Qantas defers first 787 delivery

Qantas will begin negotiations with Boeing in coming months about deferring the delivery of the first batch of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

It has the largest firm order, for 65 aircraft, of any airline for the Dreamliner and has purchase rights for another 50.
Its low-cost subsidiary, Jetstar, is to receive the group’s first Dreamliner. Delivery has been delayed until at least next year.

Qantas’s chief executive, Alan Joyce, has repeatedly insisted it has options on the delivery of the more fuel-efficient 787 because of the repeated delays to delivery dates.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald