First Dreamliner Long Haul Flight Underway

[Grahame Hutchison]

The first Dreamliner long haul flight is underway from RJTT Tokyo Haneda to EDDF Frankfurt. All Nippon flight ANA203 is currently 6hr 23min into the 11hr 13min sector, a direct distance of 9373km.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ANA203

[Rowan McKeever]

Geez it's doing alright, leaving 25m late & estimated to arrive 27m early!! Do you know the rego Grahame??

[Kieran Wells]

Understand its JA801A.

[Grahame Hutchison]

No confirmation on the registration, however the aircraft is currently tracking 220 at 489kts FL400 off the south east coast of Sweden.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203.jpg

And the view from the cockpit, with Bornholm island ahead to the right, with Poland and the Oder River to the left.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203 02.jpg

1400L Tracking directly towards Berlin.

[Michael Mak]

The rego is JA805A from PlaneFinder.
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8489/photodm.png

[Kieran Wells]

is indeed JA805A. Apologies for earlier mistake... Just going off picture on flightawre...

[Grahame Hutchison]

Also now on ACARS ....

ACARS mode: 1 Aircraft reg: JA805A
Message label: ** Block id: @ Msg no: 0447
Flight id: [B]NH0203 [] [All-Nippon Airways]
Message content:-
SBS-1 Callsign: ANA203
----------------------------------------------------------[ 21/01/2012 02:52 ]-

Current ATIS for Frankfurt ...


210320Z 22007KT 9999 SCT019 OVC080 02/00 Q1017 NOSIG
1452L In a holding pattern with QF5 also on approach behind them.
1457L On approach for Runway 25R
1502L Touchdown for the first commercial longhaul Dreamliner service.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203%2003.jpg

Final approach to Runway 25R

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/ANA203%2004.jpg