Boeing's massive new plane was finally delivered on October 1st in preparation to fly from Tokyo to Hong Kong for Nippon Air.
Airbus is Boeing's global rival and their new breed of planes are much bigger. Boeing though is concentrating on other benefits to customers.
The Dreamliner is designed to be light and fast due to its new fuel-efficient engines and an outside structure largely made of composite materials — carbon fibers meshed together with epoxy — instead of sheets of aluminum.
Inside, passengers in all class will experience more natural light from larger windows, more variety of in-flight entertainment, and higher humidity which aims to lower cases of dry eye and headaches.
Dreamliner's also burn 20% less fuel compared to planes of similar sizes.
Airlines in order to be competitive in the future have to reduce costs so any small fuel saving or aerodynamic drag saving is welcome.
Hopefully these cost savings will result in sleeker, more comortable planes and they will be passed on to customers in terms of lower flight prices.
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