The first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has become the first 787 to don the new Boeing Commercial Airplanes livery.
Wearing the new livery, the first Boeing 787-9 rolled out of the paint hangar at Boeing’s Everett final-assembly facility overnight on the night of July 26-27, 2013.
The first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner became the first 787 to wear the new Boeing Commercial Airplanes livery. The aircraft rolled out of the paint hangar at Everett on July 26, 2013
This refreshed look for the Boeing family of commercial jets began with the 747-8 and evolved with the 737 MAX. The new livery retains many of the features of the original Boeing 787-8 livery, adding a prominent number on the tail to help distinguish among models within the same product family.
The 787-9 offers airlines the ability to grow routes opened with the 787-8. With the fuselage stretched by 20 feet (6 meters), the 787-9 will carry 40 more passengers an additional 300 nautical miles (555 kilometers), with (according to Boeing) 20 per cent less fuel use and 20 per cent lower emissions than similarly sized commercial jets of the current-generation.
Boeing’s new 787-9 also offers the same new passenger features as the 787-8, such as large, dimmable windows; large overhead stow bins; modern LED lighting; higher cabin-air humidity and a lower cabin altitude; cleaner air and a smoother ride.
Boeing is on track to roll out and fly the 787-9, currently in final production, in late summer.
First delivery to launch customer Air New Zealand is set for mid-2014.
