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 configuration completed - September 2005
- Major assembly began - June 2006
- First flight - fourth quarter 2008
- First delivery - third quarter 2009
- 787-9 Early 2012
Firm orders and by which airlines
See Orders and Deliveries Web site.
Seat range of airplane
200 - 300
Seats by model
- 787-8, 210 to 250
- 787-9, 250 to 290
- 787-3, 290 to 330
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
- Composites - 50%
- Aluminum - 20%
- Titanium - 15%
- Steel - 10%
- Other - 5%
Example of part count reductions (on first barrel section)
- 1,500 aluminum sheets
- 40,000 - 50,000 fasteners
- 80 percent reduction in fasteners compared to 1 part for composite
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
- Four at 250 kVA (two per engine)
- Two at 225 kVA (on auxiliary power unit)
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