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Frontiers December 2016 Issue

Photo illustration: In 2014, United Airlines received its first 787-9 Dreamliner, which it flew from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia—one of the world’s longest routes at the time. BOEING ‘DREAM’ ROUTES BY THE NUMBERS Among the more than 120 new, nonstop routes that airlines flying the 787 Dreamliner have opened or announced since the airplane’s entry into service in October 2011, below are five of the longest. ROUTE AIRLINE RANGE IN NAUT ICAL MILES SAN FRANCISCO–SINGAPORE UNITED AIRLINES 7,328 (8,433 MILES, OR 13,571 KILOMETERS) LOS ANGELES–MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA UNITED AIRLINES 6,884 (7,922 MILES, OR 12,749 KILOMETERS) FUZHOU, CHINA–NEW YORK XIAMEN AIRLINES 6,735 (7,751 MILES, OR 12,473 KILOMETERS) LOS ANGELES–SYDNEY UNITED AIRLINES 6,508 (7,489 MILES, OR 12,053 KILOMETERS) ABU DHABI–BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA ETIHAD AIRWAYS 6,481 (7,458 MILES, OR 12,003 KILOMETERS) DECEMBER 2016 | 27


Frontiers December 2016 Issue
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