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Icelandair 787 Routes

Af773atmsp From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2578 posts, RR: 2
Posted (5 years 11 months 13 hours ago) and read 7641 times:

I searched for a discussion about this but found nothing.
I was wondering what routes Icelandair will use with the 787. Will MSP and Orlando see an Icelandair 787 since the 787 is for long haul routes. And the 757s with winglets can barley make it to MSP. And it looks like there is enough demand for the MSP-Iceland and Orlando-Iceland routes to be upgraded to 787s.

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PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11139 posts, RR: 63
Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 13 hours ago) and read 7589 times:

Quoting Af773atmsp (Thread starter):
And the 757s with winglets can barley make it to MSP

Why? They should make it with ease, the winglet equipped 752's have a 4100nm range, where-as MSP-KEF is just under 3000nm. LHR will be the first to see the 787, you can almost be sure of that, probably along with New York, and Paris.

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Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4901 posts, RR: 5
Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 13 hours ago) and read 7537 times:

As well as routes were thE capacity is needed, such as LHR and CPH, I suspect they will be used for new routes were the range is needed, maybe Asia, or a return to the West Coast of the US - SFO again, or LAX or SEA

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Af773atmsp From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2578 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 12 hours ago) and read 7476 times:

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 1):

The range is that long for the 757 with winglets. My mistake.
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Will Icelandair use there 787s for Iceland-Europe routes?

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FLYGUY767 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 12 hours ago) and read 7418 times:

Quoting Humberside (Reply 2):
I suspect they will be used for new routes were the range is needed, maybe Asia, or a
return to the West Coast of the US - SFO again, or LAX or SEA

For Comparisson ~ MCO-KEF > 3534 Miles

Based on a 3719 NM range for the 757-200 you have :

Seattle-KEF > 3622 Miles

Kansas City-KEF > 3301 Miles

Tel Aviv-KEF > 3283 Miles

Denver-KEF > 3568 Miles

Kiev-KEF > 2139 Miles

Moscow-KEF > 2069 Miles

Memphis-KEF > 3402 Miles

So all of the above could be flown with a FI 752 if need be...

-JD

FI642 From Monaco, joined Mar 2005, 1056 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 11 hours ago) and read 7296 times:

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IF they don't lease them out, or sell the delivery slots . .

BOS, BWI, CPH, and LHR are four places that will see them.

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Asturias From Spain, joined Apr 2006, 1934 posts, RR: 17
Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 10 hours ago) and read 7113 times:

My guess is that FI will use them as 767 replacements and for wetleasing with Loftleidir. Very few FI routes demand a 788, but seeing as the economy of the plane is very good and the range as well, that would be my guess.

It is a bit big for FI in my humble opinion.

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Zkojh From China, joined Sep 2004, 1501 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 9 hours ago) and read 6949 times:

I read in an artical in 'Airliner World' that they would be used on LHR, CPH and other high routes, plus open new routes to India and Asia. they were also looking at smaller planes to seat around the 130 seats to replace the 757's in around 5-10 years time.

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ORDagent From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 823 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 9 hours ago) and read 6886 times:

Middle East / India routes would make sence to me as FI does a lot of visiting friends and family trade and people are more willing to connect to save a buck. However placing them with Loftleidir for wet lease does make sence as delivery slots are already tied up for some time.

Caio86 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 43 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 6 hours ago) and read 6656 times:

I'm not sure--someone correct me if I'm wrong--but they used to have flights to Beijing for a little while back...

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