1998 q3-introducing the 767-400 extended range airplane

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Introducing the 767-400 Extended Range Airplane

The Boeing 767-400 Extended Range (ER) airplane is the latestderivative in the 767 family, and is the first ne airplane designedtogether !y Boeing "ommer#ial $irplane %ro&p and 'o&glas rodts'ivision ('') *t is intended to repla#e the venera!le $ir!&s

$+00$+0, '"-0, and .-0 airplanes #&rrently in servi#e aro&ndthe orld The 767-400ER delivers improved operating e#onomi#s#ompared to these airplanes hile offering similar seating #apa#ity andrange *t also provides operators of existing 767-/00-+00 airplanes iththe a!ility to in#rease passenger #apa#ity and improve operatinge#onomi#s The rollo&t of the 767-400ER is s#hed&led for $&g&st ,folloed !y first flight in 1eptem!er 2irst delivery is planned for 3ay/000

'esign of the 767-400ER, a derivative of the 767-+00ER, !egan in an&ary 7

thro&gh a te#hni#al assistan#e agreement !eteen Boeing and the former'o&glas $ir#raft "ompany 1in#e the $&g&st 7 merger of Boeing and3#'onnell 'o&glas, the to divisions of the ne Boeing "ompany have rea#hedfinal #onfig&ration for the ne airplane 1#hed&led for delivery to la&n#h#&stomer 'elta $ir .ines in 3ay /000, this stret#hed version of the 767-+00ERin#l&des several improvements to meet #&stomer re5&irements for in#reasedpassenger #apa#ity and improved operating e#onomi#s To meet thosere5&irements, 767-400ER a#tivities fo#&sed on the folloing

irt&al teaming

/ "apa#ity and performan#e improvements

Virtual TeamingBoeing relied on a relationship ith then-'o&glas $ir#raft "ompany personnel to!egin designing the 767-400ER in early 7 *n order to 8eep to s#hed&le, thedesign effort too8 pla#e thro&gh 9virt&al teaming,9 here Boeing and 'o&glaspeople in different geographi#al lo#ations &sed #omp&ting and management toolsto or8 together as a team The #om!ined team tested its operating #on#ept !y


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addressing to ma:or #hanges for in#orporation into the ne airplane a nera8ed tip for the ing and a ne $; and tail s8id in se#tion 4


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!leed system maximies effi#ient &tiliation of !leed air, alloing &se of theexisting str&t-mo&nted pre#ooler This ne !leed system as designed to !esignifi#antly more relia!le than the #&rrent system

Ae, longer es#ape slides ill !e in#orporated at doors , /, and 4 !e#a&se of

the longer f&selage '&ring tail or nose tip #onditions #a&sed !y nose or mainlanding gear #ollapse, these doors are higher off the gro&nd than they are on the767-+00ER

*ATER*>R1The most signifi#ant #hange from the passenger perspe#tive is an all-neinterior This #hange as driven !y the need to &pdate the interior to loo8 moreli8e the rest of the Boeing family and to in#rease sto-!in #apa#ity

Cor8ing extensively ith an airline advisory team, Boeing rea#hed an agreementto retain the pop&lar tin-aisle seating arrangement of the 767-+00ER hile

feat&ring a ne streamlined interior ar#hite#t&re ith pivot-type sto !ins similarto those &sed on the 777 Ea#h o&t!oard !in #an no a##ommodate to $irTransport $sso#iation ($T$) - !y 7- !y /+7@-in (/+- !y 4+- !y 60-#m) roll-on!ags stoed #rossaysD ea#h #enter !in #an hold one $T$-standard !ag stoedlengthise *n addition, the ne interior feat&res #eiling-mo&nted, retra#ta!leli5&id #rystal display (."') monitors

R>T$T*>A "$$B*.*T?The stret#hed f&selage signifi#antly reded the rotation attit&de of the airplaned&ring ta8eoff and landing The reded !ody angles res&lted in &ndesira!leeffe#ts on ta8eoff field length and approa#h speeds

Boeing resolved this sit&ation !y in#orporating an all-ne landing gear that is .Tho&gh the #&rrent 767 family has an ex#ellent fleet history in #orrosion #ontrol,servi#e experien#e has shon that improvements are desira!le in some spe#ifi#areas $##ordingly, the folloing enhan#ements have !een in#orporated

777-style lavatory mod&les ill !e mo&nted on seat tra#8s instead ofdire#tly mo&nted to the floor strt&re 'etail parts in the loer lo!es ill !e finished ith primer instead of

enamel The floor areas in the doorays and &nder the lavatories ill &se thi#8

poly&rethane tape for improved sealing The ne main landing gear has a ne tr&nnion itho&t a #ross !olt, plated

!&shing !ores, and an improved #hip-resistant finish $dditional drains have !een added at the ing #enter se#tion rear spar

#ummary

The 767-400ER derivative as designed to add signifi#ant passenger #apa!ilityto the 767-+00ER and to offer s&!stantial e#onomi# improvements as arepla#ement for older models of similar sie, sh as the $ir!&s $+00$+0, '"-0, and .-0 Together, Boeing "ommer#ial $irplane %ro&p and 'o&glasrodts 'ivision designed this neest extended-range airplane to !&ild on theex#ellent relia!ility and servi#e history of the 767, as ell as other Boeingmodels, and to allo operators to easily add #apa#ity to existing 767 ro&tes orexpand into ne mar8ets


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--------------------------------------------------Coniguration $%&ecti!e"

Trans#ontinental groth repla#ement for early ide!ody tins -- $+00,

$+0, and 767-/00 *nter#ontinental range repla#ement for '"-0-+0s and .0-@00s

3aximie #ommonality ith the 767-+00ER

;se existing 767-+00 engines, na#elles, and str&ts

rovide ex#ellent operating e#onomi#s

3aintain 767 #omfort advantages

1ame type rating as 767-/00 and -+00

"ommon type rating ith 7@7

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