Thu, Aug 25, 2011
FAA And EASA Set To Clear The New Airliner For Service
The buzz around the Puget Sound region is that the FAA and EASA
will announce Friday that the Boeing Dreamliner is a
certified airplane, clearing the way for entry into service with
ANA later this year. The first airplane is expected to be delivered
to the Japanese customer in September.
Photo By Ed Booth
Boeing wrapped up flight testing on the 787 on Saturday, August
13th. The test program went on longer than expected ... sort of a
theme with the Dreamliner ... but a report in the Puget Sound
Business Journal indicated that the good news is that the FAA
found no major flaws in the design or construction of the
largely-composite aircraft. Even the well-documented electrical
panel fire in November was traced back to a misplaced tool, and all
that was required was a change in the panel design to prevent a
similar accident from happening on a production airplane.
After Certification, Boeing shifts into production mode on the
Dreamliner, with the first airplane slated for delivery to launch
customer ANA late next month. The carrier plans to start flying
paying customers on the new airplane with special VIP flights in
October, with the first regularly-scheduled domestic service coming
in November ind international flights in December.
Boeing says it will be rolling 10 Dreamliners a month off the
production lines by late 2013, but there are still labor issues
hanging over the new South Carolina assembly facility that have to
be resolved. Analysts say that Boeing will have to sell 1,000 of
the new airliners before it starts to see a profit on the company's
investment. There are currently just over 800 Dreamliners on
Boeing's order books.
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