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Program Fact Sheet

The 787 Program covers many areas of interest, from the market, customers, and airplane technology to manufacturing enhancements and an extensive partner team, among others. Here are some interesting facts and figures on a number of these topic areas:

Market size

3,500 units over 20 years (2004-2023) $400 billion

Expectation of sales out of 3,500 units

More than half

Major program milestones

Firm orders and by which airlines

See Orders and Deliveries Web site.

Seat range of airplane

200 - 300

Seats by model

Speed at which it will fly

Mach 0.85 (about the same as a 777 and 747)

787 vs. 777 on composites and aluminum (by weight)

787
- 50 percent composites
- 20 percent aluminum

777
- 12 percent composites
- 50 percent aluminum

Material breakout on 787

Example of part count reductions (on first barrel section)

How much lighter is 787 from A330-200

30,000 - 40,000 lbs.

More fuel efficient

20 percent more fuel efficient than similarly sized airplanes

Produces fewer emissions

20 percent fewer than similarly sized airplanes

Better cash seat mile costs than peer airplanes

10 percent

Generators

Hydraulic power

Distributed at:
5,000 pounds per square inch on the 787
3,000 pounds per square inch standard

Advantage of the new electric architecture

Extracts as much as 35 percent less power from the engines than traditional pneumatic systems on today's airplanes

Amount of copper wiring eliminated

60 miles

Design time on computers

800,000h of computing time on Cray supercomputers

Hours of wind tunnel tests

15,000 hours of wind tunnel tests

Days the 787 will be in final assembly

The goal is three days

Anticipated maintenance savings

30 percent

Maintenance action on 777 empennage

None

Spare part ordered on 777 composite floor beams

1 spare part ordered

US and non-US content on the 787

Roughly 70 percent US
Roughly 30 percent non-US

Systems partners announced -- 95 percent complete

Goodrich, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, Hamilton Sundstrand, Smiths, Eaton Aerospace, Moog Inc., Thales, Kidde Technologies, Parker Hannifin, Labinal, Messier-Bugatti, Monogram Systems, Panasonic, Ultra Electronics Holdings, Donaldson Company, Inc., Astronautics Corp. of America

Number of Large Cargo Freighter airplanes Boeing has purchased

4

The number of new city pairs the 787 will connect

At least 450

Boeing is 10 for 10; the 787 will be 11 for 11. The 10 are:

707, DC-8, DC-9, 727, 737, 747, DC-10, 757, 767, and 777