Wall Street Journal says:
Boeing Co. is considering pushing back the first deliveries of its flagship
787 Dreamliner by at least six more months to account for the recent
strike by union machinists, as well as other snags in getting the
troubled jetliner airborne.According to people familiar with the situation, Boeing officials
are expected to announce later this month that the first deliveries of
the fuel-efficient jet might not occur until as late as summer 2010,
more than two years after the jet was originally scheduled to enter
service.In recent days, these people said, Boeing officials have been
meeting with suppliers and partners on the jet program in an effort to
get their arms around a number of challenges that have sprung up in
part because of the volume of work that Boeing outsourced on the
program.
Boeing says in response:
We are currently conducting an assessment of the 787 program schedule. We will communicate it when it is complete. We do not have the exact timing yet on when that communication will occur.
The Journal has a knack for serving as a ‘leading indicator’ to an official BCA announcement..
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