Global Airport News

Global Airport News

The world’s most technologically advanced passenger airplane – Boeing 787 Dreamliner – was presented at Chopin Airport. It was one of the first public presentations of this plane in Europe.
 
Thanks to the close cooperation between LOT Polish Airlines and the Boeing Company, the Dreamliner has performed a demonstration flight to Poland. After landing at the airport, the it was towed near the LOT’s hangar, where guests and representatives of the media could admire the water salute, and then to visit the interior of the plane.
 
The name of that plane was not taken out of nowhere the flight on board of the Dreamliner will be similar to a dream coming true said LOT President Marcin Piróg during the opening of the press conference, that was organized just after the Dreamliner’s landing. We are proud that we will be the first European carrier to offer its passengers completely new quality and comfort of flight.
 
The 787 is a truly revolutionary airplane and it is an honor to be able to present it here in Warsaw on behalf of the thousands of men and women from around the world who have worked tirelessly to create a great airplane both for our airline customers and their passengers, the traveling public said Scott Fancher Vice President and General Manager of the 787 Program for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
 
Polish Airlines LOT will be the first carrier in Europe to acquire the Boeing 787. The first delivery is expected in the second quarter of 2012. Altogether, LOT has ordered eight planes of this type. Boeing acknowledged that ChopinAirport was among the best prepared airports in the world to handle Dreamliners.