Airplane Scheduled To Fly In The Coming Weeks, Deliver To Customers In 2018

The Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the 787 Dreamliner family, made its debut today at Boeing South Carolina. Thousands of employees at the North Charleston, S.C. site celebrated the event, along with U.S. President Donald Trump and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster.

“What’s happening here at Boeing South Carolina is a true American success story,” said Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO. “In just a few short years, our team has transformed a greenfield site into a modern aerospace production facility that is delivering 787s to airlines all over the world and supporting thousands of U.S. jobs in the process.”

The 787-10, built exclusively at Boeing South Carolina, will now be prepared for its first flight in the coming weeks.

“This airplane, the most efficient in its class, is the result of years of hard work and dedication from our Boeing teammates, suppliers and community partners in South Carolina and across the globe,” said Kevin McAllister, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO. “We know our customers, including launch customer Singapore Airlines, are going to love what the 787-10 will do for their fleets, and we can’t wait to see them fly it.”

President Trump said the rollout is a celebration of American manufacturing, American engineering, and American Jobs. "Our goal as a nation must be to rely less on imports and more on products made here in the U.S.A.," Trump said. "As your President, I'm going to do everything I can to unleash the power of the American spirit, and to put our great people back to work."

Trump also vowed to enforce trade rules and "stop foreign cheating."

Boeing will begin deliveries of the 787-10 to airlines in 2018. The airplane has won 149 orders from nine customers across the globe.

(Images provided with Boeing news release and from White House video)

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