Boeing-787 Dreamliner presented in Baku

Boeing corporation has started its tour on Eurasia from Azerbaijan.

The company has today presented Boeing-787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

Within the framework of worldwide tour, this aircraft will implement flights to South America, Central Asia, Russia and 5 European cities. Azerbaijan plans to purchase the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner in 2014 and use it for direct flights over long distances.

Marty Bentrott, Boeing vice president of Sales for Russia, Central Asia and Middle East, said that expansion of cooperation with AZAL was very pleasant for them. To him, this airliner is the most saleable among the fuselage aircrafts in the U.S. aviation history.

Note that, Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its first commercial flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong in October 2011. The first purchaser of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft was a Japanese All Nippon Airways.

The weight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner was reduced to 45 tons in comparison with the analogous German Airbus A330-200. In addition, fuel consumption of the airliner has been reduced by 20%, the amount of harmful emissions - by 20%, the windows and saloon were increased by 65%. Jet passenger planes - Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, are capable of making non-stop flights by up to 15 thousand miles and carry 200-250 passengers.


/APA/