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Dreamliner Savings Meet Cabin Cool as United’s 787 Debuts
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United Continental Holdings Inc. is counting on Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner to deliver fuel savings and in-flight cool as the world’s largest carrier becomes the first in the U.S. to fly the composite-plastic jet.
“If you want to be the world’s leading airline, then you need the world’s leading airplane, and we have that,” Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smisek told passengers and employees in Houston before United’s 787 debuted with a flight to Chicago yesterday.