First S.C.-made Boeing 787 returns with new paint job

  • Posted: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:06 p.m.
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The first South Carolina-built Boeing 787 returned from Texas over the weekend with its new red, white and gold Air India paint scheme. The plane was away for about a week and a half for the paint job. It will undergo Air India's battery of tests, including at least one more test flight, before it is delivered to the South Asian national carrier by month's end. (Brad Nettles/postandcourier.com) 6/11/12 Buy this photo

The first South Carolina-built Boeing 787 returned to North Charleston Sunday after being painted in the colors of Air India.

The plane left the Boeing campus May 30 for Texas where it was painted in the South Asian national carrier’s red, white and gold color scheme.

It will undergo Air India’s battery of tests, including at least one more test flight, before being delivered by month’s end.

Air India bought the first Dreamliner wide-body jet assembled in South Carolina and recently worked out a deal with Boeing for an undisclosed sum to pay for more than three years of delivery delays.

Read more online here and in tomorrow’s editions of The Post and Courier.

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