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Boeing says comfortable with 787 production targets
Boeing is comfortable with the production targets for its 787 Dreamliner, Scott Francher, a Boeing VP and head of the 787 program, said on Wednesday at Tokyo’sNarita airport ahead of the plane’s first flight for paying passengers. Delays as its engineers dealt with glitches and parts hold-ups have held up deliveries of the 787 leaving [...]
787 Dreamliner becomes reality three years behind schedule
Boeing has delivered its first 787 Dreamliner to Japanese customer All Nippon Airways (ANA). Boeing says its carbon fibre design cuts fuel consumption by 20% and the plane gives passengers a more comfortable ride with better cabin air and large electronically dimmable windows. The first $200m plane arrived three years behind schedule after persistent delays [...]
