Boeing delays Dreamliner flight, deliveries

Boeing is delaying the first flight of its highly awaited 787 Dreamliner jet to the second quarter of 2009 and won't ship its first delivery until the following year due to the impact of the recent Machinists' strike and production glitches.

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Almost there for that dreamliner that none of us will be able to afford first class seats on ! :)

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Acquisition will help Boeing to catch up on production of its 787 Dreamliner which is more than two years behind schedule.

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Boeing has lost orders for 73 of it's 787 Dreamliner so far this year.

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Reports that Boeing is negotiating to buy a key link in the 787 Dreamliner's global supply chain have intensified speculation it may be laying the groundwork for putting a second final-assembly plant out of state.

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On Monday, Boeing announced that its 787 Dreamliner had moved "to the flight line for testing," meaning it's going through final tests that will get it ready for its first flight.

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The controversial new airliner, which is now 18 months behind schedule, is expected to start the first stage of flight testing next month when engineers run up power to its flight systems.

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Qatar Airways said today that it intended to seek compensation from Boeing over delays in delivering its first 787 Dreamliner aircraft, part of a $13.5 billion order.

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Probably trying to polish its current poor image, Boeing invited Fortune Magazine to get an inside look into the Dreamliner factory, secret orgy quarters, and the showroom, in which—after spending $150 million on an empty aircraft—you have to pick the seats, including their A …

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Good news for Airbus, Boeings Dreamliner faces delays

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Iraq said on Monday it has signed a contract worth 5.5 billion dollars with Boeing to buy 40 new aircraft, with an option to purchase 15 more.

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Outsourcing without doing proper due diligence as to who would end up doing the bulk of the work leads to...well, where Boeing is right now: havign to buy up partners and take work back in house.

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I could not have put it better myself. Boeing management have been living in a fairyland of self delusion with this program, listening to marketing more than the engineering teams.

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Here we go again...issues that were brought up to management months ago - and should have been made public shortly afterwards - have been allowed to simmer until they could not be kept hidden any longer. Geez.

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It has been a pretty damn awful 10 days for Boeing: not only have they lost the USAF tanker contest, but the 787 is now likely to be delayed again - as always, Goldman Sachs is talking to the employees and consultants on the 787 and believing them...whereas Boeing management seem …

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They did it to Airbus for the A380 and now Boeing will likely pay the price for a slipping schedule on the 787. As the largest predicted operator to date with 115 on order, this is one airline Boeing will not want to annoy too much.

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And what are those lessons? That management will actually listen to comprehensive reports by production line managers, engineers, auditors and consultants, who knew 9 months ago just how bad things were and wrote up a series of comprehensive reports to that effect? That it is rea …

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A small win for the 787 but a huge risk for Gulf Air: despite being based in a region of explosive growth, the carrier has been struggling for some time and this deal represents the last chance for a turnaround.

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3 weeks is one figure being mooted and in the greater scheme of things this is hardly a blip on the radar - the plane has already been delayed 6 months.

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Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

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817 orders by end of 2007 - wow. No other way to describe it. The next goal for Boeing is rumoured to be a very ambtious one that only has a small chnace of being achieved: 1,000 orders before the 787 takes off for its first test flight, some time by early April.

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British Airways has finalised an order for 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners valued at up to $4.4bn, the planemaker said. Boeing said British Airways also had options for 18 more 787 planes and purchase rights for an additional 10.

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Boeing really wanted this order confirmed before the end of the year. It marks another vote of considence in the plane by arguably the world's most prestigious and well known carrier.

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The strategic insider information is now coming out into the public domain, giving everyone a good overview as to what have been the challenges on the 787 program.

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"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning's quote seems to have inspired a few Boeing subcontractors.

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