Some customers of the Boeing Co.’s delayed 787 Dreamliner have received new delivery schedules from the jet maker about two months after Boeing confirmed its latest schedule slide.
In January, Boeing announced it was pushing back the first delivery of the 787 from February to the third quarter of 2011, due to problems discovered when an electrical fire broke out in one of its test airplanes. Boeing has since said it could deliver as many as 20 787s this year.
Prior to the latest delay, Poland’s LOT Airlines had expected to receive its first 787 delivery late this year. Boeing has informed the airline that its first Dreamliner will not arrive until April 2012, LOT Airlines said in a statement posted Monday to its Web site.
On Tuesday, Air Canada said its new delivery schedule for initial Dreamliner deliveries had been pushed back about five to seven months. The carrier will see its first Dreamliner delivery by the end of 2013, compared to a mid-year delivery.
Finally, a Boeing spokesman said Korean Air may not receive its first 787 this year as expected, according to a Wall Street Journal story published Tuesday.
Lori Gunter, spokeswoman for the 787 program, said the new schedules are consistent with the delay Boeing announced in January and do not represent a new delay.
On Monday, Boeing announced its San Antonio, Texas, site had began fixing some of the early 787s to make those sure those jets meet certification standards.
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