Jet Aviation Basel has been selected to complete the interior of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for an undisclosed customer in the Middle East. The VVIP aircraft is to be delivered to the Basel Completions Center in 2015 for a two-year completions cycle.

In 2011, Jet Aviation Basel took the initiative and appointed a team of its best engineers to work closely with Boeing to prepare for its first completion of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Since then, the company has developed new technologies and processes, including new methods of engineering data management to support the completion of this new generation aircraft. As these efforts were well recognized in the industry, Jet Aviation Basel’s Completions Center was selected by an undisclosed client from the Middle East to engineer, manufacture and install a VVIP cabin interior on the world’s first private Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Delivery of the aircraft is expected in 2018. To meet this commitment, Jet Aviation has intensified its cooperation with Boeing over the past several months to establish a seamless flow of data between the two organizations. The company will continue to work with the manufacturer to best ensure the success of this first 787-9 completions project.

“We have a precise understanding of the data required by Boeing for the Dreamliner to validate the modification of systems and structures,” says Neil Boyle, vice president and general manager of the Completions Center at Jet Aviation Basel. “Developing this degree of engineering specification so early in a project is unprecedented. As a basis of comparison, such engineering maturity is typically only attained with traditional metallic aircraft by the Final Design Review. In this sense, Jet Aviation truly is writing ‘the rule book’ for completing carbon fiber aircraft.”

President of Boeing Business Jets David Longridge adds, “We are very excited to work with Jet Aviation Basel closely as they complete the first BBJ 787-9 Dreamliner that we sold. It is a milestone project for us at Boeing Business Jets and we are confident that the customer will be very satisfied with the work done by Jet Aviation Basel.”

Rob Smith, Group president of Jet Aviation, says, “We have long been recognized as a Completions Center that provides premium quality interiors. To ensure we continue to meet the high standards of our discerning clients, we have heavily invested in this advanced aviation technology. We are now eager to apply our new capabilities on the Dreamliner.”

The elaborate VVIP interior designed by Andrew Winch Design features a Master bedroom, bathroom and office suite, a large open-plan dining and living area, as well as room for guests. The interior will also feature a state-of-the -art communications system, along with a sophisticated lighting, heating and sound-proofing package, all intended to ensure the highest levels of passenger comfort in the air.