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Further Delay for 747-8 Intercontinental
By Gregory Polek

April 23, 2009
Aerospace Industry, Aircraft

Boeing CEO Jim McNerney today revealed a further delay of the 747-8 Intercontinental, from the second quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of that year. Speaking during the company’s first-quarter earnings call this morning, McNerney blamed the estimated six-month delay on the “softening freighter market and the resulting decision to delay a planned increase in 747 production.”
This month’s announcement by Boeing of plans to slash production of the 777 from seven to five per month included mention of the decision not to speed production of 747-8s. Last year Boeing delivered fourteen 747s, all freighter versions of the 747-400. Boeing still expects to deliver its first 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux during next year’s third quarter–some nine months later than originally planned but consistent with a schedule modification announced last November.
McNerney said the move “is consistent with the discussions we’ve had with our Intercontinental customers and was factored into the first quarter production decision financial impacts.”
Although Lufthansa remains the only airline customer for the 747-8, Boeing has sold eight VIP variants, and, according to a company spokesman, plans remain in place to deliver the first Intercontinental to a VIP customer shortly before Lufthansa takes its first airplane. Lufthansa holds orders for 20 of the 970,000-pound, wide-body airliner, and expects delivery of its first airplane in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Secondo me hanno deciso di stare alla finestra per un po' e poi decidere cosa fare...
 
Su A-net peraltro si parla della cancellazione di 2 748-BBJ. La vedo dura...
Secondo me se Boeing e LH riescono a trovare un accordo, che a questo punto potrebbe convenire ad entrambe, il 748i potrebbe non vedere mai la luce.
A Boeing non credo che convenga industrializzare la versione pax del 748F per 28 ordini.
Per LH, visto lo scarso successo del 748i, potrebbe essere preferibile ripiegare sul 380 (e in parte sul futuro 350-1000). Si ritroverebbe nel medio periodo con una flotta tutto-Airbus con i vantaggi del caso. Il 748i inoltre potrebbe essere visto dai passeggeri come "una minestra riscaldata" al quale si contrappone il "nuovo" 380. (Non me ne vogliano gli appassionati, il mio è un plausibile ragionamento del passeggero "medio" :D:D).
Inoltre il valore sul mercato dell'usato di un 748 nel lungo periodo credo sarebbe molto basso.
 
http://www.flightglobal.com/article...s-to-747-8-but-braces-for-possible-delay.html

DATE:28/06/09
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
Lufthansa commits to 747-8 but braces for possible delay
By David Kaminski-Morrow

German flag-carrier Lufthansa is braced for a possible further delay to its Boeing 747-8 aircraft in the wake of the newly-disclosed problems with the 787.

The carrier, which has an order for 20 passenger 747-8s, is remaining committed to the type. It is not seeking to defer deliveries of the 747-8 or its Airbus A380s.

But chief financial officer Stephan Gemkow, in an investor presentation on 25 June, said the "quite spectacular" revelation about the latest 787 delay was likely to have a knock-on effect on the larger Boeing's development.

"I'm sure the delay of the 787 will mean that they have to pull in more engineering resources, and that will [mean] even further delays, as a consequence, for the 747-8," says Gemkow. "I would not be surprised to learn this some weeks and months in the future."

He says that, despite the economic slowdown, the carrier has "not undertaken any effort so far to postpone any delivery".




Lufthansa vice-president of strategy Harald Deprosse backs Gemkow's statements, saying that the carrier is "sticking to its decision" to acquire the 747-8 and adding that there is "no discussion of a different development".

Deprosse says the airline is to receive five A380 aircraft next year for operations from Frankfurt Main and that the A380 summer 2010 schedule is on track.

Lufthansa has been examining about 20 destinations for the type and while it has not confirmed its first routes, a source familiar with the strategy indicates that New York will be a priority.

Deprosse says that Lufthansa's A380 plans initially centre on delivery of 10 aircraft. "There are further five aircraft which were part of the original deal, back in 2001, when Lufthansa ordered 15 A380s," he says.

"But it's a mixture, it's a firm order for the first 10 and there is an option for a final decision for number 11 to number 15. This has never changed, this was the original negotiation in the deal that we had with Airbus."
 
Come ordinativi come sono messi? C'è ancora solo Lufthansa con 10 ordini per il passeggeri e qualche cargo?
Grazie
 
Potrebbe essere un fattore di spinta la necessità del Governo degli USA di rimpiazzare i 747 presidenziali?Ricordo di avere letto qui che necessariamente l'aereo del Presidente USA deve esser un quadrimotore, e dubito scelgano Airbus in vece di Boeing per questa funzione...
 
Quello che non capisco del discorso USAF1 è perché sia del tutto necessario il 747-8i. L'Air Force One sarà comunque un aereo altamente modificato, che del 747 prende praticamente solo la struttura ma non gli allestimenti interni. Non può essere sviluppato dal 747-8F, che comunque si farà?
 
Prende forma il primo Boeing 747-8 Freighter
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Boeing ha annunciato un nuovo importante passo avanti nell'assemblaggio del primo 747-8 Freighter. Infatti questa settimana i tecnici dello stabilimento di Everett hanno iniziato l'unione delle sezioni anteriore e posteriore della fusoliera con la sezione centrale e alare. La fusoliera del 747-8 Freighter è lunga 76,3 metri, circa 5,6 metri in più rispetto al suo predecessore 747-400 Freighter.
 
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