Korean Air to start B787-9 ops in late 1Q17

Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has set a provisional date of March 7 for its maiden commercial B787-9-operated flight.

ch-aviation analysis of schedule data indicates the Korean carrier will use the General Electric GEnx-1B64-powered twinjets to run 4x daily crew familiarization flights between Seoul Gimpo and Jeju over the period March 7 - 25.

Korean Air has a total of one B787-8 and ten B787-9s on order from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare). The -9s are configured with twenty-four seats in business class with 251 in economy. The B787-8 will be operated as a VIP aircraft for the country's government.

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