Boeing delivers Royal Jordanian’s first 787-8 Dreamliner

August 27, 2014 Comments Off on Boeing delivers Royal Jordanian’s first 787-8 Dreamliner 283 Views

US airframer Boeing delivered to national carrier and oneworld member Royal Jordanian the airline’s first 787-8 Dreamliner registration JY-BAA. The aircraft is leased via AerCap.

The Bangalore Aviation team was present at Paine Field in Everett Washington state on July 30, when the aircraft entered the runway for the first time and conducted high speed taxi tests.

Royal Jordanian JY-BAA Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Seen taxing to the runway at Paine Field to perform a high speed taxi and brake test.
Royal Jordanian JY-BAA Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Seen taxing to the runway at Paine Field to perform a high speed taxi and brake test.
Royal Jordanian's first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner JY-BAA. Seen on the runway at Paine Field to perform a high speed taxi and brake test.
Royal Jordanian’s first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner JY-BAA. Seen on the runway at Paine Field to perform a high speed taxi and brake test. Photo by Vedant Agarwal.
Royal Jordanian Airlines' first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner JY-BAA. Returning from high speed taxi and brake testing at Paine Field, Everett.
Royal Jordanian Airlines’ first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner JY-BAA. Returning from high speed taxi and brake testing at Paine Field, Everett. Photo by Devesh Agarwal.

The airline will configure its Dreamliners in a 24 business and 246 economy class seating. The airframe is powered by General Electric GEnx engines which also power Air India’s and Japan Airline’s Dreamliners.

Royal Jordanian becomes the second carrier in the middle-east after national carrier Qatar Airways to operate the new generation fuel efficient aircraft.

To support Royal Jordanian’s Dreamliners, Boeing is providing a comprehensive suite of support and services through its Commercial Aviation Services business. Royal Jordanian has received flight and maintenance training and will be using Airplane Health Management, a diagnostic and predictive capability that evaluates airplane operations data while airplanes are in flight and notifies ground crews of potential maintenance issues; a Rotable Exchange Program that provides a dedicated pool of high-value, mission-critical parts and manages inventory at a reduced cost; and Maintenance Performance Toolbox, a digital real-time-information tool that enables quick resolution of airplane maintenance issues.

Royal Jordanian currently flies a network of over 50 global destinations and plans to deploy the Dreamliner on services to North American destinations as well as to Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The airline currently flies four times a week between Amman and Mumbai and five times a week to New Delhi, but the airline will suspended its services to India from the winter schedule which commences at the end of October.

About Devesh Agarwal

A electronics and automotive product management, marketing and branding expert, he was awarded a silver medal at the Lockheed Martin innovation competition 2010. He is ranked 6th on Mashable's list of aviation pros on Twitter and in addition to Bangalore Aviation, he has contributed to leading publications like Aviation Week, Conde Nast Traveller India, The Economic Times, and The Mint (a Wall Street Journal content partner). He remains a frequent flier and shares the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Indian aviation industry without fear or favour.

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