As Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner begins its second decade, the promises that this first composite airliner will fly farther, cheaper and with less fuel burn than previous generations have been clearly demonstrated. 630 aircraft are currently in service with 45 airlines on every continent, with Boeing citing 218 million passengers over 2.9 billion revenue miles during 6.5 million revenue flight hours.
But beyond the numbers, the 787 has opened up numerous new routes since its introduction, adding weight to Boeing’s arguments about the Dreamliner shifting the hub-and-spoke model towards point-to-point service, although Australia’s position within Airbus A330 range of China has meant that much of the 787 effect here has been adding new nonstop hub flights rather than new destinations.
A large part of Jetstar’s expanded post-A330 international network has developed since the introduction of the 787, while offerings like United’s new Sydney-Houston route, its nonstop LA-Melbourne flight, Qantas’s upcoming* Perth-London service, and Air India’s Australia operation, rely on the economics and performance of the Dreamliner.
“The 787 has flown over 1,500 total routes, and has made possible over 170 new nonstop routes to connect the world like never before,” Boeing regional director of product marketing Tarun Hazari says.
“These are nonstop markets that never existed. So network and fleet planners basically started off from a clean canvas and created these routes that are now extremely profitable.”
The aircraft also continues to enable changes for existing routes, creating major efficiency gains when replacing four-engined aircraft like the Airbus A340-300 (LATAM) and Boeing 747-400 (Qantas, United), or allowing airlines capacity flexibility compared with currently operating twinjets like the A330-200/300 or 777-200ER (Vietnam Airlines, Japan Airlines, Air New Zealand).
787-10 certification is the latest chapter in the Dreamliner story
Boeing’s latest Dreamliner model, the 787-10, achieved its amended type certificate for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered version from the US Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year.
“The certificate is a major milestone,” Boeing’s Bob Whittington explains, “as it officially clears the airplane for commercial service. We secured ATC on Friday, January 19, after demonstrating the quality, safety, and reliability of the type design. Following first flights in March, May, and June of 2017, our three test airplanes were taken through an assortment of tests to validate our design, and to confirm handling, systems, reliability, and overall performance.”
“Our test programs spanned about 900 flight hours, and took us to a variety of locations including the US states of Texas, California and Colorado, to name a few, and Newfoundland in Canada. We also made two appearances at airshows in Paris and Dubai,” he says.
“Throughout the test program the airplanes operated as designed and as expected. The 787-10 is over 95 per cent common with the -9. The test program was smooth. We predicted a quiet test program, and we delivered. Our next steps are continue to work with other validating agencies as we work toward the first delivery to the launch customer, Singapore Airlines in the first half of the year. We’re eager to fulfil our customer orders. We currently have 171 orders in backlog from nine leading customers.”
The first 787-10 on the Boeing Charleston final assembly line. (Boeing)
In addition to Singapore Airlines, Air France, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, EVA Air, United Airlines, plus lessors GECAS and Air Lease Corporation, together with eight aircraft for unidentified customer(s), have ordered the jet.
For the 787-10, Whittington explains, “we are complete with all flight testing required for the delivery. First delivery is to Singapore in the Rolls-Royce family. There is a little bit more testing to be done for the GE-powered airplanes a little bit later on. The typical way we certify the airplanes, the FAA gives us our amended type certificate, and has for the 787-10. Beyond that, then each of the airlines will get a validation from their regulatory agencies prior to taking delivery. So every foreign carrier will line up with a new validation program that’s unique to each operator.”
Designed for long-haul, but not ultra long-haul, flights, the -10’s example range doesn’t quite reach the US east coast from Sydney.
“The 787-10 Dreamliner is a game changer to the market. It’s the newest and longest member of our family. As a stretch of the -9 airplane, it adds a lot more seats and cargo capacity, really setting a new benchmark for fuel efficiency and operating economics. In fact, it’s got the lowest CASM or cost per available seat mile in the industry,” Boeing’s Tarun Hazari argues.
01/04/18 John Walton/Australian Aviation
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But beyond the numbers, the 787 has opened up numerous new routes since its introduction, adding weight to Boeing’s arguments about the Dreamliner shifting the hub-and-spoke model towards point-to-point service, although Australia’s position within Airbus A330 range of China has meant that much of the 787 effect here has been adding new nonstop hub flights rather than new destinations.
A large part of Jetstar’s expanded post-A330 international network has developed since the introduction of the 787, while offerings like United’s new Sydney-Houston route, its nonstop LA-Melbourne flight, Qantas’s upcoming* Perth-London service, and Air India’s Australia operation, rely on the economics and performance of the Dreamliner.
“The 787 has flown over 1,500 total routes, and has made possible over 170 new nonstop routes to connect the world like never before,” Boeing regional director of product marketing Tarun Hazari says.
“These are nonstop markets that never existed. So network and fleet planners basically started off from a clean canvas and created these routes that are now extremely profitable.”
The aircraft also continues to enable changes for existing routes, creating major efficiency gains when replacing four-engined aircraft like the Airbus A340-300 (LATAM) and Boeing 747-400 (Qantas, United), or allowing airlines capacity flexibility compared with currently operating twinjets like the A330-200/300 or 777-200ER (Vietnam Airlines, Japan Airlines, Air New Zealand).
787-10 certification is the latest chapter in the Dreamliner story
Boeing’s latest Dreamliner model, the 787-10, achieved its amended type certificate for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered version from the US Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year.
“The certificate is a major milestone,” Boeing’s Bob Whittington explains, “as it officially clears the airplane for commercial service. We secured ATC on Friday, January 19, after demonstrating the quality, safety, and reliability of the type design. Following first flights in March, May, and June of 2017, our three test airplanes were taken through an assortment of tests to validate our design, and to confirm handling, systems, reliability, and overall performance.”
“Our test programs spanned about 900 flight hours, and took us to a variety of locations including the US states of Texas, California and Colorado, to name a few, and Newfoundland in Canada. We also made two appearances at airshows in Paris and Dubai,” he says.
“Throughout the test program the airplanes operated as designed and as expected. The 787-10 is over 95 per cent common with the -9. The test program was smooth. We predicted a quiet test program, and we delivered. Our next steps are continue to work with other validating agencies as we work toward the first delivery to the launch customer, Singapore Airlines in the first half of the year. We’re eager to fulfil our customer orders. We currently have 171 orders in backlog from nine leading customers.”
The first 787-10 on the Boeing Charleston final assembly line. (Boeing)
In addition to Singapore Airlines, Air France, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, EVA Air, United Airlines, plus lessors GECAS and Air Lease Corporation, together with eight aircraft for unidentified customer(s), have ordered the jet.
For the 787-10, Whittington explains, “we are complete with all flight testing required for the delivery. First delivery is to Singapore in the Rolls-Royce family. There is a little bit more testing to be done for the GE-powered airplanes a little bit later on. The typical way we certify the airplanes, the FAA gives us our amended type certificate, and has for the 787-10. Beyond that, then each of the airlines will get a validation from their regulatory agencies prior to taking delivery. So every foreign carrier will line up with a new validation program that’s unique to each operator.”
Designed for long-haul, but not ultra long-haul, flights, the -10’s example range doesn’t quite reach the US east coast from Sydney.
“The 787-10 Dreamliner is a game changer to the market. It’s the newest and longest member of our family. As a stretch of the -9 airplane, it adds a lot more seats and cargo capacity, really setting a new benchmark for fuel efficiency and operating economics. In fact, it’s got the lowest CASM or cost per available seat mile in the industry,” Boeing’s Tarun Hazari argues.
01/04/18 John Walton/Australian Aviation
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