United Airlines now flying Boeing's 787-10

United’s newest aircraft type – the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner – is now in service at the carrier. United Flight 2418 marked United's official debut of its “Dash 10,” departing from Los Angeles at 8:49 a.m. local time (11:49 a.m. ET) on Monday morning en route to Newark, New Jersey. Though United touted the flight as the 787-10's "entry into scheduled service," the airline has quietly subbed the 787-10 onto some flights in recent weeks ahead of the formal debut. Now, United will roll the 787-10 onto more of its existing flights that already connect the carrier’s hubs at Newark Liberty and Los Angeles. In addition to the LAX-Newark flights that begin Monday, United’s 787-10s will begin to pick up some of its Newark-San Francisco flights starting in February. The 787-10s expand to international service in March, when United adds the jet to routes from Newark to the European cities of Frankfurt, Germany; Paris Charles de Gaulle; Barcelona, Spain; Brussels and Dublin. United also will fly the jet between Newark and Tel Aviv, Israel. The 787-10 is the newest and biggest version yet of Boeing’s Dreamliner. Essentially a stretched version of the smaller 787-8 and 787-9 variants, the 787-10 is 18 feet longer than the 787-9. United is now the only carrier in the world to be flying all three versions of the Boeing Dreamliner. United is the first North American airline to both receive and put the 787-10 into passenger service.<br/>