Air Canada said this week that it was increasing its order to 37 from 14, making it the largest North American customer for the Boeing plane.
The 787 is the first Boeing plane to use lithium ion batteries, which charge faster and can be molded to space-saving shapes compared to other airplane batteries.
Anyway, Donald Trump just took possession of his big, used Boeing 757 plane.
The plane represented a big bet on new technology for Boeing: The plane's lightweight frame was to be built using mostly carbon-fiber composites, and it was to have an enhanced electrical system to power more systems and use less fuel than other jets.
Boeing said the plane, built largely of composite materials, would leapfrog advanced technologies at Airbus.
Boeing says the plane's first flight will not take place until the fourth quarter of this year.
It comes after US authorities started a joint review with Boeing of the plane's manufacturing, design and assembly.
Seven crew members died when a US civilian Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan on Monday.
So, in order to do this Boeing loads up a plane with bags of potatoes.
FORBES: Boeing Replaces Humans With Potatoes: No, Nothing To Do With The Irish
Also this September United became the first American airline to get the new plane from Boeing.
By the time de Havilland redesigned the plane, Boeing and Douglas Aircraft had overtaken it.
Much, then, is riding on the success of a plane that Boeing dismisses as a white elephant.
ECONOMIST: The biggest shareholders in EADS are preparing to sell up
Boeing has billed the plane to its customers as 20 percent more fuel efficient than other midsized airliners.
Boeing hopes the new plane will prove popular with the time-conscious business flyer.
Also in design: the Fozzie, a concept plane by Boeing Phantom Works.
If all works as planned, the software could shave a year off the time it takes Boeing to bring the plane to market, scheduled for 2008.
No more than Delta can expect that their new plane from Boeing will work forever without their own internal resources keeping it maintained and operating the right way.
FORBES: Here's Why I'm Grateful Microsoft Doesn't Build Airplanes
Excessive moisture trapped by the composite skin, for example, created condensation dubbed "rain on the plane" that Boeing countered with wicking material.
How then did Boeing end up with a plane full of them?
FORBES: Are 787's Lithium-Ion Batteries Hazardous to Boeing's Health?
No other aircraft were on the taxiway, and there was no damage to either the taxiway or the plane, a Boeing 767, Bergen said.
CNN: FAA probes plane's landing on Atlanta airport's taxiway
Two fresh setbacks have hit Boeing's 787 Dreamliner plane, days after an electrical fire broke out on board a Japan Airlines Dreamliner on Monday.
In May 1998, a Peruvian air force plane, a Boeing 737, on charter to an American oil company crashed near the Ecuadorian border, killing more than 80 people.
The intended market is city pairs (like Seattle-Paris) big enough to support nonstop service with a smallish jet but not big enough to fill a giant long-distance plane like the Boeing 747 or upcoming Airbus A380.
Airlines have been excited by the Boeing 787 as the first mid-size, long-range airplane, which would allow airlines to open up routes where they don't have enough demand from passengers to justify a larger plane like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380.
The economic downturn and terrorism fears have buffeted both EADS and Boeing, which suffered from declining plane sales.
He said the Boeing 737-800 Next Generation plane was received by the airline last month and was declared airworthy.
The software will also allow Boeing to simulate the way the plane will be assembled in the factory before a single piece of machinery is purchased.
According to industry estimates, a nearly full 757, operating with fewer flight attendants, can be more profitable than a larger plane such as the Boeing 767 carrying the same number of passengers but more attendants.
Singapore Airlines said it will buy 30 Boeing 787-10X aircraft, the third variant of the plane maker's newest and most technologically advanced passenger jet, subject to Boeing formally launching the model.
应用推荐