{"id":6379,"date":"2019-10-23T21:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T02:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6379"},"modified":"2019-10-23T21:18:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T02:18:23","slug":"boeing-unveils-order-for-two-787-dreamliner-airplanes-to-one-vip-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6379","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Unveils Order for Two 787 Dreamliner Airplanes to One VIP Customer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The two ultra long-range and exclusive jets are valued at $564 million according to list pricesBoeing Business Jets now has 16 orders for the 787 variant, making it one of the world\u2019s most popular widebody business jets<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-B787-Stateroom-01-1.png?fit=640%2C423\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-B787-Stateroom-01-1.png 2500w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-B787-Stateroom-01-1-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-B787-Stateroom-01-1-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-B787-Stateroom-01-1-1024x676.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Las Vegas, Nevada, October 22,<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>2019<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;A VIP customer was behind the purchase of two ultra-long range 787-9 Dreamliner airplanes, Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today at the National Business Aviation Association\u2019s annual convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order, placed in August, has a list price value of $564 million. The VIP customer has requested to be unidentified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBJ 787-9, a business jet version of the technologically-advanced 787-9 Dreamliner, is sought after by customers who place a premium on the jet\u2019s globe-spanning range, spacious cabin and unrivaled passenger comfort. The airplane can fly 9,485 nautical miles while offering amenities such as larger windows, a lower cabin altitude, smooth ride technology, cleaner and higher humidity air, and a quieter cabin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe BBJ 787-9 offers our most discerning customers the ability to travel in ultimate comfort and fly directly to just about any city on earth. We\u2019re talking about London to Sydney or Tokyo to Cape Town. Our newest BBJ 787-9 customer can clearly see the possibilities and more,\u201d said Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing for The Boeing Company. \u201cWith a total of 16 orders to date, the BBJ 787 program has won over other government and private customers who want to work, rest, and arrive refresh and ready for a productive day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBJ 787-9 offers one of the most spacious cabins in the industry with 2,775 ft<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0(257.8 m<sup>2<\/sup>) of space. The spacious cabin provides a large canvas for a range of interior design options to ensure ultimate comfort on those short or long-distance flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBJ 787 builds on the success of the 787 Dreamliner &#8211; the fastest-selling widebody airplane in history with more than 1450 orders from over 80 customers on six continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/aircraft-interiors-vip-completions-boeing-787-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/aircraft-interiors-vip-completions-boeing-787-08.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/aircraft-interiors-vip-completions-boeing-787-08-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/aircraft-interiors-vip-completions-boeing-787-08-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A VIP customer was behind the purchase of two ultra-long range 787-9 Dreamliner airplanes, Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today at the National Business Aviation Association\u2019s annual convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6461,4813,89,799,3655,5637,5992,2203,7313,7067,1397,868,1103],"tags":[42,420,1341,3566,2345,160,7516,1864,41,988,1195,7517,655,2699,3590,3796,99,688,589,214,87,2419,843,2352,412,995,1022,3075,7447,7127,1756,90,2089,1691,1658,2926,7126,3684,2299,1863,3896],"class_list":["post-6379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-show-news","category-airplane-news","category-aviation-news","category-boeing-news","category-business-jet-news","category-business-news","category-economic-news","category-finance-news","category-las-vegas-news","category-luxury-news","category-stock-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-42","tag-airline","tag-airplanes","tag-annual","tag-association","tag-aviation","tag-bbj","tag-body","tag-boeing","tag-business","tag-cabin","tag-cape","tag-company","tag-convention","tag-customer","tag-customers","tag-dreamliner","tag-government","tag-jet","tag-las-vegas","tag-london","tag-long","tag-national","tag-nevada","tag-news","tag-order","tag-private","tag-range","tag-rest","tag-spacious","tag-sydney","tag-tokyo","tag-town","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-ultra","tag-unveils","tag-version","tag-vip","tag-wide","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6383,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions\/6383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}