Boeing 787-9

Specifications

First flight

2013

Entered service

2014

Engines

2 × General Electric GEnx-1B or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000

Typical seating

290 (2-class)

Cruise speed

Mach 0.85

Range

7,565 nm

MTOW

254,011 kg

Length

62.81 m

Wingspan

60.12 m

Status

In production

Notable facts

• The best-selling member of the 787 Dreamliner family.
• The 787 was the first airliner with an airframe built primarily from composite materials (around 50%).
• Uses a bleedless, largely electrical systems architecture, with a lower cabin altitude and higher humidity for comfort.
• Entered service with Air New Zealand in 2014.
• The global 787 fleet was briefly grounded in 2013 after lithium-ion battery incidents.

Variants

• 787-8 (B788) — Shorter original variant
• 787-10 (B78X) — Longest variant; shorter range