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Originally Posted by 24left
(Post 29382399)
@Innocent Abroad
Not really 1. check out the Boeing - Paine Airport Twitter photos. You'll see an AC and QF aircraft with tail-only paint https://twitter.com/mattcawby?lang=en 2. I posted this video upthread back in August. You can see how the tail on this LY aircraft is painted ahead of assembly. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28723994-post136.html |
Originally Posted by Innocent Abroad
(Post 29382900)
That was exactly my point, that for some reason the tail is painted separately :)
"Why is the tail painted with the carrier's logo before a plane is assembled?" https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-tai...e-is-assembled " Why Only Tails Painted On New Aircraft?" Why Only Tails Painted On New Aircraft? - Airliners.net |
Update on 787 Wi-Fi
With Viasat 2 going live this month, have there been any public comments on when the LY 787s will provide transatlantic connectivity?
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Not sure whether this has been published here or not, but just in case it hasn't, here is the delivery schedule for the next Dreamliners:
789 - February 2018 789 - March 2018 789- June 2018 789 - August 2018 789 - October 2018 789 - January 2019 789 - June 2019 788 -July 2019 788 - September 2019 788 - December 2019 788 - March 2002 788 -May 2020 788 - August 2020 788 - November 2020 In addition, the company announced the 18/1/18 that they were to lease an additional 789 to be delivered 3 of 2019. |
I really don't understand why they are getting both the 788 and 789. Assuming travel demand will just grow it seems shortsighted.
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Originally Posted by NYTA
(Post 29432883)
I really don't understand why they are getting both the 788 and 789. Assuming travel demand will just grow it seems shortsighted.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/el-a...-schedule.html |
Still, after discounts (~50%) the diff in cost (20M) seems very small compared to the benefit of full commonality and potential growth.
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Some fleet information from Planespotters.net
https://www.planespotters.net/airlin...srael-Airlines https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...cc00099141.png If you click the aircraft type e.g. Boeing 787, it will display more detail https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ddacdad670.png Then if you click the number "2" on the line for the Boeing 787-9, this will open https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...20a16679d4.png Also, on the Fleet Matrix page, if you scroll down, there is a section with .... https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e84f3f6519.png And at the bottom of the list for the 789, you'll see this https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5bce3096bd.png |
It's very nice that LY now has true Premium Economy on the 787 but they can't seem to price it properly. Just compared r/t TLV-NYC and LY Y+ came out to more expensive than C on the route on a variety of European carriers including AZ, SN, LO, BA, LH, and OS. Yes it's direct, but I'd rather save the $100 and fly lie-flat on BA.
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Originally Posted by joshwex90
(Post 29455883)
It's very nice that LY now has true Premium Economy on the 787 but they can't seem to price it properly. Just compared r/t TLV-NYC and LY Y+ came out to more expensive than C on the route on a variety of European carriers including AZ, SN, LO, BA, LH, and OS. Yes it's direct, but I'd rather save the $100 and fly lie-flat on BA.
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$2300 in LY Y+; $2200 in BA CW. Newark in both cases
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Not at all surprising.
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By means of comparison, LO's brand new Y+ is more than $1K less than LY for the same routing. AZ is a bit more but considers the TLV-FCO-TLV legs to be in Biz (obviously same seat so the only real benefit there is check-in/security/lounge/miles, but still)
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And in the meantime 4X-EDC has landed in TLV and from March 3 it will operate the HKG rotation.
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