Sustainability and Environment
Boeing 757 ecoDemonstrator Takes Flight
Pair of proving flights show operational readiness for latest round of testing
Painted in the colors of program collaborator TUI Group, the Boeing 757 ecoDemonstrator will fly for several months before recycling. (Photo: Boeing)
Painted in the colors of program collaborator TUI Group, the Boeing 757 ecoDemonstrator will fly for several months before recycling. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing’s 757 ecoDemonstrator twice took to the air from Seattle’s Boeing Field on Tuesday, marking the launch of a several-months-long program to test new wing and vertical tail technologies. Conducted in collaboration with TUI Group and NASA, the latest flight tests continue the ecoDemonstrator program’s multi-year effort to accelerate testing, refinement and use of new technologies and methods meant to improve aviation’s environmental performance.