NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Boeing Co.’s newest and largest Dreamliner model, the 787-10, successfully made its first flight on Friday, kicking off a test program for the high-tech jet.
The plane, which sells for $312.8 million at list price and rounds out a family of three carbon-fiber composite Dreamliners, flew well, the pilots said.
“We had a great flight,” Captain Tim Berg said at a news conference after the flight. The plane “performed exactly like we thought it would.”
The flight was one of three initial voyages on Friday, joining the Airbus A319neo jetliner and the Antonov An-132D, a light turboprop military transport developed with Saudi Arabia.
Boeing’s 787-10 is being built at Boeing’s factory in North Charleston, South Carolina, due to its large size. The facility is Boeing’s only jetliner assembly factory outside of Washington state and, in contrast to the others, is not unionized.
