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American Airlines New First Class Flagship Suite Boeing 777-300ER Dallas London New York São Paulo – Review
At the end of January American became the first U.S. airline to fly the Boeing 777-300ER .I have flown in it four times, three of them in American’s brand new first-class cabin. My first time on the aircraft was in American’s new business-class cabin on the new plane’s launch flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to São Paulo, Brazil.
Now I was returning to New York via Dallas and was equally as excited …
The Complete Guide to the Dreamliner Relaunch
Air India, ANA, Ethiopian, JAL, LAN, LOT, Qatar, and United 787s Return to the Skies
After four months of hand wringing and headlines, the Federal Aviation Administration approved Boeing’s retrofit battery-system design for the 787 Dreamliner on April 19. This move allowed Boeing and the eight airlines that operate the high-tech aircraft to begin modifying the 50 that have been delivered and were grounded in January. Ethiopian Airlines became the first …
Boeing’s Dreamliner: What Went Wrong and the Road Back
The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision on Friday to allow Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner to return to service with a package of approved modifications was somewhat anti-climatic compared to the events that led to the high-tech airplane’s grounding.
First, let’s take a look at the revolutionary new aircraft.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, widebody, twin-engine jet that can carry between 210 to 290 passengers, depending on the airline’s particular configuration. It is …
Boeing Dreamliner 787 Virtual Tour
The somewhat notorious Boeing 787 Dreamliner, grounded worldwide on January 16, 2013, is a long-range, wide-body, twin-engine jet airplane that can seat between 210 and 290 passengers, depending on how an airline configures the cabin. It is the world’s first aircraft to use composite materials for most of its construction, which makes it lighter and far more resistant to corrosion than its predecessors.
Now that the FAA has greenlighted Boeing’s plan to …
British Airways Galleries First Lounge London-Heathrow – Review
British Airways, in addition to its mammoth presence at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, also operates flights out of Terminal 3. Indeed, Terminal 3 is the second busiest terminal at Heathrow, having handled 19.4 million passengers on 104,100 flights in 2011 compared to Terminal 5’s 26.3 million and 184,616 flights.
In addition to BA’s flights out of T3, other oneworld carriers, including BA’s joint-venture partner American Airlines, operate out of the terminal, as …
Airlines Prepare to Relaunch Their Dreamliners: ANA, Qatar, United Schedule First Flights
After the Boeing 787 Dreamliner successfully completed its final test flight last week, major operators of the aircraft have taken some preliminary steps that will lead towards getting their own Dreamliners back in the air.
Boeing completed the required testing of the Dreamliner’s redesigned battery system last Friday with two representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration on board a two-hour test flight. The airframe maker said it will deliver the results …
