{"id":335847,"date":"2025-12-24T05:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/first-flight-riyadh-air-major-milestone-charleston\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T05:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:06:18","slug":"first-flight-riyadh-air-achieves-major-milestone-in-charleston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=335847","title":{"rendered":"First Flight: Riyadh Air Achieves Major Milestone In Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saudi Arabia’s newest airline has reached a new chapter of its short history, wit hthe airlines first Boeing 787-9<\/a><\/span> completing its first test flight in Charleston<\/a><\/span> today. This significant milestone was completed as test flight B1 on Tuesday, December 23. Undertaken by Boeing test pilots, the aircraft will continue to be put through its paces before eventually being delivered to Riyadh Air<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new chapter unfolds as the first Boeing 787-9 takes to the skies in a pivotal test flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,398,2638,18684,3881,989,892],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-boeing","category-boeing-787-9","category-charleston-air-force-base-international-airport","category-dreamliner","category-riyadh-air","category-test-flight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t