LAN Airlines has signed an agreement with Boeing to accelerate the delivery of 10 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners and will now become the first airline in the western hemisphere to take delivery of the new airliner type.
Read moreUnited Airlines has finalized an order for 25 Boeing 787-8s, the deal also including purchase rights another 50 Dreamliners.
Read moreA third Boeing 787 has joined the Dreamliner flight-test program. ZA004, the fourth flight-test aircraft to be built, took off at 11:43 a.m. local time on February 24 from Paine Field in Everett, Washington for a successful first flight that lasted more than 3 hours.
Read moreNew Boeing 787 Timetable Calls for End-09 First Flight
AircraftMoreTravel Technology August 27, 2009 0
The Boeing Company says it now expects the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner to take place by the end of 2009 and the first delivery of a 787 to a customer (All Nippon Airways) to occur in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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