Royal Brunei Airlines will likely be the first carrier to fly Boeing 787 Dreamliners through Dubai, with the airline getting delivery next spring of the first of five of the carbon composite aircraft.
"We currently operate a Boeing 777 on the Dubai-London service and we anticipate that we will be the first to serve Dubai with a Dreamliner," Dermot Mannion, RBA's Chief Executive Officer told the Gulf News daily in Dubai.
"Our daily service through Dubai to Terminal 4 in Heathrow is probably the best-kept secret regarding value for money for passengers," he said. "We're certainly very competitively priced and are likely the cheapest airline flying between Dubai and London."
Mannion, a former senior Emirates airline executive and former chairman of Irish carrier Aer Lingus, was in Dubai at the weekend to seal a deal with Gulf Reps as the airline's public relations and marketing representative in the UAE.
Because of historic ties between Brunei and the United Kingdom, Royal Brunei Airlines services the British capital with a 3am daily departure from Dubai, with passengers touching down in London at 6.40am.
"That's a perfect time to land at Heathrow, it lets you do a day's business in London, then fly back to Dubai at 9pm," Mannion said.
"London is key for us and that's why we will be introducing the Dreamliner on the route next year," Mannion said.
"We're all very excited about the 787 and we think it will be an excellent addition to our fleet," he said. "Given the load factors on the Dubai-London route, the Dreamliner will be an excellent option for us."
Despite the rush by some airlines to increase capacity, add route networks or enter code-share agreements, Royal Brunei is taking the slow and easy approach.
"The carbon tax is one factor why we won't enter Europe again anytime soon." Mannion said. "We know our market, we know our fleet, we know what works and for us small is the way forward," Mannion said.
"We currently operate a Boeing 777 on the Dubai-London service and we anticipate that we will be the first to serve Dubai with a Dreamliner," Dermot Mannion, RBA's Chief Executive Officer told the Gulf News daily in Dubai.
"Our daily service through Dubai to Terminal 4 in Heathrow is probably the best-kept secret regarding value for money for passengers," he said. "We're certainly very competitively priced and are likely the cheapest airline flying between Dubai and London."
Mannion, a former senior Emirates airline executive and former chairman of Irish carrier Aer Lingus, was in Dubai at the weekend to seal a deal with Gulf Reps as the airline's public relations and marketing representative in the UAE.
Because of historic ties between Brunei and the United Kingdom, Royal Brunei Airlines services the British capital with a 3am daily departure from Dubai, with passengers touching down in London at 6.40am.
"That's a perfect time to land at Heathrow, it lets you do a day's business in London, then fly back to Dubai at 9pm," Mannion said.
"London is key for us and that's why we will be introducing the Dreamliner on the route next year," Mannion said.
"We're all very excited about the 787 and we think it will be an excellent addition to our fleet," he said. "Given the load factors on the Dubai-London route, the Dreamliner will be an excellent option for us."
Despite the rush by some airlines to increase capacity, add route networks or enter code-share agreements, Royal Brunei is taking the slow and easy approach.
"The carbon tax is one factor why we won't enter Europe again anytime soon." Mannion said. "We know our market, we know our fleet, we know what works and for us small is the way forward," Mannion said.
Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
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