Boeing 787 Dreamliner Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/boeing-787-dreamliner/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:17:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Boeing 787 Dreamliner Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/boeing-787-dreamliner/ 32 32 What Are The Oldest Active Aircraft In British Airways’ Fleet? https://aviospace.org/what-are-the-oldest-active-aircraft-in-british-airways-fleet/ https://aviospace.org/what-are-the-oldest-active-aircraft-in-british-airways-fleet/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:14:52 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17298 British Airways (BA) operates a fleet of 298 active aircraft across eight types, ranging from 24-year-old narrowbody workhorses to Airbus A350-1000s barely out of their factory wrapping. The airline’s overall active fleet carries an average age of 14.6 years, but that figure masks enormous variation between aircraft types. This breakdown looks at the oldest individual aircraft […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/boeing-best-selling-airliners/feed/ 0 Boeing 777 vs 787 faceoff: A detailed comparison between two twinjets https://aviospace.org/777-vs-787-widebody-jet-comparison/ https://aviospace.org/777-vs-787-widebody-jet-comparison/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 18:05:42 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14289 Boeing’s 777, universally called the Triple Seven, first entered commercial service with United Airlines (UA) on May 15, 1995 and has since accumulated 2,485 total orders from over 60 operators, making it the most commercially successful widebody aircraft in aviation history by orders placed. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which entered service with All Nippon Airways […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/777-vs-787-widebody-jet-comparison/feed/ 0 Air India’s Flexi Contract Explained: Why Pilots Are Uneasy About the New Work Model https://aviospace.org/air-indias-flexi-contract-explained-why-pilots-are-uneasy-about-the-new-work-model/ https://aviospace.org/air-indias-flexi-contract-explained-why-pilots-are-uneasy-about-the-new-work-model/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:47:08 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=10461 Air India (AI), the flag carrier of India, has announced a new “Flexi Contract for Pilots” work‑model that is set to be implemented in the first three months of the new year, reported Hindustan Times a few days ago. The new contract will allow eligible line‑pilots and line training captains to opt for shorter duty‑patterns […]

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