Air Pacific cancels order for eight 787s

Published 9:31 am Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Boeing Co. received a cancellation Thursday for 787s, the Associated Press reported. Here’s the story:

The Fiji airline Air Pacific has canceled orders for eight 787s, a jetliner whose debut has been delayed by about three years.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes spokesman Miles Kotay in Seattle said the order was valued at $1.5 billion.

He said Boeing and Air Pacific continue to talk about replacing its wide body fleet. The airline’s evolving business model has affected its fleet requirement, he said.

Air Pacific ordered five of the 787s in 2006 and added three more in 2007.

The new mid-size long-range jetliner is in flight testing.

Kotay said in an email the total number of 787 cancellations is 140 airplanes. Boeing has said on its website that it had about 835 orders for the new model.