Boeing 787 Launch Customers
Being the first airline to take delivery of a brand new aircraft design is always a calculated risk. The aircraft builder will generally negotiate an attractive deal with a launch airline as it is accepted that there will be teething problems, delays on delivery etc.
The rewards, however, can be great. The aircraft maker, in this case, Boeing, and the airline, in this case, ANA Airlines of Japan, worked very closely together and many of ANAs’ requirements ended up being included in the finished Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. There were, of course, many delays as whole new technologies were applied. The reward was to be able to boast that ANA was flying the newest most technologically advanced aircraft in the world. This was a flying billboard for ANA and airlines that came next, saying we are investing in the future. We are flying cutting-edge technology. It suddenly made other aircraft fleets start to look tired.
First 8 Boeing 787 Customers
Here are those first cutting-edge airlines taking possession of their new baby.
 Inaugural service 26 October 2011 from Haneda (Tokyo) to Hong Kong. |  The airline started the first Tokyo to Boston service on 22 April 2012. |
 |  The aircraft was initially used on routes between, Buenos Aires, Lima, Los Angeles, Madrid and Frankfurt. |
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 The startling black liveried aircraft went into service on the Auckland to Perth run in September 2014. |  |
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Order Book
787 Model Summary as of August 2022.
| Model Series | Orders | Deliveries | Unfilled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 787 9 | 1045 | 569 | 476 |
| Boeing 787 8 | 656 | 377 | 279 |
| Boeing 787 10 | 214 | 62 | 152 |
| 787 Total | 1,915 | 1008 | 907 |
Table of Boeing 787 customers and their orders and deliveries to August 2022.
| Airlines | 787-10 | 787-8 | 787-9 | Total Orders | Total Deliveries | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders | Deliveries | Orders | Deliveries | Orders | Deliveries | |||
| AerCap | 4 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 39 | 9 | ||
| Aeroflot - Russian Airlines | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Aeromexico | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Air Astana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Air Austral | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Air Berlin | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Air Canada | 8 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 37 | 37 | ||
| Air China | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| Air Europa | 8 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 10 | ||
| Air France-KLM Group | 14 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 17 | ||
| Air India | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| Air Lease Corporation | 25 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 61 | 30 | ||
| Air New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 12 | ||
| Air Niugini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Air Tahiti Nui | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| ALAFCO | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. | 14 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 45 | 37 | 95 | 75 |
| American Airlines | 24 | 24 | 47 | 22 | 71 | 46 | ||
| Arik Air | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Atlantis Aviation Corporation | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Avianca | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 14 | ||
| Aviation Capital Group | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Avolon - Ireland | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Azerbaijan Airlines | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Bamboo Airways | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Bank of Communications Leasing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| BOC Aviation Limited | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Boeing Capital Corporation | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| British Airways | 12 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 32 |
| Business Jet / VIP Customer(s) | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 10 | ||
| CALC Aircraft Assets Limited | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| CDB Aviation | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| China Eastern Airlines | 15 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 10 | ||
| China Southern Airlines | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 19 | ||
| CIT Aerospace LLC | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 16 | ||
| DAE Aerospace Enterprise | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Delta Air Lines | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Dubai Aerospace Enterprise | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| ECAir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| EL AL Israel Airlines | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Emirates | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Ethiopian Airlines Group | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Etihad Airways | 30 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 75 | 39 | ||
| EVA Air | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Fiji Airways | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Gulf Air | 8 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 7 | ||
| Hainan Airlines Holding | 10 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 34 | 34 | ||
| Hawaiian Airlines | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| International Lease Finance Co | 23 | 23 | 51 | 51 | 74 | 74 | ||
| Japan Airlines | 29 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 51 | 51 | ||
| Jet Airways | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Juneyao Air Co., LTD. | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Kenya Airways | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Korean Air | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 31 | 11 |
| LATAM Airlines Group | 10 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 20 | ||
| LCAL | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOT Polish Airlines | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Lufthansa | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | ||||
| MG Aviation Limited | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Monarch Airlines | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| NAS Aviation Services LLC | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 11 | ||
| Okay Airways Company Limited | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Oman Air (SAOC) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| PrivatAir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Qantas Airways | 27 | 11 | 49 | 11 | 76 | 22 | ||
| Qatar Airways | 30 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 60 | 37 | ||
| Republic of Iraq | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Royal Air Maroc | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Royal Brunei Airlines | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Royal Jordanian | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Ruili Airlines | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| S7 Group | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Scoot PTE LTD | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 20 | ||
| Shanghai Airlines | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Singapore Airlines | 42 | 15 | 42 | 15 | ||||
| Sky Peace Limited | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Smartwings, a.s. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Transaero Airlines | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Transportation Partners Pte Lt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| TUI Travel PLC | 23 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 19 | ||
| Turkish Airlines | 25 | 15 | 25 | 15 | ||||
| Unidentified Customer(s) | 18 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 122 | 5 |
| United Airlines | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 38 | 80 | 63 |
| Uzbekistan Airways | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Vietnam Airlines | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Virgin Atlantic Airways | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Vistara | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| WestJet | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| Xiamen Airlines | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 12 | ||
| Grand Total | 214 | 62 | 656 | 377 | 1045 | 569 | 1915 | 1008 |
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Easy access table to engine type fitted to each 787/9 aircraft
Boeing spent millions and billions of dollars producing the 787. This airliner is not much different compared to their 777. Did Boeing make a mistake introducing a design which is very similar to their 777?
Hi John,
thank you for stopping by.
At first glance it seems that there could be a some cross over between the Boeing 787 and the Boeing 777. They are, however, quite a different class of airliner. Where the 787 can be seen as a replacement of the once popular Boeing 767 in the lower end of the twin aisle market, the Boeing 777 is now the replacement for the Boeing 747. As we enter the age of the giant twins, the 777 is at the upper end of that class. To confuse the matter further, Boeing is investigating a 797 which would sit between the 737 and the 787.
Different tools for different jobs.
Cheers Peter
John, The 787 is massively different to the 777.
The 787 uses a wing made mostly of composite.. The fuselage is also made mostly of composite. The fuselage is also molded together using single piece barrel sections (as opposed to making a skeleton frame and then riveting a skin to it). Numerous systems that are typically operated by hydraulics are instead electrically operated in the 787. The engines are bleedless.
Those features have never been seen before on a jet airliner. Doing just one of features those would be big step forward in what is an extremely conservative industry, yet the 787 made several steps forward in one go.
It may seem like those changes were small but you need to understand engineering and the industry to realise how big a deal the 787 is. There has been no leap forward like this in jet airliner technology for the last 50 years. There will probably not be another jet that makes a this much of a step forward for another 30 or maybe even 50 years.
Pisquali-
Thanks for the information. Now I am waiting to see the final design of the MOM airliner. I believe that it will be somewhat similar to the 767 with twin aisle and 2-3-2 seating. It will be a winner.
I think you’re right John. It is always exciting to have a new airliner on the drawing board.
Is there a table or chart showing which airframes were assembled in NC and WA?
Hi Michael,
we have looked and are unable to locate such a table. The South Carolina factory is responsible for the aft fuselage sections 47 and 48 of the 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10. Those of the 787-8 and 787-9 are flown by cargo plane to the Everett factory for assembly there, whilst those of the 787-10 are assembled in the South Carolina factory. They are simply too big to be transported. There has been some media coverage about possible sub-standard production at South Carolina and Qatar Airways has refused to take any products originating in that facility. We wait with interest to see what the truth is. Boeing needs to get this right as they are having enough headaches already.
Cheers Peter
Hey there, is there anything really interesting about controlling the complex systems on the Boeing 747?
Hi Mikael,
You could say it is all interesting, but that depends on your area of interest I guess.
Cheers Peter
Could you give some examples please? Thanks
Can you name any 3 environmental impacts that the Boeing 747 may cause?
Hi Jack,
maybe we won’t say that out loud next time we fly, right?
Three environmental impacts?
1. The early 747 engines weren’t as efficient as today, so certainly pollution was a factor.
2. Staying with the above engines, noise was certainly a factor that affected those living near airports.
3. A positive was that by carrying more passengers fewer aircraft were needed to complete that same task. So in effect, there were fewer flights creating noise and pollution.
Does that help?
Cheers Peter