Just an FYI to any airplane enthusiasts: the Boeing 787 just achieved first flight. Finally.
You can track the flight via this link
just watched it. good to see it finally take flight.
My office overlooks Paine Field. Didn’t even have to stand in the rain. A lot of relief around here.
Very cool. Love the flugzeugs.
I suspect greater operational efficiency will produce greater corporate profit before reduced ticket prices though.
Ticket prices are already to low, they need to be raised, but thats another discussion for another time.
I watched the first flight live, pretty cool to finally see it take flight. It looks a lot different than I thought it was going to when I started checking it out the other day. It looks really low to the ground kinda like a 737, but its the size of a 757/767. I am sure in person it looks better, just kinda squaty looking.
Since ticket prices and fees barely cover the cost of the flight, that’s not a bad thing. Except for Southwest, very few airlines have had any net profits over the last 10 years.
787 on short final. Just flew past downtown Seattle for a full stop at KBFI.
Watched it on Fox News. Very impressive!
Start another thread and let’s kick it around. A number of folks here fly quite a bit.
Watched them building it Aug. 2007 w/ the maiden flight expected THAT Dec. The interior passenger cabin mockup we walked thru
seemed like a real game changer. Enjoyed watching it live (though on FOX) today, sure Boeing is glad to have that behind them.
Now to produce the 800+ on order @ $150-175 mill. apiece.
Hopefully it brings more jobs for Seattle-ites building at Boeing. Those guys have been hit hard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fucq5BoEfEI
Wish I could’ve been there to see that live.
The city that I live in has a regional airport, with a Class C airspace. I happened to be there one day when an airliner was doing somekind of training with a 747. The plane would take off and land, repeatedly. It was amazing to see something so big, lift off so effortlessly. I felt very fortunate to be there that day to see it.
So because it’s more fuel efficient (approx 20% better then other Boeing Aircraft) does that mean the tickets will be 20% cheaper, then say what they would be to ride a 747?
Doubt it. :mad::mad:
Just noticed your handle. I was a DOT Ramp Agent for FDX for many moons. What do you fly?
this is going to be a highly successful plane: great fuel efficiency, range, large reduction in weight, land and takeoff from shorter runways. It’s going to be a big workhorse for the airline industry. The amount of orders it has speaks for itself.
Due to the strike happy workers there, the 2nd assembly line for the 787 was moved to South Carolina and not built in WA
Really? Have you ANY clue what it costs to operate an airline? Clearly not or you wouldn’t be bitching about your $89 ticket price.
yeah clearly tickets in Colorado are cheaper, but tickets are not $89 here in Florida…avg. 300-400 for the tiny coach seats…1100-1200 for 1st class when I flew in august.
Where are you SkinTop? Need to you to weigh in here & help keep this thread on the tracks.
I just flew direct from DIA (Denver) to Miami and it wasn’t $400 so you need to shop around more if you’re such a penny pincher. I take it you’re pretty young too and don’t remember when plane tickets were 2-4x more than they are now. Airlines haven’t been profitable for many, many years so if you don’t like the prices… don’t fly. I hate people that bitch about it when it’s not that much money if you think about it and you’re not forced to fly either.
On average I play around $330 for a round trip flight. Recently I had to pay about $800 for a flight because I was traveling on Thanksgiving weekend (but at least I got a direct flight).
Let’s not forget that most airlines break even by carrying packages. That’s breaking even folks, not making a profit.
I do however strongly disagree with charging passengers for checking luggage because it creates a mess trying to get everyone and their damn bags onboard. Thank God I fly first class 