The Boeing Co. has suspended some of the work it had been doing on a short-haul version of its 787 Dreamliner.
After suffering setbacks on its 787-8, Boeing has diverted some resources from the short-haul 787-3 to help meet the program’s “nearer term priorities,” a Boeing spokesman told Bloomberg News this morning. The 787-3 originally was set to enter service in 2010. Japan’s All Nippon Airways and JAL International are the only two carriers that have ordered the 787-3.
After announcing its third delay on the 787-8 in January, Boeing declined to provide an updated timeline for its 787 program until April. The company is nearly a year behind schedule on the 787-8, which has 642 orders from 49 customers. Boeing has said it intends to deliver the first 787-8 next year. It also offers a bigger version of the jet, a 787-9, which also was slated to enter service in 2010 before delays were announced to the Dreamliner program.
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