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Japan Airlines To
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March 22, 2012 - Japan Airlines (JAL) announced that it
will take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 on March
25, 2012, and the aircraft will be flown from Seattle,
Everett to Tokyo, Narita by JAL pilots the following
day.
JAL’s first commercial 787 flight will also be the first
ever nonstop flight to connect Boston with Asia when JAL
uses it to launch the new service between Tokyo (Narita)
and Boston on April 22, 2012.
JAL will later this year, also use this super-efficient aircraft to start yet another first nonstop service between a US city and Asia with the launch of direct flights between Tokyo (Narita) and San Diego. The 787 is scheduled to be deployed on routes between Tokyo and Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi and Singapore as soon as subsequent aircraft are delivered and all necessary preparations are completed.
JAL’s 787 Dreamliner is configured in two classes with
42 seats in business and 144 seats in economy. The
airline will fit its newest Executive Class JAL Shell
Flat Neo seats that are 2 inches wider than the seats
now fitted on JAL’s Boeing 777s, in a 2-2-2
configuration so that customers are either seated by the
window or along the aisle.
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Lavatories
in Executive Class also feature a special warm-water Toto
Washlet jointly developed by companies Toto, JAMCO and Boeing.
The 144 Economy Class seats have 0.8 inches wider space than
current seats and arranged in a 2-4-2 configuration.
In the
design process of the 787 Dreamliner, JAL participated actively
in the Boeing-led Working Together Team program that involved
various airline customers brainstorming for enhanced passenger
comfort and usability.
JAL aimed
to demonstrate hospitality from the heart in all
customer-contact points in the cabin as well as the work space
for cabin attendants such as the kitchen equipment in the
galley. Some highlights of the revolutionary aircraft are:
30% larger
windows than a Boeing 767 allow for more light into the cabin
and a greater view of the outside even for passengers seated in
the middle sections.
Electronically dimmable windows allow customers to adjust the amount of light entering the cabin, and it replaces conventional shades that either completely shut out or let in external light. |