Air Lease Corporation has placed its first Boeing 787-9 with Hainan Airlines.
The GE Aviation GEnx-1b-powered aircraft is Hainan’s first -9, and also makes it the first Chinese carrier to operate both variants of the 787.
The Haikou-based carrier will deploy the aircraft on its new route between Beijing and Las Vegas in September.
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“The 787-9’s super efficiency, capability and in-flight experience will accelerate our market position internationally,” says Hainan Airlines vice chairman Mou Weigang.
Hainan Airlines, which has 10 -8s in service, tells Flightglobal it has an order for 30 -9s with Boeing, and that it also plans to take more of the larger aircraft from lessors.
Air Lease has an additional 15 -9s on order.
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