It is noted that this airliner, produced by Boeing in 2007, includes many different innovations in the aviation world. It is known that this is the first aircraft that were made with composite materials.
Due to the composite materials, the airliner is known for its lightness and strength. Moreover, the aircraft can save fuel of airlines, as well as reduce spending on its own services.
Pressure in the Boeing 787 is stabilized in such a way that a person does not feel any difference with the pressure on the ground.
Portholes of the "dream liner" are bigger than usual ones by 65%. It is also explained that the aircraft can fly 13,679 km without refueling.
It is known that the name Dreamliner was not chosen immediately. In total, four variants of a name for this plane - Dreamliner, Global Cruiser, Stratoclimber, and eLiner - were offered. It is reported that about half a million people from 160 countries took part in the voting.
The first customer of a super modern aircraft was the Japanese airline ANA. Then this air carrier laid out $6 billion for 50 new Dreamliners Boeing 787.
Today it is known that the "dream liner" is produced practically all over the world - there has not been such a powerful international cooperation for any aviation campaign yet.
This airliner is called the "most modern" airplane. However, increased attention to the technical novelty does not always play into the hands of the manufacturer. Dreamliner had a few unpleasant widely publicized moments. First, the Japanese air carrier ANA received its first B-787 only three years later. Secondly, the final budget exceeded the projected by $5 billion, reaching $32 billion. Also, some tried to catch Boeing in obtaining a subsidy from the state, which is prohibited by law.
Today, Boeing must secure itself the sale of at least 1000 B-787, so that the project will pay off. It is known that the company's order book is already filled with 1,095 applications, and 304 aircraft from this list were safely delivered to customers.
It is believed that every minute in the sky there are at least 100 such airliners from Boeing - on the company's website you can watch the aircraft in online mode.
The moment that characterizes the exclusivity of this aircraft happened when the Japanese airline ANA sold a ticket for the first flight of Dreamliner B-787 for $32,700 - this amount exceeds the standard price by 20 times.
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