List of Boeing 787 operators

The following is a list of commercial operators of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Airline operators

In June 2024 there were 1116 Boeing 787 aircraft in airline service, comprising 397 787-8s, 621 787-9s and 98 787-10s.^[1] The largest operators at that time were All Nippon Airways (82), United Airlines (71), American Airlines (59), Qatar Airways (47), Japan Airlines (46), Etihad Airways (40), Hainan Airlines (38), Air Canada (38), British Airways (37), Ethiopian Airlines (29), Air India (27), and other airlines operating fewer numbers of the type.^[1]

Legend	Notes
*	Current
*	Former
	Orders

Airline	Country	First commercial service	Photo	787-8	787-9	787-10	GE	RR	Total in service	Notes
Aeroméxico	Mexico	September 24, 2013[2]		8	12		*		20
Air Astana	Kazakhstan				3			*	—	To be delivered by 2025
Air Austral	Réunion	June 10, 2016[3]		2				*	2
Air Canada	Canada	May 23, 2014[4]		8	31	18	*		39
Air China	China	May 26, 2016[5]			14			*	14
Air Europa	Spain	April 1, 2016[6]		11	14			*	25
Air France	France	January 9, 2017[7]			10		*		10
Air India	India	September 19, 2012[8]		27	7		*		34
Air Japan	Japan	February 1, 2024		2			*		2
Air New Zealand	New Zealand	August 9, 2014[9]			14	6	6	14	14	Launch customer of 787-9
Air Niugini	Papua New Guinea			2				*	—	To be delivered by 2026
Air Premia	South Korea	March 31, 2021[10]			5			*	5
Air Tahiti Nui	French Polynesia	November 1, 2018			4		*		4
Air Tanzania	Tanzania	July 29, 2018[11]		2			1	*	2
All Nippon Airways	Japan	October 26, 2011[12]		36	42	5	3	76	83	Launch customer of 787-8. The largest operator of Boeing B787.
American Airlines	United States	May 7, 2015[13]		37	22		*		59	Largest 787-8 operator
Arik Air	Nigeria				9				—
Arke	Netherlands	June 8, 2014[14]		3			*		—	Rebranded to TUI fly Netherlands in 2015
Austrian Airlines	Austria				2				—	To be delivered by 2024
Avianca	Colombia	January 16, 2015[15]		16	1			*	16	787-9 never entered service.
Azerbaijan Airlines	Azerbaijan	March 1, 2015[16]		2			*		2
Bamboo Airways	Vietnam	January 1, 2020[citation needed]			3		*		—
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Bangladesh	September 5, 2018[17]		4	2		*		6
British Airways	United Kingdom	August 9, 2013[18]		12	18	7		*	37
China Airlines	Taiwan				18	6	*		—	To be delivered by 2025[19]
China Eastern Airlines	China	November 1, 2018			6		*		6
China Southern Airlines	China	June 7, 2013[20]		10	17		*		27
Donghai Airlines	China				5
EgyptAir	Egypt	March 31, 2019[21]			7			*	7
El Al	Israel	August 23, 2017		4	12			*	16
Emirates[22]	United Arab Emirates			20		15			—	To be delivered by 2025
Ethiopian Airlines	Ethiopia	August 16, 2012[23]		19	10		19	10	29
Etihad Airways	United Arab Emirates	February 1, 2015[24]			33	10	*		43
EVA Air	Taiwan	November 1, 2018[25]			4	10	*		14
Flydubai	United Arab Emirates				30				—	To be delivered by 2026
Ghana Airways	Ghana				3				—
Gulf Air	Bahrain	June 15, 2018[26]			10			*	10
Hainan Airlines	China	July 8, 2013[27]		10	28		*		38
Hawaiian Airlines	United States	April 15, 2024			2		*		2
Iraqi Airways	Iraq	June 22, 2023		2	3		*		2
Japan Airlines	Japan	April 22, 2012[28]		23	22		*		46
Jetairfly	Belgium	December 8, 2013[29]		1			*		—	Rebranded to TUI fly Belgium in 2016
Jetstar	Australia	November 13, 2013[30]		11			*		11
Juneyao Airlines	China	October 25, 2018[31]			7		*		7
Kenya Airways	Kenya	June 4, 2014[32]		9			*		9
KLM	Netherlands	November 23, 2015[33]			13	10	*		23
Korean Air	South Korea	March 7, 2017[34]		1	14	1	*		12	787-8 is in BBJ configuration
LAN Airlines	Chile	October 1, 2012[35]		10	10			*	—	Rebranded to LATAM Chile in 2016
LATAM Brasil	Brazil	September 21, 2021			1			*	1
LATAM Chile	Chile	May 5, 2016		10	24			*	34
LOT Polish Airlines	Poland	December 14, 2012[36]		8	7			*	15
Lufthansa	Germany	August 29, 2022[citation needed]			5		*		5
Maldivian	Maldives			2
MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Mongolia	August 10, 2023			2		*		2
Neos	Italy	December 25, 2017[37]			6			*	6
Norse Atlantic Airways	Norway	June 14, 2022			12			*	12
Norse Atlantic UK	United Kingdom	March 23, 2023			6			*	6
Norwegian Air Sweden	Sweden	April 10, 2019			3			*	—
Norwegian Air UK	United Kingdom	July 20, 2016			24			*	—	Ceased operations in 2021
Norwegian Long Haul	Norway	May 29, 2015		8	13			*	—	Ceased operations in 2021
Okay Airways	China				5				—
Oman Air	Oman	October 17, 2015[38]		2	7		*		9
Qantas	Australia	December 25, 2017[39]			14	8	*		14
Qatar Airways	Qatar	November 20, 2012[40]		30	17		*		47
Riyadh Air	Saudi Arabia				39		*		—
Royal Air Maroc	Morocco	January 20, 2015[41]		5	4		*		9
Royal Brunei Airlines	Brunei	October 18, 2013[42]		5	4			*	5
Royal Jordanian	Jordan	September 1, 2014[43]		7	6		*		7
Ruili Airlines	China				6				—
Saudia	Saudi Arabia	March 11, 2016[44]			13	8	*		21
Scoot	Singapore	February 5, 2015[45]		10	10			*	20
Shanghai Airlines	China	October 1, 2018			7		*		7
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	May 3, 2018[46]				26		*	26	Launch customer of 787-10 Largest 787-10 operator Operates the 1000th 787 Dreamliner (9V-SCP)
Suparna Airlines	China	December 15, 2018[47]		1	2		*		—	787-8 transferred to Hainan Airlines One 787-9 transferred to MIAT Mongolian Airlines
TAAG Angola Airlines	Angola			2	2
Thai Airways International	Thailand	July 25, 2014[48]		6	2		49	8	8	One 787-9 to be transferred from Bamboo Airways. The order for 45 new 787-9 aircraft was officially confirmed on 20 February 2024[49] Three aircraft were leased from AerCap[50] With additional order options. Once all planes are delivered, Thai Airways will be the largest operator of Boeing B787 in Southeast Asia.
TUI Airways	United Kingdom	July 8, 2013[51]		8	5		*		13
TUI fly Belgium[a]	Belgium	October 19, 2016		2			*		2
TUI fly Netherlands[b]	Netherlands	October 1, 2015		3			*		3
TUI fly Nordic	Sweden	September 21, 2021			1		*		1
Turkish Airlines	Turkey	July 8, 2019[52]			22		*		22
United Airlines	United States	November 4, 2012[53][54]		12	38	21	*		71
Uzbekistan Airways	Uzbekistan	September 5, 2016[55]		7			*		7
Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam	August 4, 2015[56]			11	4	*		15
Virgin Atlantic	United Kingdom	October 28, 2014[57]			17			*	17
Vistara	India	February 29, 2020[58]			7		*		—	Merged with Air India
WestJet	Canada	April 28, 2019[59]			7		*		7
XiamenAir	China	September 3, 2014[60]		6	6		*		12
Zipair Tokyo	Japan	October 16, 2020[citation needed]		8			*		8

*Data as of December 2023

See also

• List of Airbus A350 operators
• List of Boeing 767 operators
• List of Boeing 777 operators

Notes

1. TUI fly Belgium was known as Jetairfly when they first introduced the Boeing 787 into commercial service.
2. TUI fly Netherlands was known as Arkefly when they first introduced the Boeing 787 into commercial service.

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