Air India accepts delivery on Boeing 787
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Air India has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 from the company's delivery center in North Charleston.
The plane was delivered on Thursday and the company said the 787 will be flown to India on Friday. The plane was assembled in Everett, Wash., and then flown to South Carolina.
The company earlier this year rolled out the first 787 made in South Carolina, although that plane has not yet been delivered.
Boeing opened its $750 million assembly plant in North Charleston last year.
Air India is the fifth airline worldwide to take delivery of a 787. It has 26 more on order.
The plane was delivered on Thursday and the company said the 787 will be flown to India on Friday. The plane was assembled in Everett, Wash., and then flown to South Carolina.
The company earlier this year rolled out the first 787 made in South Carolina, although that plane has not yet been delivered.
Boeing opened its $750 million assembly plant in North Charleston last year.
Air India is the fifth airline worldwide to take delivery of a 787. It has 26 more on order.
If it was built here in Everett, why take it to SC and then delivered? I don't get it..
@Seattleite There were $ and contract issues that needed to be resolved and lack of storage areas here in Everett, so the plane was flown to SC and stored there.
 @SOSeattle Thanks for the info :-)
Hundreds of 787s flying IF they all built by our American people ! Geez...only no#7 delivered !!!!!!
@scychan Ethiopian Airlines just took possesion of one recently, ANA took one last week, JAL just ticketed one and it's about to fly away. There are 2 more ANA planes not far behind.
 @SOSeattle  @scychan Put McNerney on the next plane please
he's the road-block !
So how many planes has Boeing delivered so far? Are they still not completing assembly in the factory?