Introduction of Boeing 787

Author: blackrose | Posted: 09.01.2012

Dremliner B787 aircraft as airlines the world's largest manufacturer Boeing. The new aircraft was put into operation in September, nam2011. Each flight can carry 210 to 330 passengers.

History: When Airbus launched a series of new products such as Airbus A330-200 has superior features than the current Boeing 767. So, Boeing plans to build a new aircraft to replace the mid-plane before.

In addition, after the terrorist attacks the worst in U.S. history occurred on 11.09.2001, has caused heavy losses of the aviation industry. Attached to the following year when fuel prices increased significantly. This has created demand effects of aircraft designed to focus on economic efficiency rather than speed up travel time.

Therefore, the Boeing 7E7 project done very quickly.

April 26, 2004 a Japan Airlines became the airline test this product first.

July 8, 2007 officially launched the introduction and implementation of the official flight for the first time.

B787 has many variations of this product line as the Boeing B787-8 and B787-9 ... At first, the price of this product is cheap only about $ 120 million for the B787-8 version. Then the price of the product increases, the specific value of a current version is: B787-3 worth $ 146 million, B787-8 is worth 160 million USD and B787-9 is $ 200 million.

Produced by:

Even in the first introduced, many companies have ordered the aircraft. A total of 237 Boeing 787 was ordered that day.

The total production from to 2008, Boeing has received 885 orders of B787 and its variants. And in 2011 this number exceeds 1000 units. Many airlines around the world are buying and using B787 as American Airlines, Singapore Air, India ...

Special edition B787-1000

This is a product of the B787. Known as the aircraft has the biggest area and flew away in seria 787. But the project is still under construction and completed.

Specifications of the B787-8

Height - width - Length: 16.92 m - 60 to 56.72

Number of seats: 210 to 250 passengers per flight

Maximum Range: 14.200km => 15.200km depending on aircraft weight

Fuel: 126.920l

Maximum speed: 954km at altitudes above 40,000 feet

Above is a brief introduction of Boeing 787, hope you will find some useful insights here. Good luck.



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