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On 13 October 2004, All Nippon Airways selected Rolls-Royce to power 30 787-3s and 20 787-8s, a $1 billion (£560 million) deal. The first run of the Trent 1000 was on 14 February 2006. [2] On 18 June 2007, it made its first flight from TSTC Waco Airport in Texas, on Rolls-Royce's flying testbed, a modified Boeing 747-200. [3]
In June 2024 there were 1116 Boeing 787 aircraft in airline service, comprising 397 787-8s, 621 787-9s and 98 787-10s. [1] The largest operators at that time were All Nippon Airways (86), United Airlines (71), American Airlines (59), Qatar Airways (47), Japan Airlines (46), Etihad Airways (40), Hainan Airlines (38), Air Canada (38), British Airways (37), Ethiopian Airlines (29), Air India (27 ...
All Nippon Airways launched the 787 Dreamliner program with an order for 50 aircraft in 2004 A 787-8 of LOT Polish Airlines , the first European operator [ 2 ] The 1,000th 787, 9V-SCP, was delivered to Singapore Airlines in 2023 [ 3 ]
LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball is about to play two exhibition games, ahead of the start of its 2023-24 season. The No. 1 Jayhawks are going to play Sunday on the road against Illinois. They’ll ...
The Boeing 787s were scheduled to replace 14 of British Airways' Boeing 767 fleet, while the Airbus A380s were planned to replace 20 of BA's Boeing 747-400s. On 1 August 2008, BA announced orders for 6 Boeing 777-300ERs and options for 4 more as an interim measure to cover for delays over the deliveries of their 787s.
Major fuselage parts were received for final assembly on November 30, 2016. The 787-10's mid-fuselage sections are too large for transport to Everett, Washington and it is built only in Charleston, South Carolina; [353] it is the first Boeing airliner assembled exclusively there. [354] The first −10 was rolled out on February 17, 2017. [355]
British Airways purchased the internet domain ba.com in 2002 from previous owner Bell Atlantic, [162] 'BA' being the company's initialism and its IATA Airline code. [163] British Airways is the official airline of the Wimbledon Championship tennis tournament, and was the official airline and tier one partner of the 2012 Summer Olympics and ...
The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 18 and ending with the championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas, on April 7.