B-1540 was once adorned with a Kung Fu Panda livery with a white background. Now, the Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 is a ‘Plain Jane’ white with a the airline’s tail logo. We photographed this B789 on March 15, 2020 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
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B-1540
B-1540 performed its first flight on August 22, 2016. The Boeing 787-9 was delivered to Hainan Airlines on September 25, 2016. This is one of 29 B789 models in this China based airline.
This aircraft is configured for a maximum total of 289 passengers. There are 30 seats in business class and 259 economy class seats.
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Boeing 787-9
The first B789 took flight on September 17, 2013 and first entered service with Air New Zealand on July 8, 2014. This aircraft is 63 metres or 206 feet in length, 20 feet longer than the initial Boeing 787-8 variant. Both models share the same 60 metre or 197 foot wingspan. At the tail, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner stands 17 metres or 56 feet in height.
Hainan Airlines
Established in 1989 as Hainan Province Airlines, the name was shortened to just Hainan Airlines in 1996. The parent company is Grand China Air and includes seven subsidiaries. The airline is headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China and has a fleet of nearly 240 aircraft flying to 110 destinations around the world.
The fleet is led by the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 787-9, both capable of carrying a maximum total of 292 passengers. Four of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner models are painted with a special livery honouring the KungFu Panda animated movie franchise. Hainan, like most China based airlines, has orders in for the Chinese built Comac C919. Deliveries will start in 2020 or later for this competitor airliner for the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo.