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| A Japan Airlines 787 arriving at San Diego for the First Time |
On Tuesday Vancouver International Airport announced that
Japan Airlines would be the first carrier to bring the Boeing 787 with regularly
scheduled service beginning February 3rd 2014.
“Metro Vancouver’s community of aviation enthusiasts – me
included – is thrilled to welcome the Dreamliner to YVR,” said Craig Richmond, President
& CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. “Japan Airlines has connected travelers
between Vancouver and Tokyo since 1968. After 45 years of great history and
close to 23,000 flights, we are so pleased to celebrate JAL’s next chapter with
the latest in aircraft technology.”
JAL will introduce the 787-8 Dreamliner to the YVR-NRT route
using a phased approach, beginning with one weekly flight on Mondays and
extending to its daily flights by March 2014.
This however will not be the first time for the Dreamliner
to come to YVR as ANA has had its Seattle flight divert several times for a gas
stop when it was too foggy for them to get into SeaTac.
It was originally believed and reported that China Southern was
going to be the first airline to operate the 787 into YVR, however they aren't
planning on having it operate on the route until February 10th 2014
just a week after Japan Airlines will start service. But unlike Japan
Airlines, China Southern will operate the route daily with the 787 rather than
one time a week service.
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