Part of Air Canada’s growing fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, C-FRSI came into the fold in February, 2017. We photographed this airplane while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) on July 2, 2017.
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C-FRSI
C-FRSI took its first flight on January 17, 2017 and was delivered to Air Canada on February 9, 2017. The Boeing 787-9 is configured for a maximum total of 298 passengers with 30 seats in business class, 21 more in premium economy and 247 in economy class. This is one of 21 B789 aircraft currently in the AC fleet. That number will grow to 29 by 2019.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is six metres or 20 feet longer than the Boeing 787-8 model, though both share the same wingspan. The first flight for a 787-9 occurred on September 17, 2013 and the first was delivered to Air New Zealand on July 8, 2014. The first B788 was introduced in October, 2011 with All Nippon Airways.
The 787-9 is 63 metres or 206 feet in length with a wingspan of 60 metres or 197 feet. At the tail, the aircraft stands 17 metres or 56 feet in height. The flight range is 14,140 kilometres which is around 500 KM more than the 787-8 model.
Air Canada
Air Canada was founded in 1937 as Trans Canada Air Lines with the name switching on January 1, 1965. The airline is headquartered at the Air Canada Centre on the grounds of Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in Dorval, Quebec. AC is a founding member of the 27 airline Star Alliance. Other founding members include Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways and United Airlines.
The growing main fleet has more than 170 aircraft with the largest being the Boeing 777-300ER. The quantity leader is the Airbus A320-200 with 42. Including subsidiaries Air Canada Rouge and Air Canada Express, the fleet balloons to nearly 400. The main fleet flies to over 200 destinations with the number increasing to over 350 with subsidiaries included.
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