Boeing 787

Boeing 787 having got on a successful virgin trial flight for 3 hour something last week made me so excited in seeing the new era of the air craft. In the past 2-3 decades, commercial airliners have been staying at the same and not made any breakthrough in the technology aspect. 787 is made of a new material which reduces the weight a lot and saves the fuel consumption by 20%. Besides, its bird-like design can lessen the air turbulence by 30%. The inflight pressurization can be adjusted to an elevation of 6,000 feet instead of 8,000 feet which most airliners are now at, leading to a better moisture inflight environment with a better air quality. All these should be what we want instead of making the jet much too big. 787 also targets to flight sectors on a point-to-point consideration and reduces the passenger load to around 220 to 300 passengers. This way the administration of a light air craft would be more efficient.