According to Air Astana, the aircraft order is the largest in Kazakhstan’s civil-aviation history. The Boeing 767-300ERs will be delivered in 2013 and 2014 and the Boeing 787s in 2017 and 2019.
Read moreThe 787 Dream Tour aircraft, ZA003, will visit Bangkok from February 9 to February 11; and Singapore from February 11 to February 18, for display at the Singapore Airshow.
Read moreBoeing is beginning the second segment of the 787 Dream Tour world tour this month, with stops planned in Dublin and three U.S. cities. The company will announce approximately one month in advance the dates and locations for additional tour stops, which are planned through April.
Read moreThe order was signed in late December 2011 and was recorded on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer. A preliminary agreement was first announced on September 16, 2011.
Read moreBoeing values the order at $2.8 billion at current list prices and says it will make Etihad Airways the world’s largest airline customer of the Boeing 787-9. Etihad has a total of 41 787s on order and has optioned another 25.
Read moreBoeing has established two world records with the 787 Dreamliner, setting new marks for both speed and distance for the aircraft’s weight class.
Read moreAir Lease Corp Finalizes Order for Four 787-9s and four 737-800s
Aircraft December 8, 2011
Boeing values the order at more than $1.2 billion at list prices. The deal marks the completion of an agreement announced during the Paris Air Show in June.
Read moreBoeing Schedules Development 787 for Six-Month World ‘Dream Tour’
Aircraft November 23, 2011
Boeing is beginning a six-month ‘Dream Tour’ with its development 787 ZA003 in early December, allowing customers and partners around the world to experience the new technology and passenger innovation offered on the first all-new commercial jet of the 21st century.
Read moreThe aircraft completed an eight-month change-incorporation program and will now go through final preparations at Everett before delivery to Japan Airlines.
Read moreThe airline completed an arrangement with Boeing and Kuwait-based leasing company ALAFCO to transfer existing orders for the six Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners from ALAFCO to Oman Air.
Read moreThird Flight-Test 787 Given Refurbished Interior for Middle East Debut at Dubai Show
Aircraft November 12, 2011
ZA003, which touched down at Dubai International Airport on November 12, 2011 for the Dubai Air Show, was originally used for flight testing but has been refurbished to showcase the standard capabilities and features of the 787.
Read moreThe Boeing 787 Dreamliner will make its Middle East debut at the Dubai Airshow, which is being held from November 13 to November 17 at Dubai’s Airport Expo.
Read moreNorwegian Plans Low-Fare Boeing 787 Services to New York from Spring 2013
AircraftAirlinesAirportsDestinations October 19, 2011
Fast-growing Norwegian Air Shuttle is planning to launch non-stop scheduled flights to New York from Oslo and Stockholm in the spring of 2013 with Boeing 787s and will offer introductory round-trip fares from Scandinavia of NOK2,000 ($355) on the routes, inclusive of taxes.
Read moreThe aircraft was rolled out of the final assembly line at Boeing’s widebody-assembly facility – which is volumetrically the largest building in the world – at Everett, Washington on the evening of October 12.
Read moreANA’s first Boeing 787 took off at 7:17 a.m. PST on September 27, less than half an hour after daylight dawned on a gray day at Everett, Washington, home of Boeing’s widebody final-assembly plant.
Read moreBoeing and All Nippon Airways have signed the formal documents completing the contractual delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner. Flyaway of the aircraft to Tokyo is scheduled for the morning of September 27 at 6:35 a.m. PST from Paine Field.
Read moreAir France KLM’s board of directors has approved orders by the group for 25 Airbus A350-900s and 25 Boeing 787-9s, along with options on 35 more A350 XWBs and 25 more 787s.
Read moreBoeing has received type and production certification for the 787 from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency and will hand over ANA’s first 787 on September 26 in a ceremony at Boeing’s Everett plant.
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