The wide body of the Boeing 787-10 was approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The initial delivery of the aircraft, which is the most capacious version of the Dreamliner family, is planned for the Singapore carrier Singapore Airlines in the first half of 2018, announced the American aircraft manufacturer. Initially, it was assumed that the starting operator of the new aircraft will be American airline United Airlines. The rollout of the Boeing 787-10, the third and largest version of the Dreamliner, took place at a plant in North Charleston, where the assembly line for these machines is located, in February last year. Flight tests of aircraft began in late March 2017. In total, three prototypes participated in the preparation for certification, which totaled about 900 hours.

Now, in total, more than 170 orders for this type of aircraft have been received from nine customers around the world. Recall that at the Airshow Dubai Airshow 2017 Middle East airline Emirates signed a contract for 40 of these cars with the possibility of converting to Boeing 787-9. Finance help. ua: Boeing 787-10, which accommodates 330 passengers in a two-class arrangement, has a length of 68.3 meters and a flight range of 11,910 thousand. kilometers.

Original article: The largest aircraft of the Boeing Dreamliner family was certified in the USA.