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Etihad announce dreamliner routes. DUB is one

  • 11-06-2012 7:55am
    #1
    pclive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭


    Etihad Airways has announced some of the key routes it expects to operate its B787-9 Dreamliners, the first of which will arrive in the fourth quarter of 2014.

    The 300-passenger aircraft are being lined up for Dublin, Frankfurt, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Nagoya, Delhi and Istanbul.

    Etihad disclosed the routes at a special ceremony at Abu Dhabi International Airport last night to mark the Dreamliner's first visit to the UAE capital, which was the final stop in the aircraft's round-the-world tour, ahead of returning to Seattle today.

    The Abu Dhabi carrier has placed 41 firm orders and 25 options for the Dreamliner.

    The aircraft on display last night was the trademark blue Boeing model and save for some Etihad branding on the side, will bear little resemblance to the Dreamliner - either inside or out - that will be delivered to the airline in two years' time.

    Addressing guests in the vast 40,000sqm hangar, which can handle up to six B787-9s, Peter Baumgartner, Etihad's Chief Commercial Officer, said: "It will be a next-generation aircraft and offer a next-generation inflight experience too."

    He added that it is working closely with Boeing to create "one or two breakthroughs" without divulging details.

    The precise configurations are also under wraps although Baumgartner said its first aircraft will be a three-class model.


Comments

  • #2
    skyflyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭skyflyer


    Great! :D


  • #3
    b757
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,370 ✭✭✭b757


    Great news for Dublin..

    What other operators will be in there in the next few years with the Dreamliner?


  • #4
    Kamjana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 246 ✭✭Kamjana


    I was flying with Etihad yesterday and i had a read of there magazine and it listed there current fleet and future planes,which included 41 787's and 10 A380's,so this really is great news if you are heading to Asia or Australia you will get the 787 from DUB then most likely an A380 from AHU :)


  • #5
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    Had this not been announced before?


  • #6
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    donvito99 wrote: »
    Had this not been announced before?

    It was (several months ago) but this is a new article about the B787-9, I think EY are the launch customer so the story got wheeled out again.


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  • #7
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,760 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Tenger wrote: »
    It was (several months ago) but this is a new article about the B787-9, I think EY are the launch customer so the story got wheeled out again.

    Air NZ is the launch customer.


  • #8
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Air NZ is the launch customer.

    I did say 'I think'!!! :)


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