The Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the 787 Dreamliner family, made its debut on February 17, 2017 at Boeing South Carolina, with the witnessed of U.S. President Donald Trump and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, along with thousands of the Boeing’s employees at the North Charleston, S.C. site.
The 787-10, the longest model of the Dreamliner family, will grow the nonstop routes opened by the 787-8 and 787-9 with unprecedented efficiency. As an 18-foot (5.5-m) stretch of the 787-9, the 787-10 will deliver the 787 family’s preferred passenger experience and long range with up to 10 percent better fuel use and emissions than the competition. T
he 787 Dreamliner family is a key part of Boeing’s twin-aisle strategy, which offers a modern, optimized and efficient airplane family in every market segment. Since entering service in 2011, the 787 family has flown more than 140 million people on 530 routes around the world, saving an estimated 13 billion pounds of fuel.
The 787-10, built exclusively at Boeing South Carolina, will now be prepared for its first flight in the coming weeks. This airplane, which is the most efficient in its class, will be delivered to airlines in 2018. The airplane has won 149 orders from nine customers across the globe.
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