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Air India, China Southern, Ethiopian, LAN, Qatar and United all near 787 deliveries

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United Airlines has affirmed it is on track to receive its first Boeing 787 in Sep-2012 and five in total by the end of the calendar year. Their deployment in a business, economy plus and economy configuration will initially be on domestic routes for familiarisation purposes and later expand to regular international routes, especially long and thin ones like United's recently announced Tokyo Narita-Denver service, as well as service to long-haul destinations in the off season, allowing United to retain service but without large capacity deployment.

But before United takes delivery of its aircraft, Air India, China Southern Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar Airways are all due to receive their first aircraft. Air India's delivery has been protracted but is understood to occur later this month provided the government approves a compensation package. China Southern is due to receive its first aircraft in Aug-2012 and is expected to initially use it on domestic services. Ethiopian and Qatar are also slated to receive their first 787s in Aug-2012 while Latin American launch operator LAN plans to take its first 787 two months after United, in Oct-2012. Following All Nippon Airways's early lead, United and China Southern also plan to feature special liveries on their aircraft.

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