Aircraft
Latest Boeing ecoDemonstrator Flies to Montana for Trials
An Etihad Airways 787-10 will undergo two and a half weeks of environmental testing before flying to Abu Dhabi.
The Boeing 787-10 ecoDemonstrator will conduct tests dedicated to airframe and landing gear noise reduction as well as flight routing efficiency and a cabin sanitizing system. (Image: Boeing)
The Boeing 787-10 ecoDemonstrator will conduct tests dedicated to airframe and landing gear noise reduction as well as flight routing efficiency and a cabin sanitizing system. (Image: Boeing)

Boeing flew the latest ecoDemonstrator—an Etihad Airways 787-10—from Seattle to Glasgow, Montana, on Monday in preparation for two and a half weeks of environmental testing before flying to its customer’s base in Abu Dhabi. The airplane—a new-build example assembled at Boeing’s Dreamliner plant in Charleston, South Carolina—earlier this month arrived at the company’s Seattle facilities, where engineers fitted it with instrumentation in preparation for what a Boeing spokeswoman characterized as a speedy and focused test regime.