Boeing accelerates 787 production

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 03, 2023 12:06 am

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina: As airlines seek to fulfill customers' growing post-pandemic appetites for long-haul travel, Boeing is aiming to speed up production of its 787 Dreamliners after a period plagued by repeated delivery interruptions due to manufacturing defects.

At a hangar in the US East Coast state of South Carolina, the plane begins to take shape on its first assembly line here, the wings, cockpit, cabin and tail are still in separate pieces.

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