It’s that time of the week to bash the 787 project again, and the news comes in from Boeing and LOT that the delivery of LOT’s first 787 has been pushed back to April 2012.
The delivery schedule has now been modified to so the first unit arrives in April, and the other four will arrive between August and November 2012.
LOT notes:
“In the light of this information, and of the current contracts for Boeing 767 aircraft, LOT Polish Airlines are preparing a seamless fleet replacement programme for long distance flights, while at the same time carrying out its plans to expand its connection network to Asia and continue flights to North America”
And yes, that is a note of disappointment from LOT – which is what quite a few airlines are feeling over the 787 project, and the long delays to the aircraft. Other carriers have expressed their disappointment in other ways whilst being politicly correct.
Whilst Boeing are targeting a Q3 delivery of the first production 787 to ANA, there remains work to be done to get from “Experimental” to “Production” aircraft.
Hopefully Boeing won’t run into many more problems. However, they are in new territory with that plane…..
