DREAMLINER
The purchase of the aircraft that is going to become this icon is for 37 years in the blue sky. Equally beautiful is the pair of aircraft under construction before us. Royal Brunei Airlines has already been fitted out, lit by light coming through windows 30 per cent larger than those of ordinary aircraft. of five choices from fully lit through to 99 per cent dark. The rest of the cabin is still under construction, and with Special Air that will supply cleaner, fresher air to passengers. This air supply system together with the larger, more comfortable cabin is aimed at reducing the effects of ‘jet lag’ that often disrupt the daily rhythm of passengers.
further, with a lower cabin altitude and higher air humidity, passengers will be less exposed to the tiredness and headaches often experienced when taking a long-haul flight.
reaching higher levels. It will also ensure quieter and more comfortable take-off and landing for the people of London, Dubai, Southeast Asia and Melbourne. Although it is an aircraft built entirely in America, it begins flying to London Heathrow every day using main landing gear components designed and built by Messier-Dowty, as well as Rolls Royce Trent engines in the United Kingdom. So too here, because in Brunei, additional training has already begun for the cabin crew of these new aircraft, which will bring service and
The task of flying this new aircraft is also seeing a closely fought contest that has already begun among pilots. As one of them, it becomes a difficult task to choose who will fly this Dreamliner home. For pilots and cabin crew, this is certainly one point of pride in their careers. Since it began operations in 1976, Royal Brunei Airlines has been guided by a desire for the best in aviation.
these passengers in Southeast Asia and around the world is a reality.
In fact this Dreamliner aircraft will become a symbol of Royal Brunei Airlines’ determination to further improve what
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2013 Sep-Oct, pages 54-55. Printed in Bahasa Melayu and translated into English for this site; text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected.
