Matt Molnar
2008-03-20, 09:59 AM
Financial Times:
Boeing admits Dreamliner rethink (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59b8e998-f5dd-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1)
By Hal Weitzman in Chicago
Published: March 19 2008 18:02 | Last updated: March 19 2008 18:02
Boeing admitted on Wednesday that it would have to redesign parts of its troubled 787 Dreamliner, raising the prospect of a third delay in recent months to delivery of the new aircraft.
The company’s comments came in response to a warning from Steven Udvar-Hazy, chairman of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), the 787’s biggest customer.
Mr Hazy told a JPMorgan Chase conference that the state of the Dreamliner programme was “not pretty”. He said first deliveries would be delayed for at least another six months because its centre wing box – which holds the wings in place – needed to be redesigned. [Full article (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59b8e998-f5dd-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1)]
Boeing admits Dreamliner rethink (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59b8e998-f5dd-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1)
By Hal Weitzman in Chicago
Published: March 19 2008 18:02 | Last updated: March 19 2008 18:02
Boeing admitted on Wednesday that it would have to redesign parts of its troubled 787 Dreamliner, raising the prospect of a third delay in recent months to delivery of the new aircraft.
The company’s comments came in response to a warning from Steven Udvar-Hazy, chairman of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), the 787’s biggest customer.
Mr Hazy told a JPMorgan Chase conference that the state of the Dreamliner programme was “not pretty”. He said first deliveries would be delayed for at least another six months because its centre wing box – which holds the wings in place – needed to be redesigned. [Full article (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59b8e998-f5dd-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1)]