_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 15170 times:
I drove by the north side of the airport today and saw what appeared to be a 777-200 parked by the north cargo apron.
It looked to me like it had a UAE flag on the tail. Does anyone know anything else about this plane and why it was here?
_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 14984 times:
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 3, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 14737 times:
Quoting _AA_777_MAN (Reply 2): Quoting WestWing (Reply 1):
did it look like this?).
Yea thats it!!! Any Idea what its doing in ORD?
Don't forget, EY (the actual carrier of the United Arab Emirates-not EK) flies AUH-ORD-ORD (and is codeshared with AA) so maybe Abu Dhabi Govt. is trying to promote trade, etc.
_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 14690 times:
Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 3): so maybe Abu Dhabi Govt. is trying to promote trade, etc.
Yea might be. I remember seeing the 747SP at ORD a couple of years ago. That looked real nice!
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 14131 times:
csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1351 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 13919 times:
The rare aircraft I would like to see at ORD is an An-124. However for other rare aircraft, I do always like looking over at the private GA parking near the remote parking lot at ORD and seeing what is there. Usually see BBJs and some chartered B727's bringing in sports teams.
Norcal773 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 1280 posts, RR: 12 Reply 9, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 13174 times:
Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 7): .....oooh..if the plane was here in Chicago maybe I can take a photo or two!
PillowTester From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 12530 times:
If I ever catch wind of an IL-62 at ORD I'll drop whatever I'm doing and rush there camera-laden.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 12353 times:
Quoting Norcal773 (Reply 9): Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 7):
.....oooh..if the plane was here in Chicago maybe I can take a photo or two!
You're gonna need that camera first bro
... .....FYI budzo (lol), I've had my camera since last week and have been waiting for a good opportunity to use it..
_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 12150 times:
Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 11): .....FYI budzo (lol), I've had my camera since last week and have been waiting for a good opportunity to use it..
ggarrett From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 6 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 12040 times:
Quite a busy week this week at ORD with Middle Eastern aircraft in. There was a Saudi Arabian airlines charter in this morning (Monday 4/26) and this "mystery" 777-2 - which has been here before, and has been here for a week now - is being loaded up as I type this. It is my understanding that "the passenger" (yes, ONE plus entourage) is Queen Rania of Jordan. We should also be looking for the return to ORD soon of PIA, Pakistan Airlines, for regular scheduled service with a 777
"I ain't going if it's not Boeing" ... even though my Grandfather did work for McDonald Douglas.
_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 11938 times:
Quoting ggarrett (Reply 14): We should also be looking for the return to ORD soon of PIA, Pakistan Airlines, for regular scheduled service with a 777
Oh yea! ORD-BCN non stop! Now all we need is EK to make up their mind about ORD.
PillowTester From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 11346 times:
Quoting revo1059 (Reply 12): Those days are long gone. Aeroflot used to bring one in (last I remember seeing it was the early 90s).
I was supposing a Russian or Ukrainian government visit.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 17, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 11220 times:
Quoting MAN" class="quote" target="_blank">_AA_777_MAN (Reply 15): Quoting ggarrett (Reply 14):
We should also be looking for the return to ORD soon of PIA, Pakistan Airlines, for regular scheduled service with a 777
Oh yea! ORD-BCN non stop! Now all we need is EK to make up their mind about ORD.
My wife and mom are planning on taking this flight! My dad flew ORD-MAN when PK was flying this route with 5th freedom rights...he loved the service.
By the way, PK offered free limousine service for J-class pax. I wonder if they still will... ...
PillowTester From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 7844 times:
Quoting sovietjet (Reply 18): An Il-62 came about 3 years ago I believe it was a Russian government one. Also in 2005 the Bulgarian president came in a Tu-154:
Wow I am super jealous. How can I efficiently keep track of Russian airliner activity at ORD? I've never seen one in real life and really would like to. Is there some way to get perhaps alerts from Flight Aware?
DBQ From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 51 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 7070 times:
Quoting ggarrett (Reply 14): Quite a busy week this week at ORD with Middle Eastern aircraft in. There was a Saudi Arabian airlines charter in this morning (Monday 4/26) and this "mystery" 777-2 - which has been here before, and has been here for a week now - is being loaded up as I type this. It is my understanding that "the passenger" (yes, ONE plus entourage) is Queen Rania of Jordan. We should also be looking for the return to ORD soon of PIA, Pakistan Airlines, for regular scheduled service with a 777
She's been hanging around Chicago. I think she is promoting a book. She was at a public school in Naperville making an appearance.
ORDFan From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 232 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 years 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 5982 times:
[quote[ If I ever catch wind of an IL-62 at ORD I'll drop whatever I'm doing and rush there camera-laden [/quote]
Those days are long gone. Aeroflot used to bring one in.
Quoting ggarrett (Reply 14): We should also be looking for the return to ORD soon of PIA, Pakistan Airlines, for regular scheduled service with a 777
That's great news! I didn't know about that -- so you're saying this will be permanent, regular service, not seasonal? When can we expect to see them back?
falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5671 posts, RR: 29 Reply 23, posted (3 years 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 5363 times:
Quoting csturdiv (Reply 8): The rare aircraft I would like to see at ORD is an An-124.
I have seen one at DTW.
Quoting _AA_777_MAN (Reply 4): Yea might be. I remember seeing the 747SP at ORD a couple of years ago
I saw that too. It was the only 747SP I ever saw in real life, at least when I was old enough to know what it was.
B777LRF From Luxembourg, joined Nov 2008, 1000 posts, RR: 3 Reply 24, posted (3 years 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 4645 times:
Not to rub salt in open wounds or anything, but just thought I'd let you know that I've had the distinct pleasure of flying in both the Tu-154, Il-62, An-12 and the An-124. Even got a bit of stick time on the -62 as a professional courtesy, and I sat in the navigators seat on the An-12 for take-off and landing. Cost me a bottle of Voddy, but that's a fair deal.
From receips and radials over straight pipes to big fans - been there, done that, got the hearing defects to prove
25 _AA_777_MAN: Its supposed to be permanent, 3x a week I believe not sure what days.
27 ORDFan: You think ORD can support EK and EY at the same time? Personally, I'd love to see it. Does anyone know how EY is doing on AUH-ORD-AUH?? Are they seei
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.....FYI budzo (lol), I've had my camera since last week and have been waiting for a good opportunity to use it.. 
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