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References. List of Boeing 787 orders and deliveries. The 787th Boeing 787 Dreamliner produced, operated by China Southern Airlines. This article lists the orders and deliveries for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. As of June 2024, the largest airline order is by United Airlines for 221 aircraft. [ a ]
United is also the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787-9 [9] and 787-10 aircraft, [10] which are stretched versions of the base 787-8 model, delivered at launch. In May 2018, United planned to replace its 51 Boeing 767s in a deal potentially worth $14 billion at list prices, and was in talks with both Airbus and Boeing, for their ...
United Airlines will be flying into the next decade with wind behind more Boeing wings. The carrier has placed an order for 100 of Boeing's top-of-the-line 787 Dreamliners with options to purchase ...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, which focused largely on efficiency. The program was launched on April 26, 2004, with an order for 50 aircraft ...
In October, Bloomberg News said United was nearing an order for more than 100 widebody jets and was evaluating offers from Boeing and for Airbus SE's A350. United Airlines nears deal with Boeing ...
Boeing Co has resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner jets, handing over one plane to United Airlines on Friday, an initial step as the U.S. planemaker works through production defects that ...
History of United Airlines. United Airlines is the largest airline in the world, with 103,300 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Airlines Holdings) and 975 aircraft. It was the brainchild of William Boeing and emerged from his consolidation of numerous carriers and equipment manufacturers from 1928 to 1930.
2013 Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounding. In 2013, the second year of service for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a widebody jet airliner, several of the aircraft suffered from electrical system problems stemming from its lithium-ion batteries. Incidents included two electrical fires, one aboard an All Nippon Airways 787 and another on a Japan Airlines ...