Airline News
B787-9 delays, Etihad next in line
December 2nd 2014
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways won’t be unveiling its new B787-9 Dreamliner on December 27, says GDS data provider Airline Route. Read More » Consequently, it won’t be putting the new aircraft into passenger service to Dusseldorf from the same day, or to Mumbai and Washington (Dulles) from January 1, as it had previously announced. The launches have been “tentatively rescheduled” to February 15.
Latest GDS data also indicates that low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot will postpone service introduction of the B787-9 from January 1 to “at least” January 16. The Singapore budget carrier was planning to fly the B787-9 to both Hong Kong and Perth from the first day of the year.
As reported by This Week in Asia-Pacific Aviation in September, Air New Zealand was facing similar delays, causing it to delay its inaugurals to both Shanghai and Tokyo by about two weeks to December 2 and December 14, respectively. Last week, Virgin Atlantic Airways announced delayed -9 inaugurals to Dulles and Newark, now scheduled for January 7 and February 1, respectively.
