Here’s the BBC report.
Seats up to 300, or 200 Americans. 😀
Japan order launches Dreamliner
The seats and aisles are wider
Boeing executives have agreed to launch the new roomier and fuel-efficient 7E7 Dreamliner aircraft with an order from All Nippon Airways.
The Japanese airline has ordered 50 of the mid-sized planes worth up to $6bn.
The Dreamliner with bigger windows and wider aisles and seats is designed to use 20% less fuel per passenger.
The aircraft – Boeing’s first entirely new model in a decade – is seen as a bid to regain market share from Airbus which overtook it last year.
Spying scandal
Airbus is pushing its double-decked A380 which can seat about 555 passengers – around 155 more than current jumbos – as a means of allowing airlines to service the busiest routes.
DREAMLINER 7E7
Uses 20% less fuel
More cargo space
Higher humidity
Wider seats and aisles
Larger windows
200-300 seats
Can travel 6,500-16,000km
But Boeing is hoping airlines opt for its lighter more fuel-efficient jets to get customers to their destinations more directly.
The Dreamliner which will eventually replace the 757 and 767 will start flying from 2008.
Boeing has been rocked by a series of scandals which led to the resignation of the company’s chief executive Phil Condit at the end of last year.
The scandal surrounded lucrative US air force contracts and allegations that they were illegally acquired using insider information from arch-rival Lockheed Martin.
In 2003, Boeing delivered fewer jets for the first time ever than its European rival Airbus.
Boeing shares ended up 1.5% higher at $43.10.
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