Boeing 787-9

Hawaiian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which arrived in Honolulu late last week. The Honolulu-based airline has a dozen 787-9s on order with Boeing, with a further two expected to join the carrier’s fleet in 2024.

American Airlines has announced it will commence new non-stop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Brisbane from October – the first-ever scheduled service between the destinations.

Air New Zealand is launching new non-stop flights between Auckland and New York JFK commencing 17 September 2022.Subject to regulatory approvals, the Kiwi-carrier will operate the route three times per week on a year-round basis, using specially configured Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.Such is the significance of the route, Air New Zealand has dedicated its flight numbers NZ1 (JFK-AKL) and NZ2 (AKL-JFK) for the return New York flights.

Qantas is set to test the viability of proposed ultra-long-haul flights (approximately 19 hours) between Sydney and London and New York on passenger and crew health and wellbeing before the year’s end.

The US Government has rubber stamped the proposed joint business agreement between Qantas and American Airlines, paving the way for the start of the flagged new non-stop flight routes across the Pacific between Brisbane and both Chicago and San Francisco. The decision follows draft approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) last month.

LATAM Airlines Group has unveiled plans to operate three non-stop flights per week from Santiago to Sydney by the end of 2019. More details including the start date, itinerary and ticket availability will be communicated in the coming weeks.

Lufthansa Group’s Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of a total of 40 state-of-the-art aircraft for the group’s airlines. The 20 Boeing 787-9 and 20 additional Airbus A350-900 planes will primarily be replacing four-engine aircraft. The new planes will be delivered between late 2022 and 2027.

The Australian carrier will operate the carbon-composite Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on select Qantas flights ex Brisbane (from 19 December), Melbourne (between 13 December and 29 March) and Sydney (from 30 March) in 2019.