout package to help Air India, which has debts of $US8.3 billion.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/brea...#ixzz25jE5OTCe

[Mike W]

I think there's another one right behind it. Air India will be the fifth operator of the type in service with United and Qatar soon to follow.

Things are starting ramp up!

[Grahame Hutchison]

Just tracked down the Air India B787 deliverey - it was ZA236 L/N 35 VT-ANH

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Puget Sound 7/9/2012 ...

VT-ANH B787-8 Air India Delivered
L/N 35 C/N 36276
Dep CHS 15:06 EDT ETA FRA 04:42 CEST
AIC170 Hex 8005F1

[Grahame Hutchison]

From Puget Sound ...

VT-ANJ B787-8 Air India First Flight
L/N 54 C/N 38319
Dep CHS 14:05 EDT ETA CHS ??:?? EDT via VQQ
BOE238 Hex 8005F3

ET-AOR B787-8 Ethiopian First Flight
L/N 71 C/N 34746
Dep PAE 10:46 PDT Arr PAE ??:?? PDT via MWH
BOE263 Hex 040048

[Bernie P]

Hey everyone, ESPECIALLY anyone who has flown in a B787!

Looking at the following pics on A.net, there seems to be a 'windowless' area, to the rear of the B788... Any ideas as to why there is no window, and is this a seat to be avoided if flying on the B788? Last year, did a trip on a MH B744, and seat 57K is a seat like this in that there is no window, yet they seem to be the only one with this model which doesn't have a window in this spot!

REAR of the 'no window':-

UAL B788 and ET B788 (has two blocked out)

QR B788 (has three then a blocked out)

LAN B788 and ANA B788 (has four rear of the 'no window')

Just curious as to different operational requirements and layouts...

Thanks!