Boeing says the plastics-based structure will generate 20% fuel savings for those Nippon Airways and other airlines, and provide passengers a more comfortable ride along with better cabin air and large in electronic format dimmable windows.
The aircraft was paid three years behind schedule after persistent delays that cost Boeing vast amounts of dollars.
"It took a lot of hard work to get at this day, " said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager from the 787 program.
"Just about an hour ago we transferred ownership from the first 787 to All Nippon Breathing passages, " he said at the start of two days of celebrations in the plane's Seattle production plant.
The $200 zillion long-range aircraft, which boasts a elegant new design with raked wingtips, may leave for Japan on Tuesday as well as enter service domestically on Oct. twenty six.
Boeing has sold more than eight hundred Dreamliners, which will compete with the near future Airbus A350, due mid-decade.
The much-anticipated handover came a 7 days after another major first delivery -- the actual 747-8 Freighter -- was abruptly postponed due to a contract dispute with the customer.
The actual Seattle Times reported on Sunday which 787 program costs had topped $32 million. That raised questions, according to the actual newspaper, over whether the revolutionary jetliner would earn money for Boeing before "well into the actual 2020s, if ever".
After a number of glitches in bringing the new plane into service, Boeing also faces challenging in reaching its target of lifting production to 10 aircraft per month by 2013, analysts say.
"First delivery may be the end of a long and unpleasant road for Boeing, " aerospace analyzer Scott Hamilton said.
"They have never had a commercial airplane program which has had this many problems, so indeed, it is a milestone but the actual challenges aren't over yet. Boeing still needs to achieve a smooth production ramp-up but still has to do rework on some 40 airplanes it says will (take) years to total. "
Boeing has declined so far to express how many aircraft it needs to market to break even. "If it is actually 1, 200, they should make cash; if it is larger than that it may be challenging, " Hamilton said.
Source : Business-Standard