787~ A Firm Delivery Date ?

[fishers.ghost]

Boeing has confirmed that its launch customer,All Nippon, for the 787 will receive its first aircraft in September 2011.
Boeing is slated to deliver 20 of the aircraft this year to various customers

[wheels_down]

Looks like quite a few operators should have it by the years end if all goes to plan

China Southern
Japan Airlines (albeit the new ugly scheme)
Aeromexico
Air India
Continental
LAN

When are QF/JQ getting them?

Air India seem pretty keen to send them to Melbourne.

[Tankengine]

Jetstar is supposed to get them in Aug 2008!

[PoppaJo]

yeah but then they went out and canceled 15 of them. Here is a small summary of the changes the QF Management made:

• Jetstar's first 15 787s will now be 787-9s, not 787-8s and will arrive in mid-2013.
• The 15 deferred 787-8s will be put into domestic operations starting in the 4th quarter of 2014 over the following 12 months.
• The remaining 20 787-9 will be for Qantas and Jetstar operations, with the first deliveries in the 4th quarter of 2015 through 2017.
• Total firm order stands at 50 787s, down from 65, with options for 50 more

[Arnold E]

Hmmm, maybe be better if Q doesn't get them, looking at the history.

[jarden]

So 2 more years before the first 787s come onto the Australian register.
They cancelled their early delivery slots then.

[packrat]

Something Smells Rotten at Mascot

Why would the merry moronic muppets of mascot cancel early Aircraft delivery slots?
So they dont have to pay leasing costs before Qantas is sold,which will probably be in the next 18months