WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 811 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 17506 times:
Boeing has announced a world Dream Tour for its newest aircraft B787 Dreamliner. The kick off will be on December 5th 2011 in PEK with the special presentation for Air China and Chinese government officials.
Details are here:
Independence76 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 165 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 17459 times:
When will the information become available about the airports it is scheduled to visit?
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par13del From Bahamas, joined Dec 2005, 5902 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 17093 times:
Not stirring any pot or being malicious, but the world tour that Boeing should do for the 787 should be to have a 777LR visit countries of potential buyers, pick up the decision makers and fly them to the locations where the 787 production ramp up is being conducted to show them that their is a light at the end of the tunnel for those who patiently waited in line, accepted compensation and continued to run their business while a major component was delayed. It will provide them with comfort and confidence to actually place orders knowing that a time for delivery now is much more certain than it was 1, 2 or 3 years ago.
Based on the numbers already ordered there will be tons available for us spotters to see and travel on, so far they have only delivered 2 for 2011 and it does not sound as if any more will be pushed out for the year, so flying one to a country who will not receive their first a/c for another year or two could be painful.
polot From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 1500 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 17022 times:
Quoting par13del (Reply 5): Not stirring any pot or being malicious, but the world tour that Boeing should do for the 787 should be to have a 777LR visit countries of potential buyers, pick up the decision makers and fly them to the locations where the 787 production ramp up is being conducted to show them that their is a light at the end of the tunnel for those who patiently waited in line, accepted compensation and continued to run their business while a major component was delayed. It will provide them with comfort and confidence to actually place orders knowing that a time for delivery now is much more certain than it was 1, 2 or 3 years ago.
Why do they need the 777LR for that? They have 3 787s that they are not selling, why not send one where you can do all of the above while also showing them the finished product?
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4543 posts, RR: 28 Reply 7, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 16961 times:
Quoting par13del (Reply 5): so far they have only delivered 2 for 2011 and it does not sound as if any more will be pushed out for the year
I believe it was stated (not by Boeing) that two more will likely be delivered in December, so four total for the year.
tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 80 Reply 8, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 16722 times:
Quoting par13del (Reply 5): the world tour that Boeing should do for the 787 should be to have a 777LR visit countries of potential buyers, pick up the decision makers and fly them to the locations where the 787 production ramp up is being conducted
I get the idea of bringing buyers to see the production line (although buyers can already do that any time they want), but why would you use a 777-200LR when you've got a perfectly appointed 787 to do the same job?
KLAXAirport From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 118 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 15609 times:
Hope LAX is on their list!
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par13del From Bahamas, joined Dec 2005, 5902 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 13838 times:
Quoting polot (Reply 6): Why do they need the 777LR for that?
Quoting tdscanuck (Reply 8): but why would you use a 777-200LR when you've got a perfectly appointed 787 to do the same job?
I thought all the frames available were still loaded with test equipment, was not aware that any of the test birds were already in a full pax config, the other reason was the range of the LR.
Bluewave 707 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 3139 posts, RR: 8 Reply 14, posted (1 year 6 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 12866 times:
A visit to HNL would be nice!
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VC10er From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 2429 posts, RR: 9 Reply 20, posted (1 year 6 months 19 hours ago) and read 5382 times:
They are using the UA/CO BusinessFirst seat but in a much lighter color (almost white) instead of the CO blue now flying. So will "UNITED" use a different interior for the 787? even with the carpeting (which i think looks awesome) and I love the white seat with the brown, tufted leather seat with the large headrest.
I hope that's what CO/UA does!
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ETinCaribe From Ethiopia, joined Dec 2009, 624 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (1 year 6 months 17 hours ago) and read 4059 times:
Quoting liftsifter (Reply 17): I think the point is that they visit all of the countries in which airlines haven't yet purchased a Dreamliner.
Well, it is a combination of the two. Both ET and KQ currently have the Dreamliner on order and both have been heavily impacted by the delays. So probably a good PR move, not sure if it will do the trick. If I were ET, I would not let the Dreamliner overshadow the Star Alliance event on Dec 13.
tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 80 Reply 22, posted (1 year 6 months 17 hours ago) and read 3946 times:
Quoting par13del (Reply 12): I thought all the frames available were still loaded with test equipment, was not aware that any of the test birds were already in a full pax config
Check out the Randy's Blog post linked in Reply 4...they redid the interior of ZA003. Those pictures are of the reconfigured aircraft.
Quoting par13del (Reply 12): the other reason was the range of the LR.
A 787, especially not running full passenger load, has more than enough range for any conceivable "buyer-pickup" flight.
Quoting Babybus (Reply 19):
Isn't this a little late? Surely the aircraft should have done this before going into airline service.
If they'd done this prior to entry to service, they'd either have had to take an aircraft out of the test fleet (delaying certification) or use one that was slated for a customer (delaying delivery). Neither of those are great options when you're already late.
Quoting Babybus (Reply 19): Boeing should subsidize ANA to take some of their seats out to make it look comfortable. The image so far is not favourable.
What image? This is the first report I've heard of poor cabin comfort on the ANA configuration. All reports I've seen have been neutral-to-positive so far.
MCIGuy From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 1936 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (1 year 5 months 4 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3370 times:
I can say with fair confidence that it won't be coming to MCI. Nothing to get excited about here.
WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 811 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (1 year 5 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 2841 times:
I think the idea is to stop everywhere where the clients are waiting to get their 787 at some point. I think that this page might suggest where they will stop with the tour:
25 RJLover: There was a copy of the Dec EnRoute magazine on my YHZ-YUL flight yesterday, and Calin's column mentioned the 787 coming to YYZ at some point in the n
26 kq747: So glad it's finally making its way to NBO!! Shame I'll be arriving there just a few days too late but good news none the less. At least I got to see
27 SCL767: Hopefully Santiago de Chile will be part of the 787 Dreamliner Dream Tour. It would also be fantastic to showcase the B-787-8 Dreamliner at FIDAE 201
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This is a very smart business plan for Boeing. Taken from the USA tour the A380 did, hmm?
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