According to ATW Online, Boeing is bullish on 787-10, Dreamliner production.
After what it called “a blockbuster year for the 787,” Boeing revealed it has outstanding offers to airlines for more than 500 Dreamliners and 787 Program VP and GM Mike Bair said the airframer hopes to turn many of those offers into firm orders.Following up on yesterday’s announcement that Boeing is looking at going ahead with the 787-10, Bair was even more bullish on the dash 10, saying, “a go-ahead is highly likely.” He told ATWOnline that the company is finalizing studies on the range/payload tradeoff and that “the business case looks very attractive.”
The dash 10 essentially would have the same capacity as the 777-200 but not the performance of the 777-200LR. Deliveries would commence in 2012. Boeing also is more optimistic about a production rate increase for the 787 after exceeding production milestones and conducting structural tests that verified the pressurization level of 6,000 ft. and the aircraft’s large window size.
