UPDATE: Boeing’s chief executive Jim McNerney told reporters in Boston on Wednesday that the company remains at a “standstill” with its Machinists.
Here’s the story from Reuters.
And here’s the story from Bloomberg.
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The Boeing Machinists strike is taking its toll on airlines. Today, both Qantas and Air Canada said their jets on order with Boeing will be delayed by the labor stoppage.
Ryanair, JAL and Continental also have weighed in already on the strike’s impact on their operations.
Air Canada will receive its 777s late, reports Reuters. The airline’s chief executive Montie Brewer spoke at an investor conference in Montreal.
“They’ll come late,” Brewer said. “(Boeing has) given some initial indication day to day, but obviously they don’t really know until the strike ends and they can understand how the supply chains and the whole process can begin back up again.”
Air Canada is also a customer of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, which was already running a minimum of 15 months late before the Machinists strike.
The 787s ordered by Qantas will be delayed even further by the strike, according to this story. The airline has 65 Dreamliner jets on order.
Despite the delay, Qantas is still pushing for the 787-10 model, reports Flight International. Boeing has never committed officially to the stretched version of its mostly composite jet.
The first model to be introduced, its 787-8, is expected to enter service in the third quarter of next year (the strike likely means that will be delayed). Boeing halted work on its short-rangel 787-3 earlier this year to focus on the -8. It had planned to put the 787-9 into service in early 2012.
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