Boeing to update 787 Dreamliner project
Key executives to provide an online webcast
By Tom Stundza -- Purchasing, 12/5/2007 12:43:00 PM
Boeing will webcast its 787 Dreamliner quarterly media briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. Scott Carson Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ president and CEO and Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager, 787 Program, will discuss progress to date on the new commercial airplane. The webcast will be available at www.boeing.com. Individuals should check that site prior to the event to ensure their computers are configured for the audio stream.
Boeing in October announced a six-month delay in its planned initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner, to November or December of next year, due to continued challenges completing assembly of the airplanes. The Dreamliner, with more than 700 orders from 48 airlines, has been the hottest-selling wide-body jet in the world since Boeing began taking orders for it in 2004. The airplane is being advertised as more fuel efficient, more comfortable and easier to maintain than any commercial airplane in its class. However, the Chicago-based aerospace giant recently acknowledged that test flights were running behind schedule due to problems with deliveries of titanium and aluminum fasteners.
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