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United Airlines Announces Boeing 787-10 Aircraft Operations

November 14, 2018 / WIL BALDWIN

CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines today announced it will operate its newest Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner on six trans-Atlantic routes from its New York/Newark hub beginning in March 2019. United was the first North American airline to take delivery of the 787-10, and is also the first airline in the world to have the entire family of Boeing’s 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliners in its fleet. United’s 787-10 features 44 United Polaris^® business class seats, 21 United^®Premium Plus seats, 54 Economy Plus seats and 199 standard Economy seats. Tickets will be available for purchase on Dec. 3, for travel beginning March 30.

“United is proud to offer more seats between New York and Europe than any other carrier and our Boeing 787-10 aircraft based in New York/Newark will enable us to connect even more New York City customers to Europe and beyond,” said Patrick Quayle, United’s Vice President of International Network. “We are thrilled to announce six international cities that will be served with this aircraft and we look forward to offering our customers all of the comforts and services of our most advanced aircraft.”

Offering more service than any other U.S. airline from New York to Germany and Israel, United currently offers daily nonstop service to Frankfurt and twice-daily nonstop service to Tel Aviv. United also operates daily service from New York/Newark to Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin and Paris.

Investing in customer-friendly advancements onboard

In addition to United’s signature all aisle access Polaris business class and United Premium Plus seats, United is investing in several customer-friendly advancements onboard. The aircraft features updated lighting patterns that mimic sunrise and sunset and are designed to help customers in each cabin fall asleep and wake up more adjusted to new time zones. A brand new seatback entertainment system is also available at every seat, which includes:

Split screen capabilities allowing customers to watch a movie and view the flight map simultaneously.
A relax mode for customers who want to customize a selection of soothing videos and relaxing audio playlists.
The world’s most extensive suite of accessibility features on a seatback entertainment system, which accommodates any level of vision, as well as provides support for customers with hearing and mobility issues.
Movie and television recommendations based on remaining flight time and previously watched content.

United previously announced its first 787-10 aircraft will begin operating between New York/Newark and Los Angeles and San Francisco in January 2019.

The Boeing 787-10 is 18 feet longer than the 787-9 and can carry more passengers and more cargo. The -10 aircraft can fly up to 6,430 nautical miles, while using 20 percent less fuel than older generation airplanes. United currently operates 25 787-9 and 12 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The airline expects to take delivery of 14 787-10 aircraft over the next two years. For more information on United’s 787-10, and other fleet updates visit United’s Fleet Newsroom.

About United

United Airlines and United Express operate approximately 4,700 flights a day to 356 airports across five continents. In 2017, United and United Express operated more than 1.6 million flights carrying more than 148 million customers. United is proud to have the world’s most comprehensive route network, including U.S. mainland hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark/New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. United operates 760 mainline aircraft and the airline’s United Express carriers operate 546 regional aircraft. The airline is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides service to 193 countries via 28 member airlines. For more information, visit united.com, follow @United on Twitter or connect on Facebook. The common stock of United’s parent, United Continental Holdings, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol “UAL”.

For further information: United Airlines Worldwide Media Relations, +1-872-825-8640, media.relations@united.com

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BOC Aviation to buy six Boeing aircraft worth $1.7 billion

March 29, 2018 / WIL BALDWIN

HONG KONG (Reuters) – BOC Aviation Ltd said on Thursday it would buy six new Boeing 787-9 aircraft from Boeing worth a combined $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion) at list prices.

Asia’s second-biggest aircraft lessor, which had 491 aircraft as of the end of last year, said it expected to take delivery of the aircraft in 2018 and 2019. The deal will be funded through cash on hand, loans and borrowings.

The Singapore-based company, which is majority-owned by Bank of China, this month posted a better-than-expected 40 percent rise in full-year net profit on higher revenue and U.S. tax cuts.

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Singapore Airlines Announces Order for 39 Boeing Aircraft

October 23, 2017 / WIL BALDWIN

Singapore Airlines formally announced a deal today for 20 777-9 and 19 787-10 Boeing airliners during a ceremony at the White House. The order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer, and is worth $13.8 billion at list price. Airlines usually negotiate large discounts off the list price, and the deal is estimated to actually be around $6.5 billion. The deal will help to sustain more than 70,000 direct and indirect jobs in the United States. Singapore Airlines also added options to take delivery of up to 6 additional 777-9’s and 6 787-10 aircraft.

The airline will be the launch customer for the 787-10. The aircraft are scheduled to begin deliveries in the first half of 2018, and the new order is in addition to a prior order for 30 787-10’s. Singapore now has 49 787-10’s on order, making it the largest customer for the latest 787 aircraft type. The carrier plans on using the new 787-10 version on its medium-range routes, with the 777-9 operating on the airlines longer-haul routes. The large Asian air carrier and its subsidiaries operate the Boeing 737-800, 737-MAX 8, 787-8, 787-9, 777, and 747-400 aircraft types.

The deal for the new Boeing jets comes on the heels of the airlines announcement last May that they will not be renewing the leases on the first 5 of their Airbus 380 jets. The first of those 5 will be returned to its lessor in October, 2017. The next four will be retired over the following year. Singapore Airlines does have another five A380’s currently on its order book scheduled for deliveries in 2018 and 2019. It would not surprise me if these orders ended up being canceled, or converted to a different Airbus aircraft type. The A380 has failed to live up to European plane makers expectations, as only 216 aircraft are in service with 13 operators as of September 30, 2017. There are “officially” orders for about 100 more aircraft, but those deliveries are on shaky ground, at best. Emirates appears to be the only airline that has been able to make the A380 fleet work, but they have deferred their remaining A380’s on order amid slowing growth.

Norwegian receives its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

February 25, 2016 / WIL BALDWIN

Norwegian has received its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline leased the aircraft from MG Aviation, which is owned by Jordache Enterprises. The airplane is the first of 4 Dreamliners leasing company MG Aviation has on order. Norwegian will add the 787-9 to its current fleet of 8 787-8’s. The airline will use the larger -9 aircraft to expand its routes across North America, South America, and Asia. The airline currently fly’s to over 130 destinations across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the US. The airline operates an all Boeing fleet, with 90 737-800’s, 8 787-8’s, and 1 787-9. The airline has ordering 19 787-9’s with a list price of over $5 billion. Airlines routinely negotiate for a substantial discount on their orders.

Norwegian Flying Greta Garbo

The Swedish actress Greta Garbo is gracing the tail of Norwegian’s first 787-9. The airline is known for its white and red livery that sports portraits of famous Scandinavians on their aircraft tails. Other famous tail fin characters on the airlines planes include skater Sonja Henie and author Hans Christian Andersen. A complete list of the airlines tail portraits can be viewed at:

Norwegian tail fin characters

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Norwegian Airlines selects Rolls-Royce

February 2, 2016 / WIL BALDWIN

Norwegian Airlines has picked the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine to power the 19 Boeing 787-9 aircraft it ordered back in October, 2015. Rolls-Royce has declared the value of the engine order at $2.7 billion, including the TotalCare service support included in the order. Norwegian Airlines also has options for an additional 10 787-9 aircraft, and the airline has confirmed that they would also be powered by Trent 1000 engines, if ordered.

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