787-9 — flights, routes and operators

Stretched variant of the 787 family, 6m longer than the 787-8 with higher MTOW and longer range. Most-produced 787 variant; operated by the majority of Dreamliner customers worldwide.

First flight 2013-09-17. Capacity 290 pax (typical 2-class). Range 14140 km. Engines: GE GEnx-1B or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000.

Color reflects time since the last recorded fatal hull-loss involving this type, drawn from public datasets (NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, Wikidata). It is not a commercial safety rating and does not normalise for flights flown, hours, or fleet size — for those, see the manufacturer or IATA Safety Report.

2020s

• 2026-03-29 — B789 — (serious_incident)

Operators

Operated by 10 airlines (top by frequency in our observed-flights dataset):

• CSN — 28 observed flights
• CHH — 23 observed flights
• DKH — 17 observed flights
• QTR — 15 observed flights
• UAL — 12 observed flights
• CXA — 12 observed flights
• CSH — 12 observed flights
• CES — 11 observed flights
• KAL — 9 observed flights
• ANZ — 9 observed flights

Top routes

• ADD → CPT (1 flight)
• ADD → LGW (1 flight)
• AKL → LAX (1 flight)
• AKL → NAN (1 flight)
• AKL → PVG (1 flight)
• AKL → RAR (1 flight)
• AMM → LHR (1 flight)
• AMS → PVG (1 flight)
• AMS → SAN (1 flight)
• AMS → XMN (1 flight)

Part of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family.