787 customers seek compensation

Published 6:48 am Thursday, April 10, 2008

Wall Street may be been OK with Boeing’s latest 787 delay. The jet’s customers? Not so much.

The Dreamliner has nearly 900 orders from 50 customers, many making public their plans to go after penalties from Boeing.

In this article, Reuters names many prominent Dreamliner customers that already intend to ask Boeing for compensation. That list includes: Air New Zealand, Air India, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Virgin and Qantas. British Airways also said this morning that it’s in talks with Boeing over the delays.

Japan’s ANA, which initially expected its first 787 next month, could be hardest hit by Boeing’s sliding schedule. The airline, along with JAL, had orders in for not only the 787-8 but also the 787-3, which has been bumped back at least two years. That may impact the airline’s expansion plans, reports Bloomberg.

Boeing’s Dreamliner partners, like Spirit, which will receive payments this year from Boeing, fared well after the delay announcement.

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