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Boeing 787-8 · VP-BBR · Azerbaijan Airlines

Boeing 787-8 illustration in Azerbaijan Airlines livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Boeing 787-8

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RegistrationBMVP-BBR
OperatorAzerbaijan Airlines
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Boeing 787-8 built in 2014 in Everett / Charleston (USA). Operates for Azerbaijan Airlines.

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Young · 12 years · ≈ 57,600 flight hours (approx.)
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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing
Engines2× 2 x GEnx-1B
PropulsionJet
Seats210 (C18 · W35 · Y157)
First flight2014
Built inEverett / Charleston (EE. UU.)
Country of registrationBermudas
OwnerAzerbaijan Airlines
MSN37920
Hex / ICAO 24-bit424293
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Figures for the 787-9 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 60% the length of a football pitch

Length62.8 m206 ft
Wingspan60.1 m197 ft
Height17.0 m56 ft
Range14,010 km7,565 NMWith a typical passenger load
Cruise speed903 km/h488 ktMach 0.85
Service ceiling13,100 m42,979 ftIt flies above Everest (1.5 times its height)
Maximum take-off weight259,228 kg571,499 lb
Maximum payload130,408 kg287,500 lbIts 296 passengers with baggage would weigh about 29.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo
Typical capacity296 passengersUp to 420 in a high-density layout
Endurance15 h 31 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 14,010 km range, from Baku it could fly non-stop as far as:

LIMLima13,986 kmEZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)13,869 kmSYDSydney (Mascot)13,228 kmMEXMexico City12,627 kmPTYTocumen12,455 km
Beyond its rangeSCLSantiago14,796 km

The type first flew in 2009 (17 years ago) · About 1,150 units built · Still in production

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Seating layout

18Business
35Premium
157Economy

210 seats in total

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

2014–2026Azerbaijan Airlines network of its widebody aircraft
Base
GYDBaku
Main destinations
FRAFrankfurt am MainISTIstanbulLHRLondonPEKBeijing

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

2014
Built
Assembled by Boeing in Everett / Charleston (USA).
Dec 24, 2014
Delivered to Azerbaijan Airlines
Delivered to Azerbaijan Airlines as VP-BBR.
Oct 15, 2022
Incident at Istanbul (IST) Airport
On October 15, 2022, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft (registration VP-BBR), operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was involved in an incident at Istanbul (IST) Airport (Turkey) due to a cracked or broken cockpit window. Source: Azerbaijan Airlines.
Source: Azerbaijan Airlines

Operators

2014-12-24
Azerbaijan Airlines
Registration VP-BBR

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This page was last updated on October 10, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 10). Boeing 787-8 · VP-BBR · Azerbaijan Airlines. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-37920

MLA

“Boeing 787-8 · VP-BBR · Azerbaijan Airlines.” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 10 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-37920. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Boeing 787-8 · VP-BBR · Azerbaijan Airlines.” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 10, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-37920.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Boeing 787-8 · VP-BBR · Azerbaijan Airlines. Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-37920 (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Boeing 787-8 · VP-BBR · Azerbaijan Airlines}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-10},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-37920},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/B787-37920}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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