Royal Brunei Airlines Gets First Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Royal Brunei Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamiliner Take off

Royal Brunei Airlines took delivery of their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner on 3 October 2013.  This marks the first for the flag carrier of the Sultanate of Brunei and for Southeast Asia.  V8-DLA departed Paine Field in Everett, Washington on Wednesday evening for a 6,540 nautical miles non stop flight to Brunei International Airport in Bandar Seri Begawan.

The Dreamliner features larger electronically-dimmable windows, larger overhead luggage bins, lower cabin altitude pressure, higher humidity levels, advanced air filtration and smoother ride technology. 50% of the primary structure of the aircraft is made with composite materials, including the fuselage and wing allowing the Dreamliner to use 20% less fuel and emit 20% fewer CO2 emissions than similarly sized airplanes.

Royal Brunei Airlines has configured its Dreamliner with 18 Business Class and 236 Economy Class seats.

Royal Brunei Airlines has expanded its fleet with five 787s and will fly its first aircraft regionally to Singapore on 18 October with long-haul service to London via Dubai on 1 December. The airline expects to fly a 100% Dreamliner long-haul service in second quarter of 2014 with new services to Melbourne, Australia.

Airlines Flying The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Besides Royal Brunei Airlines, other airlines flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner include Air India, Aeromexico, ANA, British Airways, China Southern, Ethopian Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Japan Airlines, LAN, LOT, Norwegian Air, Qatar, Thomson Airlines and United Airlines.

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Boeing’s newest member of the 787 family, the 787-9 Dreamliner took to the skies for the first time on 17 September beginning a series of comprehensive flight-testing that will lead to certification and delivery mid next year. The 787-9 will offer airlines the ability to grow routes first opened with the 787-8.  with a longer fuselage of 20 feet more than the 787-8, the aircraft will be able to carry 40 more passengers an additional 300 nautical miles. The launch customer of the 787-9 is Air New Zealand and twenty-five customers around the world have ordered 388 787-9s accounting for 40% of all 787 orders.

 

Photo Credit: The Boeing Company.

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