2014 – YVR’s Year of the Dreamliner

HI RES IMAGE (click for larger). JAL’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner taking off at Paine Field – Photo: Boeing

Last week, Japan Airlines announced that it will begin Boeing 787 service to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) on Monday, February 3, 2014. This will be the first scheduled arrival of a Dreamliner at YVR.

The JAL 787-8 will serve the YVR to Tokyo Narita (NRT) route, and will initially fly once per week on Mondays. Daily service will be in place by March.

We expect to see additional Dreamliner service at YVR this year, most noteably with Air Canada’s introduction of their 787-8 later in the spring. AC’s first of their 37-aircraft order, LN160, is to be registered as C-GHPQ and is currently in Position 2 of the Final Assembly Line at Boeing Everett.

Howard Slutsken

CORRESPONDENT - VANCOUVER, BC. Howard's lifelong passion for aviation began when he was a kid, watching TCA Super Connies, Viscounts, and early jets at Montreal's Dorval Airport. Heâ€s based in Vancouver, BC, so when Howard isnâ€t writing, heâ€s probably plane-spotting at YVR, PAE, BFI or SEA.

http://www.wingborn.aero

3 Comments

Jackson

January 13, 2014

ANA was the first to announce 787 service, supposed to start march 1. Then along came JAL to beat them to the punch.

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Howard Slutsken

January 13, 2014

Hi Jackson – at last report, ANA is planning to use 767-300s on their service to YVR. Do you have information about ANA changing to the 787?
Howard

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Jackson

January 13, 2014

Upon checking, seems like I am mistaken. Apologies

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