Boeing 787 landing in Charleston Monday

  • John McDermott
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  • Posted: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:01 a.m.
    UPDATED: Friday, March 23, 2012 3:58 p.m.
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/AP Photo/Czarek SokolowskiA Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its very first landing at the Frederic Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland on Friday, June 24, 2011. Warsaw is the first in Europe to host the Dreamliner, after it was showcased at the Paris Air Show. The plane is scheduled to appear in Charleston Monday.

Fresh from the Paris Air Show and other stops in Europe, Boeing’s 787 will make its local debut in North Charleston on Monday.

The so-called Dreamliner is expected to land at Charleston International Airport around noon, said Boeing spokeswoman Candy Eslinger. It is coming from Poland.

Eslinger said the jet is scheduled to leave Wednesday, and it is expected to spend a good portion of its stay in Boeing’s new 787 factory at the airport.

The jet will not be open for public tours.

Boeing is set to start assembling 787s at its local campus in the next few weeks. Its new $750 million North Charleston plant will make up to three of the twin-engine passenger planes each month by 2013.

See Saturday’s editions of The Post and Courier for more details.

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