Boeing Delays Dreamliner Again |
| New York Times - Jan 16, 2008 |
Boeing announced on Wednesday that it was delaying the first flight and deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner because of continued supply-chain problems.
The first flight is now scheduled for the second quarter instead of March, and deliveries are now expected to begin in early 2009 instead of late this year.
“The fundamental design and technologies of the 787 remain sound,” Scott Carson, the president and chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said in a statement. “However, we continue to be challenged by start-up issues in our factory and in our extended global supply chain.”
Mr. Carson said that while progress has been made on the assembly of the first plane, the pace at which jobs are being completed has not improved enough to stay on schedule.
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- Posted: 2008-01-16 09:58:55
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