Summary
- Singapore Airlines will receive its twentieth Dreamliner, a Boeing 787-10, marking a major milestone for the airline.
- This specific aircraft, with the registration 9V-SCP, can also be Boeing’s one thousandth Dreamliner ever built.
- The aircraft, which first flew in April 2020, has undergone test flights and storage before being delivered to Singapore Airlines in October 2023.
October twenty ninth: An enormous day for each Singapore Airlines and Boeing. Indeed, two milestones will probably be reached with the delivery of a single Boeing 787-10 flying from Charleston to Singapore via Nagoya: Singapore Airlines’ twentieth Dreamliner within the fleet and Boeing’s one thousandth ever built.
Aircraft details
The particular aircraft hitting the 2 milestones has the next information:
- Registration: 9V-SCP
- Manufacturer’s Serial Number (MSN): 60266
- Line Number: 1000 (in fact!)
In response to Aviation Flights, the aircraft is not exactly latest – even when Singapore Airlines is its very first operator. That is since the jet took its first flight in April 2020. Thus, on the time of this text’s publication, the aircraft is already somewhat over three-and-a-half years of age. A second test flight took place in July 2021 before the 787-10 was flown to Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas for long-term storage in August 2021.
Photo: Singapore Airlines
The aircraft would emerge from storage in February 2023 and conduct 4 more test flights before its October 2023 delivery across the Pacific Ocean. Before its delivery, Aviation Flights reports the aircraft having had 15 hours and quarter-hour of test-flight-time.
Delivery flight details
Regarding delivery to Singapore Airlines, the aircraft departed Boeing facilities in Charleston (CHS) on October twenty eighth at 13:50.
On the time of publication, the jet remains to be en path to Singapore Changi (SIN). Nonetheless, past delivery flights taking the identical routing (with similar timings) have seen 787-10s stop in Nagoya (NGO) for somewhat over an hour to refuel before taking to the skies for the ultimate leg to SIN.
Photo: GCMap.com
Previous 787-10s delivered to Singapore Airlines via Nagoya have arrived at Changi somewhat after 23:00. This flight needs to be no different.
Significant milestones
As highlighted at the beginning of this text, the delivery of 9V-SCP is a milestone for each Singapore Airlines and Boeing. For Singapore Airlines, the jet is the twentieth 787-10 to affix the fleet. The carrier took its very first in March 2018 and built up its Dreamliner collection steadily until the pandemic and Boeing issues forced an prolonged, two-and-a-half-year pause on deliveries. The airline resumed Dreamliner deliveries in March 2023 and has already taken five this 12 months.
With Line Number 1000, 9V-SCP is clearly the one thousandth Dreamliner to be built. Beyond the license plate, planespotters and SIA passengers will have the opportunity to acknowledge this specific aircraft because it sports a special “one thousandth 787 Dreamliner” decal between the cockpit windows and the primary door. The count includes all Dreamliner variants, including the -8 and -9.
This was an enormous milestone for Boeing, a planemaker that has seen massive success worldwide with this next-generation widebody. The very first Dreamliner was accomplished in 2007 as a 787-8 with intentions to go to Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA). This never happened and the jet would eventually make its method to Nagoya in June 2015 to be placed on static display. The aircraft is housed on the Flight of Dreams Complex, which was opened in October 2018. The 2nd and third 787s ever built have also been preserved while the 4th continues to fly as a Boeing testbed. The fifth 787, originally a testbed, is listed as scrapped – broken up in April 2018.
Resulting from this particular aircraft’s time in storage, Boeing has already far surpassed 1000 Dreamliners built. Currently, Planespotters.net lists the 787 with Line Number 1159 because the youngest energetic Dreamliner. This aircraft was delivered to Iraqi Airways in September 2023.
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