Jetstar first 787-8 dreamliner in new livery

[UP4014]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

I think many a person on this forum has mentioned that JQ is the future entity which will day engulf QF and from the ashes it will reemerge as New QF.

Just the current management appearance, a change of management would change the direction again.

Matt

 

[Flying Fox]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Some additional pics here -

A birds-eye view of Jetstar's new Boeing 787 - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

I think that the bird looks a bit dopey with silver body and white engine covers.

 

[markis10]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Some additional pics here -

A birds-eye view of Jetstar's new Boeing 787 - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

I think that the bird looks a bit dopey with silver body and white engine covers.

Full res version of the original photo from Airliners.net two weeks ago here:

Photos: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

The 787 has limitations on what engine colours can be applied.

 

[samh004]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

The 787 has limitations on what engine colours can be applied.

I'd have though silver would be included. Looks odd, but I guess isn't terribly noticeable.

 

[markis10]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

I'd have though silver would be included. Looks odd, but I guess isn't terribly noticeable.

White or BAC 707 light gray only.

 

[Fruitcake]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

White or BAC 707 light gray only.

...or BA Blue. But that probably would look even worse against a JQ silver fuselage.

 

[markis10]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

...or BA Blue. But that probably would look even worse against a JQ silver fuselage.

At a considerable penalty for performance I believe.

 

[JohnPhelan]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does the colour affect the engine performance ?

 

[markis10]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does the colour affect the engine performance ?

"Aircraft drag is reduced because laminar flow has much lower skin friction drag than turbulent flow," said Ron Hinderberger, propulsion leader for the 787 program. "If you interrupt the laminar flow by adding paint layers, which are common with airline liveries, you could increase fuel burn by 30,000 gallons per year per airplane."

What that means is... you can have your Dreamliner in however many colors you want... as long as the engine nacelles are monochrome. For 787s sporting Boeing's blue-and-white livery, the nacelles will be gray... the better to match the aluminum intake inlet, Boeing says.

Boeing Makes Small Change To 787 To Enhance Performance | Aero-News Network

Maybe they have been able to come up with a thin enough blue paint now??

 

[SeatBackForward]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does the colour affect the engine performance ?

Red Engines go faster.

 

[maninblack]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does Jetstar and the media keep claiming that they have a "business class"

 

[moa999]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

If the test Boeing 787s are grey, would have thought Jetstar would have picked it up.

Jetstar uses Business Class because they changed the name of StarClass to Business Class, and indeed the seats are the same as Qantas Business Domestic.
There is no real definition for business class.

Indeed even in First Class, American Airlines is using the Cirrus seats in its new cross-America services that Cathay uses in its new Business Class.

 

[samh004]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does Jetstar and the media keep claiming that they have a "business class"

As above, it's just a name for a product, rather than a description of the service offered

 

[SeatBackForward]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does Jetstar and the media keep claiming that they have a "business class"

Bit like how any American airline call theirs "First class"

 

[Mr_Orange]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Why does Jetstar and the media keep claiming that they have a "business class"

I can remember flying J on EK in 1996 and the seat then was pretty much what Jetstar offer now. At the time it was heaps better than Y, but nowadays pax are used to lie flat or near lie flat beds.

 

[jetlagger]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Bit like how any American airline call theirs "First class"

The only First Class is the SC earn.. the rest (service & seat quality) is always .. Ho Hum..

 

[maninblack]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

I don't think JQ are offering anything like this http://c.hub.aa.com/360/AA777_1st_Class.html or this New Planes | Plane Flights | American Airlines on their international services.

 

[markis10]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Interestin news out this morning that the technology that restricts the engine colours is being rolled out further on the 787-9 to include the stabiliser:

Boeing tests hybrid laminar flow control for 787-9

 

[MartinMemo]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Now I know what to spent my QFF points on - MEL-OOL J class on this baby for xmas!

 

[moa999]

Re: Jet Star 787 - Looks pretty good!

Per a post on plane talking, bird is in the air

Mike Bohnet Posted September 15, 2013 at 10:44 am

As I write this, Jetstar’s first 787-8, VH-VKA, is in the air on its first flight as BOE215.