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| Monthly 787 Deliveries by Model |
Deliveries of 787 continue to exceed factory output for the third month in a row as Boeing shipped 11 787s to customers versus 10 rollouts from the plants in Everett and North Charleston. For the 3rd quarter which just ended, Boeing has delivered 37 787s versus rolling out 31 aircraft. This means the delivery backlog is shrinking which is very good news for Boeing. The overall program efficiency is 0.91 (10 aircraft completed versus 11 delivered). Everett's efficiency ratio is 0.67 (6 787s rolled out versus 9 delivered). North Charleston didn't do as well as they had an efficiency of 2 (4 roll outs versus only 2 deliveries). Of the 17 787s that are currently complete, 8 were built in Charleston (including the 2 Kenya Airways jets). That's a large number compared to the monthly output from Charleston. This output has increased due to the phase out of the Everett surge line which is currently producing only 1 per month. I don't know the reason for the slow down in the Charleston delivery rate but it could be related to customer readiness to take delivery of the aircraft. Also one cannot help notice that a few 787s have been flown to Everett and were (or will be) delivered from that facility.
Boeing has delivered 329 to date since program deliveries began 4 years ago. This number includes 54 787-9 and 275 787-8. 2015 year to date deliveries stand at 101. Boeing has said that they plan to deliver over 120 787s this year and I believe they can achieve over 130 this year. Over 60% of the total 787-8 order book has been delivered while over 10% of the total 787-9 order book has been turned over to customers. What is noticeable is that since June the number of 787-9 delivered has either equal or exceeded the number of 787-8 delivered. I expect this trend to continue for quite a while since most of the -8s have been delivered, of course this is barring any large -8 orders that Boeing books over the next few years.
Notable 787s that were delivered included ZB412 (LN 345, JA873A) a 787-9 for ANA otherwise known as the "Star Wars jet." ZB362 (LN 346, G-ZBKA) for British Airways. This is the carriers first of 22 -9s. They should have over 16 in the fleet a year from now. ZA685 (LN 343, B-2763) is the 6th and last 787-8 for Xiamen Airlines. ZA225 (LN 344, VH-VKL) is the last 787-8 for Jetstar. All future 787 for QANTAS will now be delivered directly to that carrier.
Even though this is preliminary, I expect that Boeing can deliver up to 14 787s but this number includes the 2 Kenya Airways jests which I list as "In Storage." Some notable deliveries planned for October include the first 787-8 to Oman Air, 2 787-8s to Qatar Airways, 2 787s to Scoot (one -8 and one -9) and two more 787-9s to British Airways. If Congress can resolve the Ex-Im Bank issue (October 2015 might be the last chance to do this until 2017) then the two Kenya Airways 787-8s can also be delivered.
Lastly, word though an article by Flightglobal, indicates that Emirates won't make a decision on the 787-10 vs. the A350-900 until next year. So we can now forget about any major Emirates orders coming from the Dubai Airshow next month.
Notable 787s that were delivered included ZB412 (LN 345, JA873A) a 787-9 for ANA otherwise known as the "Star Wars jet." ZB362 (LN 346, G-ZBKA) for British Airways. This is the carriers first of 22 -9s. They should have over 16 in the fleet a year from now. ZA685 (LN 343, B-2763) is the 6th and last 787-8 for Xiamen Airlines. ZA225 (LN 344, VH-VKL) is the last 787-8 for Jetstar. All future 787 for QANTAS will now be delivered directly to that carrier.
Even though this is preliminary, I expect that Boeing can deliver up to 14 787s but this number includes the 2 Kenya Airways jests which I list as "In Storage." Some notable deliveries planned for October include the first 787-8 to Oman Air, 2 787-8s to Qatar Airways, 2 787s to Scoot (one -8 and one -9) and two more 787-9s to British Airways. If Congress can resolve the Ex-Im Bank issue (October 2015 might be the last chance to do this until 2017) then the two Kenya Airways 787-8s can also be delivered.
Lastly, word though an article by Flightglobal, indicates that Emirates won't make a decision on the 787-10 vs. the A350-900 until next year. So we can now forget about any major Emirates orders coming from the Dubai Airshow next month.
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2015 Projected Operator Deliveries
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