Boeing Co. started assembly of its upcoming 787 Dreamliner on Monday and unveiled a manufacturing method that aims to speed up production times and reduce the number of parts used.

　　In building the company's first all-new plane in more than a decade， Boeing has changed everything from what materials it uses to how it constructs the 787， which is slated for its first test flight in late August and delivery next May.

　　Boeing has outsourced most of the 787's manufacturing to firms in Japan， Italy， South Carolina and elsewhere， while the company itself is concentrating on putting the plane together at its cavernous main facility in Everett， near Seattle.

　　The mid-sized jet， which will seat up to 330 people， is the first commercial plane whose fuselage and wings are predominantly made of carbon-composite materials rather than aluminum.

　　Boeing said it will take about seven weeks to assemble the first plane. By the 100th plane， the company expects to lower that to six days and， ultimately， Boeing said a new 787 will roll out of its factory every three days.

　　Since its launch in April 2004， Boeing has racked up 568 orders from 44 customers， making it the most successful plane launch in Boeing's history.

　　

波音公司周一宣布，開始組裝其下一代夢(mèng)幻飛機(jī)787，同時(shí)公布了一項(xiàng)生產(chǎn)方案，目的是縮短生產(chǎn)時(shí)間，并減少所需零件的數(shù)量。

　　新的787是10多年來(lái)波音推出的第一款全新飛機(jī)，它從材料到制造方法都與以往產(chǎn)品完全不同。787將于8月試飛，明年5月初開始交貨。

　　波音將787的大部分制造業(yè)務(wù)外包給了日本、

意大利和美國(guó)南卡羅來(lái)納州等地的工廠，其西雅圖的生產(chǎn)基地將精力集中在飛機(jī)的整體組裝上。

　　787是一種中型噴氣式飛機(jī)，最大容量330人，是第一款主要用碳復(fù)合材料而非鋁來(lái)制造機(jī)身和機(jī)翼的商用飛機(jī)。

　　波音表示，第一架飛機(jī)的組裝將耗時(shí)7周。該公司希望到第100架時(shí)將每架飛機(jī)的組裝時(shí)間縮短到6天，并最終縮短到3天。

　　從2004年4月計(jì)劃公布以來(lái)，波音已接到44家客戶共568架該飛機(jī)的訂單，這是該公司歷史上推出新飛機(jī)最成功的一次。

 董莉