First Boeing 787-9 delivery to Air New Zealand
First Boeing 787-9 delivery to Air New Zealand. Boeing image.

Boeing delivers first 787-9 Dreamliner to Air New Zealand

July 11, 2014 2 Comments 264 Views

After completing the legal delivery last week to launch customer Air New Zealand, Boeing delivered the first 787-9 Dreamliner on July 9.

Along with airline executives and guests, about 1,000 Boeing employees from the 787 program joined the milestone event.

The first 787-9 is painted in a unique black livery. Most of the balance nine Dreamliners will be in a regular black and white livery. Air New Zealand will first deploy the 787-9 on the Auckland–Perth route in October 2014 and later, as more aircraft are delivered, to Tokyo and to Shanghai from November 2014.

787-9 normal black and white livery
Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 normal black and white livery. Air New Zealand image.

The 787-9 is stretched version of the 787-8 which is operated by many carriers including launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) and national carrier Air India. The 787-9 fuselage is 20 feet (6 meters) longer and will fly up to 40 more passengers an additional 450 nautical miles (830 km).

787-9 orders from 26 customers account for 40 percent of the total 787 orders

About Devesh Agarwal

A electronics and automotive product management, marketing and branding expert, he was awarded a silver medal at the Lockheed Martin innovation competition 2010. He is ranked 6th on Mashable's list of aviation pros on Twitter and in addition to Bangalore Aviation, he has contributed to leading publications like Aviation Week, Conde Nast Traveller India, The Economic Times, and The Mint (a Wall Street Journal content partner). He remains a frequent flier and shares the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Indian aviation industry without fear or favour.

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