{"id":105539,"date":"2024-06-17T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/austrian-airlines-first-boeing-787-dreamliner-takes-off-for-new-york-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T19:30:08","slug":"austrian-airlines-first-boeing-787-dreamliner-takes-off-for-new-york-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/austrian-airlines-first-boeing-787-dreamliner-takes-off-for-new-york-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Airlines’ first Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off for New York – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It’s a new era at Austrian Airlines<\/a>. The flag carrier of Austria took off Monday with its first-ever flight aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route to its inaugural destination: New York City.<\/p>\n

The Vienna-based carrier recently took delivery of its first 787-9, and it inaugurated the new jet Monday with nonstop service to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The return flight to Vienna departs Monday evening.<\/p>\n

It’s the first in a series of Dreamliner deliveries Austrian expects this summer and beyond; each will feature a spiffy and all-new business class cabin with lie-flat seats.<\/p>\n

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Eventually, these 787s will replace the Boeing 767 and 777 jets making up the carrier’s current wide-body fleet.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the late-afternoon departure from Vienna, airline leaders cut the ribbon at a gateside ceremony in the Austrian capital.<\/p>\n

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