Boeing Delays 787 Dreamliner Six Months

Published by AirlineFanatic | Filed under Boeing

Boeing announced today they have delayed the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner by at least six months into November or December of 2008. The reason for the delay is continued trouble in assembling the first plane, as well as suppliers having issues obtaining the necessary parts to complete orders. With an airplane this complex and built in so many different countries among so many companies, you had to expect some form of delays to arise. If Boeing had actually managed to pull this off on time it would have been an engineering miracle.

What Boeing must do is make sure no further delays afflict the program. Airbus is introducing their own new plane, the well published A380, more than two years after it was supposed to launch. I personally believe Airbus’ delays are due to massive bureacracy in a company who’s job it is to provide jobs for French and German citizens rather than make airplanes. Boeing doesn’t have this same issue, so we shall see if they are able to overcome this delay and get those planes rolling off the line without further ado.

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