Why are the Boeing 787's Registered in Albania?

Wrong assumption -

ZA021 is a line number - production number given to an airplane at Boeing factory -

Albania is certainly not involved with Boeing production or registries -

I know Albania... would be about the last nation Boeing would produce airplanes -

Albania registry would be 5 letters i.e. ZA-ABC -

Type B-787 ZA-xxx - you will be redirected to Airliners Net -

The explanation will be what your read from my note here above -

All test airplanes from Boeing are N registered - no exceptions -

Until given a delivery registration of the airline/country of customer airline -

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Those are not registration numbers. New aircraft off the line are not registered until the owner/operator take possession of them. They typically mark them with it's line number up to the point of delivery.

The RAF have tail numbers beginning with ZA - VC10's so it has nothing to do with Albania.^

Not an expert, but if they were test aircraft, then it means Boeing is doing the testing in Albania and probably even doing final assembly there. I wondered how long it would take for Boeing to bring out a replacement for the Hawker Siddley 787.

albania has nothing to do w/ boeing

Bh