Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Joined Air Europa

Water salute celebrated the arrival of Air Europa’s first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

The first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft of Air Europa touched down at Madrid Barajas International Airport on 16 March 2016 after its delivery flight from Boeing's B787 assembly site in North Charleston, South Carolina. This aircraft, EC-MIG, is under a lease agreement with SMBC Aviation Capital. EC-MIG is the first of seven Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft ordered by Air Europa. The reason of Air Europa to order seven Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is to replace its aging Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Air Europa also planned to turn its long-haul fleet with all-Boeing aircraft. Air Europa also planned to turn its long-haul fleet with all-Boeing aircraft.

Next June, Air Europa will start flying to Bogota, Colombia, with the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, with flights to Guayaquil in Ecuador planned to start in December. These two new routes join the non-stop service from Madrid to Caracas (Venezuela), Lima (Peru), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Salvador de Bahía and Sao Paulo, in Brazil as well as Montevideo (Uruguay), Asuncion (Paraguay) and Buenos Aires in Argentina.