FAA Approves 787 Maintenance Program
Boeing yesterday announced that the FAA has approved the 787’s scheduled maintenance program, marking a particularly noteworthy accomplishment for an airpl

Boeing yesterday announced that the FAA has approved the 787’s scheduled maintenance program, marking a particularly noteworthy accomplishment for an airplane billed as 30 percent less expensive to maintain than any “comparable product.” The company bases its claims on projections for the performance of the 787’s composite structure and highly integrated systems architecture, which, it says, allow for fewer maintenance tasks and longer time intervals between tasks.

The scheduled maintenance program defines the maintenance tasks and intervals operators will use to maintain the airplane documented in Boeing’s 787 Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR).