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B787 SERIES
Boeing announced this year that final
assembly of B787-10 will take place
exclusively in North Charleston, South
Carolina. The 787-8 and 787-9 are
built in Everret, Washington, and North
Charleston.

PC-24
The PC-24 is the world’s first ever business
C919 all-economy class layout entails 168 seats, jet to come equipped as standard with a
C919” is the short form of trunk liner code and the hybrid class layout 156 seats. The cargo door, with the kind of performance
for “COMAC919”. COMAC is the acronym basic version is designed to cover a range specification that allows it to operate in and
of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of of 4,075 km, while the enhanced version out of very short runways or even unmade
China, Ltd. The letter “C” is the first letter can stretch to 5,555 km. Such designs may strips. Pilatus believes the PC-24 will carve
of both “COMAC” and “China”. It indicates satisfy the operating demands for different out a new niche it calls the “Versatile Jet
that this trunk liner program is the will of routes. Its economic life is designed to be segment”. The maiden flight of the first
China and her people. It is a short-medium 90,000 flying hours/30 calendar years. prototype will go ahead in spring 2015.
range commercial trunk liner that can The aircraft is scheduled to fly for the first Final certification and start of deliveries to
claim indigenous intellectual property. Its time in 2015. customers are planned from 2017.

A350
The A350 XWB is an all-new family of
widebody aircraft offering 276-369 seats
with its three passenger versions: A350-
800, A350-900 and A350-1000. The
aircraft is scheduled to enter commercial
service early 2015.
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