First Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands at IGI Airport

World's first ultra long-haul passenger jet-Boeing 787 Dreamliner- which can carry up to 250 passengers nonstop up to 16,000 km kept its date with India and was greeted by a water salute at the IGI airport. After a journey of about nine hours from Japan, the test flight named (named ZA002) flew in from Tokyo and reached at 11:09 am and landed from Dwarka side of the new runway (29/11). Boeing's test pilot Heather Ross, along with two other pilots, flew the aircraft, which arrived here after reaching US, Japan and Iceland. The state-of-the art plane, flashing the livery of All Nippon Airways (ANA), will be based at the IGI airport for two days, before deporting for Mumbai on July 15. On its arrival, which carried only crew and technicians, engineers and officials from Boeing, was given a traditional water salute before it was parked at a Bay near the Air India office between runway 28/10 and Terminal 3. Boeing claims that the Dreamliner would be 20 per cent fuel efficient and less noisy than other aircraft of its size due to the design of its wings and chevron and could also carry passengers ranging from 210-290 passengers to a distance between 8,000 and 8,500 nautical miles. As per a Boeing officials report, Air India's order the aircraft could seat 256 passengers, 18 in Business class and 238 in Economy class. Also these aircraft would have one of the best and warm interiors in the industry. Reported by      AR