Airline Fanatic

Boeing, speaking at their quarterly 787 program update, said today they see no further delays in production of the brand new 787 Dreamliner. A few months ago they informed the world that, like competitor Airbus, their new major model of aircraft would face a delay in delivery. So far that delay has only been six months, as opposed to Airbus’ two year delay, but the production schedule is still extremely tight. Many analysts expect Boeing to announce further delays, but so far executives are sticking to the revised schedule.

As things currently stand Boeing expects the first flight of the 787 to take place some time in the first quarter of next yea, with the first delivery model going to All Nippon Airways by the end of next year. All in all in 2008 Boeing still expects to produce 40 Dreamliners, with 109 rolling off production lines in 2009. Currently Boeing has a staggering 762 orders from 52 customers, which effectively means the plane is sold out through 2014. Now I just can’t wait to fly on this thing!