Dreamiliner Arrives in Manila

23 October 2013

Amidst airway congestion brought by radar maintenance, the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner (BI 683) touches Manila runway at 2:30pm carrying 65 passengers from Bandar Seri Begawan. Royal Brunei is the first airline to operate the Boeing Dreamliner in South East Asia. 

B787 Schedules are listed as follows:
Bandar Seri Begawan – Manila v.v.
23OCT13 – 30NOV13 2 times weekly
BI683 BWN1200 – 1405MNL 787 37
BI684 MNL1505 – 1710BWN 787 37                                                                    Image courtesy Interaksyon.com

Brunei First To Fly 787 to Manila

15 October 2013

Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) will fly its Boeing 787 aircraft to Manila, becoming the first Southeast Asian operator of the type to operate in the country beginning October 23.

The carrier will first deploy the aircraft on Bandar Seri Begawan-Singapore route on October 18 followed by Kuala Lumpur services on the 19th and Manila on the 23rd.

The airline operates a fleet of six Airbus A320 and four Boeing 777-200ERs. It has four more 787-8s on order.