British Airways has chosen Toronto and Newark as its first destinations using the Dreamliner aircraft.
BA has now taken delivery of its first Dreamliner 787 from Boeing and the aircraft arrived at Heathrow at just after noon today (June 27) after flying from Boeing's base in Seattle.
The airline is planning to serve Toronto with the 787 from September 1 and Newark, New York from October 1, subject to regulatory approval. Flights are now on sale and with a fare of £787 return in World Traveller Plus (premium economy) to both cities.
Willie Walsh, chief executive of
IAG (pictured left), said: "The 787 is a tremendous, innovative aircraft which sets new standards for environmental performance and operating efficiency and I'm sure British Airways customers will love it.
"The 787 will become a mainstay of the British Airways fleet over the next few years. This is the first of 24 that will arrive by 2017, and we have announced plans to convert further options for the aircraft into firm orders for delivery from 2017, including for the new larger 787-10 version."
The Dreamliner will operate on Heathrow-Toronto once per day from September 1. The 787 will also initially fly daily to Newark from October 1, increasing to 13 per weekly from October 27.
BA will also be unveiling its first Airbus A380 superjumbo at Heathrow next week. It has already announced that this aircraft will initially be used on routes to Los Angeles and then Hong Kong from October.
Meanwhile the carrier is to increase flights to China for the winter 2013/14 season by adding a seventh weekly service from Heathrow to both Beijing and Shanghai. These extra flights will be introduced from October 27.
BA is also introducing Chengdu as a new destination in China from September 22 with three flights per week.
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