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“空中皇后”首飞虹桥机场　京沪航线进入“大飞机”时代

Shanghai Hongqiao Airport receives the first Boeing 747-8 airplane which flies the Beijing-Shanghai route for the first time on the morning of Oct 28, 2014. A Watergate ceremony is held to welcome the new plane.

10月28日上午，有着“空中皇后”美誉的波音747-8型飞机首次执飞京沪航线。上海虹桥机场举行了“水门迎接”仪式。

Known as "Queen of the Skies", the plane has a body length of 76.4 meters, 5.6 meters longer than the traditional Boeing 747-400's. The air range can reach 14815 kilometers.

Air China is the airline company to operate the first Boeing 747-8 plane in the country. Starting from Oct 28, the new plane of Air China flies one round-trip Beijing-Shanghai flight every time, adding to 2 times from Nov 7.

As Boeing 747-8 joins the Beijing-Shanghai line, more than 90% flights on this "golden route" use the wide-body aircrafts with larger capacity.

国航成为运营国内首架747-8飞机的航空公司。这款新机型机身长76.4米，比传统的波音747-400的机身长5.6米，航程可达14815公里。

据悉，28日起国航每天用这一新机型执行一个往返京沪航班，11月7日起增加每天2个往返。

随着今天747-8加入京沪航线，这条“黄金航线”上的飞机也更加呈现出“大牌云集”的势头，例如海航采用波音787“梦想飞机”，东航、国航、南航多采用空客330等大飞机。京沪航线目前九成以上的航班已采用载客量较大的宽体机型。

Editor: Wang

Source: english.eastday.com