Boeing 787 fastest widebody to 400 deliveries

Boeing Commercial Airplanes VP marketing Randy Tinseth, via his official company blog, reported (29-Apr-2016) the company delivered its 400th 787 earlier in Apr-2016. The aircraft was delivered to Scoot. The delivery came four years and seven months after the first 787 was handed over in Sep-2011, making the 787 the fastest widebody aircraft to 400 deliveries. The 787 delivery ramp up is also the fastest for any Boeing aircraft since the 727, which reached the 400 milestone in April 1967, three years and six months after its first delivery. [more - original PR]