Boeing has buyers lined up for 10 of its overweight 787 Dreamliners: sources

Chicago

BOEING has lined up buyers for 10 of the early, overweight 787 Dreamliners whose years in storage made them emblems of the jet's factory woes and a drag on profit, people with knowledge of the plans said.

The planes, dubbed "terrible teens" for their assembly struggles and their places near the start of the production run, have an assessed value of roughly US$1 billion, or less than half the catalogue price. The original customers balked because the aircraft were too heavy, limiting their range.