Boeing to "supersize" 787 "Dreamliner"

Mike Blair who is the General Manager for the 787 Dreamliner tells me that after reading the earlier post about size he realises he should have told me about plans to "supersize" the 787 Dreamliner program, after they realised they had misread the market demand.

The 787-10 Mike tells me excitedly will carry about 300 passengers, 50 more than planned originally.Mike said Boeing expected to begin delivering the plane in the final quarter of 2012.

He said "about a dozen" carriers had expressed interest in a stretch 787, but the only one he mentioned by name to me was Emirates Airlines, based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Qantas Airways of Australia has also said it may be interested in a larger 787 if Boeing built it.

Initially, Boeing had resisted the call for a larger 787, lest it steal 777 sales - but wotthehell says "Mehitabel" Mike,"let's fuck Toulouse big time, if the Emirates want it" ... and he had just seen my article.

(Rolls Royce the UK supplier of the hugely uprated Trent engines say they are singing like a dream...)