BA welcomes first Dreamliner
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British Airways took delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Thursday (27 June 2013).
The new twin-aisle aircraft touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport at 1210 local time, where it was met by Willie Walsh, chief executive officer of International Airlines Group (IAG), the company that owns BA.
“The 787 is a tremendous, innovative aircraft which sets new standards for environmental performance and operating efficiency and I’m sure British Airways’ customers will love it,” said Walsh. “The 787 will become a mainstay of the British Airways fleet over the next few years.”
BA has announced that the aircraft will operate on routes from Heathrow to Toronto from 1 September and New York’s Liberty Airport from 1 October. The airline will take delivery of two Dreamliners this week, out of a total order for 36 of the aircraft – eight B787-8s, 16 medium-sized B787-9s and 12 large B787-10s.
The B787-8 delivered this week will be configured with 214 seats in three classes – 35 in Club World business class, 25 in World Traveller Plus premium economy, and 154 seats in the World Traveller economy cabin.
The Dreamliners will be joined at Heathrow next week by BA’s first ever Airbus A380 aircraft, as the airline starts a major overhaul of its long-haul fleet. As well as the 36 B787s and 12 A380s, the airline still has outstanding orders for seven B777-300ERs.
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