New evidence emerged this week that Boeing’s new Dreamliner is beginning to change airline route maps worldwide.
Japan Air Lines announced this week it will begin San Diego-Tokyo service with its new 787 Dreamliners later this year.
The San Diego-Tokyo route is the kind of connection that Boeing has bragged the Dreamliner will make possible because of its long range, medium size and fuel economy. The JAL flight will be the first flight connecting San Diego nonstop to Asia.
JAL is also planning to connect Boston with Tokyo beginning in late April using a Dreamliner. Boston has sought a nonstop connection to Tokyo for years, but the market between the two cities was deemed too small to justify using a Boeing 747 or 777 or Airbus A340 or A380, much larger aircraft that had the range to handle the flight.
Boeing’s 787 launch customer, All Nippon Airways, is also planning to connect mid-sized cities with Tokyo. Seattle will get ANA service to the Japanese capital later this year, and San Jose, Calif., will get an ANA 787 route to Tokyo. San Jose has no other non-stop flights to Tokyo. Seattle has Delta and United/Continental routes to Tokyo.
The smaller 787 allows ANA to enter the market without committing a larger aircraft to the competition.
ANA has already begun 787 service to Frankfurt, and JAL plans to fly to Helsinki from Tokyo with the new jet.
United/Continental has plans to launch two so-called “thin routes” with the Dreamliner. The first 787 routes will link Houston and Lagos, Nigeria, and Houston with Auckland, New Zealand.
Reaching those destinations from Houston in the past has required stopovers in such hubs as Los Angeles or London.
source: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/17/2029755/dreamliner-brings-change-to-established.html
Japan Air Lines announced this week it will begin San Diego-Tokyo service with its new 787 Dreamliners later this year.
The San Diego-Tokyo route is the kind of connection that Boeing has bragged the Dreamliner will make possible because of its long range, medium size and fuel economy. The JAL flight will be the first flight connecting San Diego nonstop to Asia.
JAL is also planning to connect Boston with Tokyo beginning in late April using a Dreamliner. Boston has sought a nonstop connection to Tokyo for years, but the market between the two cities was deemed too small to justify using a Boeing 747 or 777 or Airbus A340 or A380, much larger aircraft that had the range to handle the flight.
Boeing’s 787 launch customer, All Nippon Airways, is also planning to connect mid-sized cities with Tokyo. Seattle will get ANA service to the Japanese capital later this year, and San Jose, Calif., will get an ANA 787 route to Tokyo. San Jose has no other non-stop flights to Tokyo. Seattle has Delta and United/Continental routes to Tokyo.
The smaller 787 allows ANA to enter the market without committing a larger aircraft to the competition.
ANA has already begun 787 service to Frankfurt, and JAL plans to fly to Helsinki from Tokyo with the new jet.
United/Continental has plans to launch two so-called “thin routes” with the Dreamliner. The first 787 routes will link Houston and Lagos, Nigeria, and Houston with Auckland, New Zealand.
Reaching those destinations from Houston in the past has required stopovers in such hubs as Los Angeles or London.
source: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/17/2029755/dreamliner-brings-change-to-established.html
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