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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 210 to 330 passengers. Boeing states that it is the company's most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major airliner to use composit materials as the primary material in the construction of its airframe. The 787 has been designed to be 20% more fuel efficient than the 767 it is to replace. The Dreamliner's distinguishing features include mostly electrical flight systems, a four-panel windshield, noise-reducing chevrons on its engine nacelles, and a smoother nose contour. It shares a common type rating with the larger 777 twinjet, allowing qualified pilots to operate both models, due to related design /Wikipedia
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PARIS — The latest chapter in the storied aviation rivalry between Boeing and Airbus ramped up this week in Paris, where the jetmakers' fight over the widebody jet market has become a top plot line at the 2013 Paris Air Show.
The high-profile event kicked off in Le Bourget, just outside Paris, Monday morning, barely 72 hours after Airbus made the maiden flight on its new-age A350 model. Airbus hopes the A350 can help it level the playing field with Boeing and its widebody portfolio — including Boeing's smaller 777s and its revolutionary 787 "Dreamliner."
The A350 and Boeing's 787 are the first commercial jets to be made with lightweight carbon composites, enhancing their fuel efficiency. /USA TODAY
