Dreamliner Wins Innovation Award In Europe

By: Wajiha Malik

The European Institute for Creative Strategies and Innovation has named Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner the recipient of its grand prize for innovation.

The award was presented to Yves Galland, president of Boeing France, in ceremonies in Paris.

“We are very proud to receive this prestigious award, which recognizes the 787’s amazing technological breakthrough,” said Galland. “We share this prize with the eight French companies providing critical products and systems onboard the Dreamliner as the entire international team and our customers around the world.”

Made largely from composite materials, the 787 is a twin-engine, long-range, wide-bodied jetliner. The plane is assembled in Boeing’s Everett and Charleston, S.C., plants.

The plane is the first large airliner whose fuselage and wings are not made of metal.

The plane is about 20 percent less expensive to operate than older- generation wide-bodied aircraft.
Boeing began delivering the first production Dreamliners last fall, about three years behind schedule.