JAL's new 787 Dreamliner routes to Moscow and New Delhi allow it to trim capacity on thin flights

Airlines can deploy the B787 in broadly two ways: the high-profile option of opening new long-haul routes, and the less exciting, but often more practical, replacement of older aircraft, B767s in particular. It is in this latter category that fit Japan Airlines' (JAL) new B787 destinations of Moscow and New Delhi. JAL's deployment of the B787 will see the aircraft largely replace the B777-200ERs that currently serve the routes, allowing JAL to trim capacity as its B787s seat 186 while its B777-200ERs seat 245. Moscow and New Delhi may have been better suited to be served by the B767, but JAL and many airlines never planned to fit out B767s for long-haul sectors. JAL will also deploy its B787 to Beijing from Tokyo Haneda, following All Nippon Airways (ANA).