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Author Topic: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread  (Read 169075 times)

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #60 on: May 18, 2017, 10:25:04 AM »
GDS vs ELAL sales rep.
Who is right?

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #61 on: May 19, 2017, 08:04:15 AM »
Any word on which routes will get 787 service?
Elal phone agent advised me this week that YYZ will get the 787 by August!
Who knows!!!

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #62 on: May 19, 2017, 08:12:41 AM »
Elal phone agent advised me this week that YYZ will get the 787 by August!
Who knows!!!
Probably to compete with the AC 787 on that route. If it's true....

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #63 on: May 19, 2017, 08:57:22 AM »
Probably to compete with the AC 787 on that route. If it's true....
As a reminder, the 787 is a replacement for a 767

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #64 on: May 19, 2017, 09:38:35 AM »
As a reminder, the 787 is a replacement for a 767
But it will also be replacing 747's. They'll probably just add more frequency to those routes. (El Al doesn't have 16 767's to replace)

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #65 on: May 19, 2017, 10:26:46 AM »
But it will also be replacing 747's. They'll probably just add more frequency to those routes. (El Al doesn't have 16 767's to replace)
Forget about BOS getting a 787

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #66 on: May 19, 2017, 10:30:33 AM »
Forget about BOS getting a 787
Ok. Forgotten.

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #67 on: May 19, 2017, 10:33:41 AM »
Why is ELAL hiding all this, August is not so far away

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #68 on: May 19, 2017, 10:36:03 AM »
Who says they know?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #69 on: May 19, 2017, 10:49:33 AM »
Who says they know?
Don't you know this when you order the plane?

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #70 on: May 19, 2017, 10:50:09 AM »
Don't you know this when you order the plane?
The routes it will fly on? Of course not.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #71 on: May 19, 2017, 10:52:07 AM »
Forget about BOS getting a 787
BOS route is being canceled once Maimons kid finishes school there.

If they announce the SFO route soon, we know he's going to Stanford or Berkeley for Grad school

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #72 on: May 19, 2017, 10:54:21 AM »
The routes it will fly on? Of course not.
But we don't even know yet the configuration of the seats

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #73 on: May 19, 2017, 10:56:33 AM »
BOS route is being canceled once Maimons kid finishes school there.

If they announce the SFO route soon, we know he's going to Stanford or Berkeley for Grad school
:D

But we don't even know yet the configuration of the seats
Sure we do.
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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #74 on: May 19, 2017, 04:37:21 PM »
Just a reminder, an airline usually uses a new plane for shorthauls for the first month or two for crew training etc.

I wonder if that will be the case here and if so, on what routes

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #75 on: May 19, 2017, 05:32:40 PM »
Just a reminder, an airline usually uses a new plane for shorthauls for the first month or two for crew training etc.

I wonder if that will be the case here and if so, on what routes
I guess European

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #76 on: June 11, 2017, 03:37:59 AM »
I'm​ attending the launch event they are hosting for the press and financial community in Tel Aviv with David Maimon and Boing's Vice Chairman.

As expected no First class

Main takeaway: business in 1-2-1 configuration

Premium Economy in 2-3-2 configuration

ViaSat wifi
Recardo seats
Panasonic video
« Last Edit: June 11, 2017, 04:02:03 AM by tavster »

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #77 on: June 11, 2017, 03:51:37 AM »
They are getting their 1st plane the 2nd week of September.

First flights to London to train the staff, then first route is to Newark

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #78 on: June 11, 2017, 03:54:22 AM »
They are getting their 1st plane the 2nd week of September. No color yet on the first route
Have a strong feeling that EWR will be from the first ones...

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Re: Will the LY Dreamliner have a First Class cabin? (a little hint)
« Reply #79 on: June 11, 2017, 03:57:15 AM »
Yeah I've just edited my post. First flights are to London for training purposes, then Newark indeed