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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 4:30 am
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Originally Posted by delta154
I think you will find the B787 will be used on the Manchester QR41/42 flight first, before LHR.

Staff at Manchester, including engineers, are being trained up as we speak for the September introduction.
This seems more decisive that LHR will be the first route:
Al Baker Interview

It'll be great to see the new seats he seems so keen on... or even better, sit in them!

Only 42 business seats in the A380 though... that'll do wonders for availability! This also implies either an obscene First class, or very luxurious economy: at 517 seats, most A380s have more like 90 business-class seats!

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