DREAMLIFTER OPERATOR APPROVED

Aug. 17, 2007

The Federal Aviation Administration has given The Boeing Co. approval to let an Oregon company begin operating the fleet of gigantic cargo planes that are delivering large pieces of the 787 Dreamliner jet to the final assembly line in Everett. Evergreen International Airlines, a unit of McMinnville, Ore.-based Evergreen International Aviation Inc., will run and maintain Boeing's fleet of the cargo lifters, known as Dreamlifters.