On Thursday, Boeing reported delivering 135 787 during the past year exceeding it's guidance of more than 120 deliveries. A year ago I had predicted that Boeing would deliver 138 787s so it was very close.
In December, Boeing delivered 9 787: 3 787-8 and 6 787-9s. All these airplanes were delivered just before Christmas as Boeing went on its annual Holiday shutdown. During the same time 11 787s were rolled out in order to be prepared for delivery in the coming months. Because of the Holiday Season, Boeing will roll out only 9 787s but have tentatively scheduled deliveries of 10 Dreamliners as well as starting the final assembly on 8 other 787s.
Boeing also booked 2 787-9 in December but also saw a reduction of 2 787-10 that were on order from United Airlines. Now, curiously, the firing order shows one additional 787-9 for United Airlines (they have 18 on order with 13 delivered but 6 787-9s in the firing order). It may be possible that United converted 2 -10 into -9 but the -9 just haven't showed up on the order table just as yet.
Deliveries this month tentatively include:
3 x 787-9 to Saudi Arabian Airlines
1 787-9 each to Vietnam Airlines (leased from AerCap), United Airlines, British Airways, LAN and Virgin Atlantic Airlines
1 787-8 each to Japan Airlines and Qatar Airways
Some of these aircraft have yet to be painted (3rd Saudi Arabian and Qatar) and one has yet to fly its B-1 flight (British Airways) with 3 weeks left in the month.
Later this month Boeing will have it's 4th quarter earnings conference call and I expect that they will shed some light on 787 delivery guidance as well as program profitability and, more importantly, the progress on reducing deferred production costs.
This is my first post in 2016 and I only has one post last month due to being on vacation. However I did manage to get some pictures and video of 787s abroad:
Air India 787-8 atSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, India. Registration Unknown, an IL-76 of the Indian Air Force is behind.
Air India 787-8 atSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, India. Registration Unknown, an IL-76 of the Indian Air Force is behind.
Air India 787-8 atSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, India. Registration Unknown, an IL-76 of the Indian Air Force is behind.
Air India 787-8 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, Reg. VT-AND, Air India's 2nd Dreamliner
Air India 787-8 atSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, India. Registration Unknown, an IL-76 of the Indian Air Force is behind.
Air India 787-8 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, Reg. VT-AND, Air India's 2nd Dreamliner
Air India 787-8 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, Reg. VT-AND, Air India's 2nd Dreamliner
Air India 787-8 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India, Reg. VT-AND, Air India's 2nd Dreamliner
Etihad Airways 787-9, Registration: A6-BLE at Abu Dhabi International Airport
Etihad Airways 787-9, Registration: A6-BLE at Abu Dhabi International Airport
Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 747-8I, Reg.: A6-PFA at Abu Dhabi International Airport
Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 777-300ER, Reg.: A6-SIL at Abu Dhabi International Airport
Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 777-300ER and 787-8 behind it (reg.: A6-PFC) at Abu Dhabi International Airport
My video taken Abu Dhabi International Airport at take off. In it you will see an Etihad 787-9, Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 787-8 and 747-8I as well as the new terminal that is being constructed.
Where did you predict that Boeing would deliver 138 787s? Your 1/9/15 post "2015 Look Ahead for the 787" indicates that internal Boeing sources predicted 138, but you wrote "in my view Boeing should be able to deliver around 125 to 130 787s". You confirmed these numbers in your 1/19/15 post "787 Mid month report - January 2015".
Nit-picky details aside, I'm surprised to see so many Terrible Teens getting "real work", though I'm amazed at how long they're predicting the re-work to take before delivery. Might some of these finish re-work then fly elsewhere for fully-built storage? I'm also surprised that Charleston still seems to be dependent upon positions 5 & 6 in the factory, as they seem to be taking about 50% longer from load to rollout than Everett. That could spell challenges for their "risk abatement" for the 787-10.
Uresh - I have never seen open doors on a commercial plane before your pictures of the AI at Gandhi without a supply truck or a jetway in position. Is this why you included so many pictures? Not being a foreign traveler, is this a somewhat common sight? As there are no signs of personnel it makes for a security nightmare.
They were running some sort of tests as the navigation lights were on. The jet bridge wasn't attached and it wasn't anymore of a security threat if the doors were closed.
It's Jan 25 and only 1 aircraft has been delivered this month, with 8 ready to deliver aircraft piled up. Any idea what accounts for the slow start of the year?
WOW - only 5 (five) deliveries in January? Gives credence to the local Seattle term for Boeing, "The Lazy B". Appears they forgot to wake up after their Christmas time off, which is built into the Boeing contract and does not count against the employees vacation time.
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Where did you predict that Boeing would deliver 138 787s? Your 1/9/15 post "2015 Look Ahead for the 787" indicates that internal Boeing sources predicted 138, but you wrote "in my view Boeing should be able to deliver around 125 to 130 787s". You confirmed these numbers in your 1/19/15 post "787 Mid month report - January 2015".
Nit-picky details aside, I'm surprised to see so many Terrible Teens getting "real work", though I'm amazed at how long they're predicting the re-work to take before delivery. Might some of these finish re-work then fly elsewhere for fully-built storage? I'm also surprised that Charleston still seems to be dependent upon positions 5 & 6 in the factory, as they seem to be taking about 50% longer from load to rollout than Everett. That could spell challenges for their "risk abatement" for the 787-10.
Uresh -
I have never seen open doors on a commercial plane before your pictures of the AI at Gandhi without a supply truck or a jetway in position.
Is this why you included so many pictures?
Not being a foreign traveler, is this a somewhat common sight?
As there are no signs of personnel it makes for a security nightmare.
They were running some sort of tests as the navigation lights were on. The jet bridge wasn't attached and it wasn't anymore of a security threat if the doors were closed.
Please check the Vietnam 787 in operation :)
Any particular reason that the Everitt paint shop is not used much at the moment
The pre-delivery flights are now down to 4 or 5. Anyone know how many there are for the 737? The 777?
737: 3
777: 4 to 5
737:3
777:4 to 5
737: about 3-4
777: about 4-5
b767300er - thanks!
It's Jan 25 and only 1 aircraft has been delivered this month, with 8 ready to deliver aircraft piled up. Any idea what accounts for the slow start of the year?
WOW - only 5 (five) deliveries in January? Gives credence to the local Seattle term for Boeing, "The Lazy B". Appears they forgot to wake up after their Christmas time off, which is built into the Boeing contract and does not count against the employees vacation time.
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