787 Dreamliner takes flight

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 11:12 — Anonymous A bunch of media people, Boeing and ANA
executives and one hardcore fan who paid US$33,000 for a seat are to be the
first passengers on the much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner.The maiden
commercial flight is scheduled to take off from Narita, near Tokyo, on
October 26, and to land in Hong Kong at 4.pm. local time. But, we have to
ask, why so much fuss?Clearly the airlines see something they like. Japanese
airline ANA, the inaugural customer for the three-years-delayed high-tech
jetliner, has put in an order for 55 of the aircraft. And despite China
Eastern canceling its order of 24 aircraft, there is still a total order list
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