Air India's First 787 Dreamliner is Proudly Made in South Carolina

May 2, 2012 at 10:00 AM | by kjb | Comments (0)

A couple of airlines are already busy at work flying their Boeing 787 Dreamliners around the globe�we�re looking at you ANA and Japan Airlines. However, there are still plenty of airplanes to be delivered and the engineers, mechanics, and other worker bees are laboring to make future takeoffs possible.

It sounds like Air India is next up on the delivery list, and one of their initial orders is going to be a little bit different from all the other planes. If all goes according to plan it may just have a little bit of southern hospitality built right in, as Air India will be the first airline to receive a 787 assembled at the Boeing plant in South Carolina.

Last week Boeing was excited to reveal the first finalized plane out of their South Carolina factory. It was all smiles at the time of the 787�s debut, but in the past the place has been more of a headache. It's this factory that's caused a couple delays here and there over the past few years, and there was recently a bit of a snag that almost cost the company and the 787 a couple more hiccups.

Boeing is looking to roll at least 10 planes off the assembly line each month by the end of 2013, and the plant in Charleston is expected to be accountable for at least three of them every thirty days or so. As long as both factories continue to pump out the planes on a regular basis, we�ve got no complaints.

[Photo: North Charleston]

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