Etihad unveils 'Facets of Abu Dhabi' livery on its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner A6-BLA as it rolls out of the paint hangar at Paine Field, Everett, WA.
Etihad unveils 'Facets of Abu Dhabi' livery on its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner A6-BLA as it rolls out of the paint hangar at Paine Field, Everett, WA. Boeing image.

Etihad unveils ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ livery on first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

September 28, 2014 1 Comment 459 Views

A little over a day after it unveiled its new ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ livery on its first Airbus A380 super jumbo, Etihad Airways unveiled the same livery on its its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Following tradition, Boeing rolled the aircraft A6-BLA, out of the Everett, Washington plant’s paint hangar close to midnight a few hours ago. Boeing follows these timings as it needs to disassemble the rails and other parts of the bridge over the highway to roll the aircraft between the assembly line and the paint shop.

READ ONLINE: Etihad unveils new livery ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ on its first Airbus A380 (for details on the livery, videos, and images)

Etihad is one of the largest Dreamliner customers with 41 787-9 and 30 787-10 on order. Like its first A380, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will take delivery of its first 787-9 later this year. The airline will deploy its Dreamliners on six routes initially, Düsseldorf, Doha, Washington D.C., Mumbai, Brisbane, and Moscow.

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