Randy's Journal: Archives

29 July 2005

Worldliner on Broadway

The 777-200LR World Tour has been around the globe and back again. The world's longest-range airliner has been to Beijing, Dubai, Paris, Taipei, Karachi, Singapore, Mexico City, and a bunch of other cities and countries since the tour began back in June.

Last weekend the Worldliner returned to the U.S. for a stopover in the New York City area. And on Monday, Boeing and Continental Airlines hosted the 777-200LR, or WD002, as the airplane is designated during its Flight Test program. The event took place at a hangar at Newark Liberty International Airport.

You can read an interesting account of the media activity surrounding the Newark tour stop on Boeing's Flight Test blog.

My boss, Nicole Piasecki, our vice president of business strategy and marketing, got a chance to talk with a bunch of New York and New Jersey reporters during the stop, including a live interview on the business news channel, CNBC.

And there's still more media attention to come. Next week the Worldliner visits India, and then returns to Seattle later in August for something of a homecoming.