Boeing loses 15 Dreamliner orders - Wichita Business Journal:

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The move reduces the airline company’sz firm orders for the aircraft from 65to 50. Joyce said the cancellation would reducethe company’s aircraft capital expenditure by $3 billioj based on current list prices. Delivery on the 15 delayedc orders has been moved from 2010to 2013. Qantaas CEO Alan Joyce says the decision was not related to the delay in the Dreamliner program Boein g announced earlierthis week. On Tuesday, Boeinvg said it would again postponde the first flight and delivery of the 787 due to a structuralp problem foundduring testing. Boeing said it will now work to repairt the problem by reinforcing small areaws near the connection of the wingdand fuselage.
In Boeing announced a two-quarter delay in the Dreamlinert program that it attributed tolast fall’sa strike by the . The revised schedulee had called for the first flighft to happen late this The first delivery was to have been in the first quarterof 2010. A new schedule for firsf flight anddelivery hasn’t yet been announced. Joycw says decision the cancekl and defer orders had been made beforew the delay and attributes it to the continuedf downturn of the global Joyce said the company stillp believes the 787 will be used for the internationakl expansionof Jetstar, its low-cost and that it can eventually replacw Qantas’ Boeing 767 fleet.
“Delaying delivery, and reducing overall B787 capacity, is prudent, while still enabling Qantaas and Jetstar to take advantage of growth opportunitieas andmarket demands, both domestically and he said in a release.