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| Yesterday morning we were following the progress of ZIPAIR flight ZG714, the first nonstop flight ever of a passenger airline between Japan and Florida. When the flight was near Winnipeg, we knew we needed to head over to Orlando International Airport to check it out! |
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LOOK! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ZIPAIR. |
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| With the City Beautiful in the background, ZG714 taxiing to the gate at Terminal C. |
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| ZIPAIR uses a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the route. |
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| Check-in action at the ZIPAIR ticket counter. |
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| What a beautiful sight for Orlando International Airport. The Tokyo flights are just temporary but will be used to gauge interest for permanent service. |
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| Up close with the Boeing 787-8. |
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| The flight board. The only thing wrong here is that I wasn't getting to fly on it. It was tempting; just $300 one way to Tokyo-Narita on ZIPAIR plus 30,000 American AAdvantage miles to return home. Cheap! Sadly, just didn't have the time to pull it off but I did research the possibility. |
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| Outbound passengers were treated to Japanese goodies at the gate. |
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| On a flight day you could conceivably go to Tokyo Disneyland in the morning, depart Narita at 2:30PM that afternoon, arrive Orlando at 2:40PM the same day (thanks to the international date line) and go to Disney World the same evening! |
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| Ain't she a beauty! |
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