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Yes, technically the Dreamliner is the Boeing 787, the newest and most advanced airliner flying. There are 3 variants (two currently in service). The B787 was officially designed to replace the B767 but it stacks up more clearly in passenger capacity and range to the Airbus A330 and the dash 8 version is right in the wheel house of the B757-300 which still frequents SXM quite often.
TUI is currently something like the seventh largest operator of the B787. The largest U.S. operators will be United followed by American.
There are several ways to distinguish a B787 from legacy aircraft, the wing tips sweep up rather being "cranked" up, the engine nacelles are scalloped (jagged), the passenger windows are noticeably larger and higher on the fuselage and the cockpit windows are curved to match the fuselage shape.
It is said that 90% of the people that fly the B787 would go out of their way to book the type on future flights.
Yes Carol, I am one of those geeks...worked for the largest supplier of materials for these things for 38 years.
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