Boeing is taking the 787 to Bangladesh today, typically a brief 12h 40min polar flight, the GEnx-1B-powered ZA006 is taking a decidedly longer route across the North Atlantic and through Europe and Asia. The flight will take the 787 from Boeing Field in Seattle to Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the nation's capital city.
Dhaka is an interesting choice for the record flight's destination, Biman Bangladesh, which just recently received its first 777-300ER, is a 787 customer.
The now filed flight plan has the aircraft aloft for 20h 23min, breaking the current 787 endurance record by more than two hours after ZA102 flew non-stop from Guam to Paine Filed in 18h 7min to complete systems functionality and reliability testing in August.
SEA J70 MLP J36 DIK J70 ABR J90 RWF J34 WOOST J146 JFK J225 PVD J55 BOS J575 YQY VIXUN LOGSU 4900N 5000W 5100N 4000W 5100N 3000W 4900N 2000W BERUX UP179 STG UN725 ORKUM UM603 ARSIK UM731 TEKSA UM732 CAR UM871 NOTRI UQ789 ORTAP UP167 ARLOS UN4 SALUN A145 BRN UP751 LXR A145 ALMAL B418 ASPAN UN318 LOXAT N318 KATIK A415 SHJ P307 VAXIM L301 RASKI L301 NOBAT L505 OPAKA G450 CEA A462 DAC
While it won't break 2005's 22h 42min 777-200LR world record flight from Hong Kong to London, ZA006's journey will likely set a record for longest endurance flight for an aircraft in its weight class, as its maximum takeoff weight is nearly a quarter million pound less than that of the -200LR.
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