Boeing has finally confirmed it’s delivery date of the first production 787 Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways… and the magic date is set to be 26th September.
The “new delivery plan” will involve the aircraft being handed over to ANA on the 26th September, then depart Everett field on 27th to arrive in Toyko on the 28th September.
For ANA, who have been patient as heck, this will allow them time to familiarise themselves with the new plane, and conduct the demonstration and charter flights before entering into service.
For Boeing, this will mark one heck of milestone as on the 1st November the 787 will carry paying passengers on a regular service.
And maybe it might stop plaudits like me lambasting Boeing after every failure during this learning exercise that has been a very delayed delivery of an aircraft.
For ANA this the beginning of the 787 story as they are due 55 aircraft, with 10 due during this fiscal year, and another 11 due during the next financial year.
Other companies will be watching too, seeing if the promised efficiencies this aircraft is meant to deliver finally pay off… or at least compensate for how long they’ve been waiting for it….
