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Old Sep 17, 2013, 9:00 pm
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Stupid schedule - it will be dark in LAX the whole time it is there.
Maybe EVA is a little embarrassed.
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 7:31 am
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I found a couple of pictures on ANet of the newly painted 77W

http://www.airliners.net/photo/2318344/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/2318341/M/
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 8:52 am
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and according to JadeAir forum replies

1st flight into LAX will land around 5 pm, earlier than usual, for "visibility" reasons obviously
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 10:14 am
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Originally Posted by jerryhung
and according to JadeAir forum replies

1st flight into LAX will land around 5 pm, earlier than usual, for "visibility" reasons obviously
Actually it will be B12 with an ETA of 1405L.
The party will start around 1600.

Yes it is coming in earlier for lighting.
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 12:18 pm
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Originally Posted by ShikaSenbei
Actually it will be B12 with an ETA of 1405L.
The party will start around 1600.

Yes it is coming in earlier for lighting.
Correction. Arrival now est at 1315L.
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 1:13 pm
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And I think the Chairman of the Board (K Chang) is one of the pilots.
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 6:19 pm
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It is here...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayi...t-lax/2833613/

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Old Sep 18, 2013, 6:35 pm
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Just landed a while ago. I grabbed the image from the LAX TBIT construction webcam.

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Old Sep 18, 2013, 7:36 pm
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I guess today also marks the official opening of the upgraded TBIT at LAX, right? I wonder if that is why they picked today...
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 8:23 pm
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Just landed a while ago. I grabbed the image from the LAX TBIT construction webcam.

The characters look like squashed Y pax wishing they could jump on the LH 74(4?8?) for more room. I feel your pain, dear Daniel and Badtz-Maru.
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Old Sep 19, 2013, 10:02 am
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I was at the inaugural event yesterday. Here are some pics.





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Old Sep 19, 2013, 10:04 am
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More pics...K.W. Chang, chairman of EVA Air flew the plane to LAX himself.





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Old Sep 19, 2013, 10:48 am
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The funny part is that the Hello Kitty 777 landing at LAX is getting more press coverage than the new terminal opening.
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Old Sep 19, 2013, 11:34 am
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I guess today also marks the official opening of the upgraded TBIT at LAX, right? I wonder if that is why they picked today...
I'm sure that was the idea. All the press was at LAX for the TBIT opening so EVA could get some free press at no extra costs.

Originally Posted by Mabuk dan gila
The funny part is that the Hello Kitty 777 landing at LAX is getting more press coverage than the new terminal opening.
See?

I was watching the local news on TV and they had 15 second segment on the new Westfield LAX mall @ TBIT, and then spend the next 30 seconds showing footage of the arrival of Kitty jet.
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Old Sep 19, 2013, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by bzcat
I'm sure that was the idea. All the press was at LAX for the TBIT opening so EVA could get some free press at no extra costs.



See?

I was watching the local news on TV and they had 15 second segment on the new Westfield LAX mall @ TBIT, and then spend the next 30 seconds showing footage of the arrival of Kitty jet.
I saw a decent length article on it (probably 3 minute segment) on the news last night! Toured the new TBIT on Tuesday. It's quite nice, but I will reserve my final judgment until everything is open and I have flown out of it...today.
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