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How many 787s have been built as of June 2012?
This was asked before in 2008.
Some sources say 55 are being checked for delamination. Others say 65 are in rework. The Wiki page says 18 have been built, which is obviously wrong. 11 have been delivered (7 ANA and 4 JAL) and the first to be delivered without rework will go to Air India and that may be number 66? Or did the 65 exclude the 11 delivered, the test aircraft and the Air India plane? In that case there are 77 or more manufactured and 66 waiting for rework or final acceptance.
So, I need a link to an authoritative source. Picking a number is not an answer. When we have a good number I'll even update the Wiki page.
OK, the nyc787 blogger is very informative, but the numbers don't add up to the current answer. If we exclude aircraft in assembly then we get 64. If we include all aircraft that are at least in assembly then we get 71. Basically the secret to finding the totals is knowing what you are looking for is 787 hull numbers. LN1 and LN2 are already retired. The very latest is LN71 which has started to be assembled. Parts for LN72 and LN73 are arriving. So 64 are complete and 7 more are at some stage in final assembly.
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- Howard LLv 79 years agoFavourite answer
65 have either been built, delivered, or are in production. Much of the rework is being done to airplanes that have been partially completed including sub assemblies that are still in the suppliers plant. I can't vouch for the accuracy of this source but it seems to be more accurate than any others I've seen.
Source(s): http://nyc787.blogspot.com/ - Anonymous9 years ago
Nobody cares.