I know for a fact though, that EVA is the only airline to serve Taipei from Heathrow, 5 nights a week.

BA doesn’t fly to TPE from LHR? What about China Airlines?

As for flying Evergreen Deluxe home, I cannot wait. Their Economy was alright but I’ve experienced far better with Thai and United (good old Star Alliance). Rather than a 3-4-3 seating configuration, its 2-4-2 and rather than 33″ seat pitch, we’ll have 38″ plus a good sized PTV, too.

2-4-2, wow! At that point, it’s not so much so seat pitch as it is seat width. Were those ‘free’ upgrades per your travel agent, or something?

This was firstflown and delivered in 1981 with RB211 engines.

In addition to this, QF’s examples were also delivered with RB211’s.

Hey, those look like Pratt engines! Well done. 😉

There’s nothing landside, you need to go airside. I used incorrect wording on my previous post. As soon as you check in, go right through security. You’ll see the layout of the airport when you fly in. Basically, it’s all out in the open. The walkways from the main terminal out to the gates and whatnot, is outdoors. Unobstructed views of aircraft.

HNL is a great airport for spotting, landside. Mostly 767’s nowadays as all the US carriers use those into HNL. About 10 years ago, nothing but trijets and 747 classics. You still see the occassional NW DC-10, however. What hotel are you staying at?

Don’t EVA stop in BKK on their AMS-TPE route, as well? Is the 744 not able to do LHR/AMS-TPE non-stop then, or any other aircraft they operate, for that matter? I’m just wondering why they would do this. Looks like you scored getting the premium economy on the return leg, eh?

Great quality! Fantastic nostalgic shots providing a good change of pace.

Sandy, please don’t knock yourself out. If it’s too much work, then don’t worry about it.

I may be wrong George but i think the Qantas 744 fleet are RR, except for the three second hand 744’s they acquired from Thai which were GE’s

Steve, you are absolutely correct in regards to QF’s standard 747-400’s, although I believe the second hand examples that are GE powered are from Malaysia, not Thai. At any rate, QF’s six or so 747-400ER’s are in fact GE powered, as I mentioned before. Seems to me with recent orders, including A330’s, that QF is starting to favor the General Electric engine over Rolls Royce, perhaps.