By friend “bob” (Members who have been here a while will know what I mean there) brought this to my attention
FT.com: 787 has supplier issues
Boeing on Wednesday admitted that its new 787 aircraft was suffering from weight and supplier problems, though the US aerospace group said deliveries would still be on schedule.
The 787 Dreamliner is due to come into service in mid-2008 with All Nippon Airlines, and its rapid sales have been a crucial part in Boeing’s recovery after losing its lead in the commercial aircraft market to Airbus over the past five years.
By: bring_it_on - 26th October 2006 at 15:10
Boeing is Obligated to come out with any statement wether Pro or con on Any aircraft project that they are aware of according to SEC laws . If we dig deep into the entire weight-supplier story we can see that boeing has been echoeing this caution ever since august however they have maintained that the EIS will be as schedules . If there was something serious that boeing was aware of and that gave an indication of a delay in EIS then they would have to by Law report it via a caution stating the delay . Currently boeing plans to boost R and D by 200 million this year and by 400 million next year on both the 787 and 747-8 to get back on track and have 8 contingency plans out of which 1 is fully funded according to SpI .
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October 26, 2006 at 2:09 pm