Delta rethinking Northwest's 787 order
Thursday March 5, 2009
Delta Air Lines indicated it is having second thoughts about committing fully to Northwest Airlines' 2005 order for 18 787-8s, eliminating the aircraft from its list of firm orders in the annual report released this week.
"The Boeing Co. has informed us that Boeing will be unable to meet the contractual delivery schedule for these aircraft. We are in discussions with Boeing regarding this situation," DL said in the report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It has not canceled the order. The statement first was reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
NWA's order followed Continental Airlines' by some four months, but it was Northwest that was scheduled to take first delivery. A Boeing spokesperson told the P-I that the DL/NWA order is "still on the books."
Delta's current firm order book comprises 63 other aircraft including eight 777-200LRs. The remaining aircraft are single-aisle planes or regional jets. DL listed 18 787 options in its "Aircraft on Option" table along with six 767-300ERs, 12 767-400s and 27 777-200LRs that have scheduled delivery slots. DL said those 787 options, if exercised, are scheduled to begin delivery in 2013. Boeing has had orders for 32 787s canceled this year: 16 by Dubai lessor LCAL, 15 by S7 Airlines and one VIP order.
by Brian Straus
ATWOnline
Thursday March 5, 2009
Delta Air Lines indicated it is having second thoughts about committing fully to Northwest Airlines' 2005 order for 18 787-8s, eliminating the aircraft from its list of firm orders in the annual report released this week.
"The Boeing Co. has informed us that Boeing will be unable to meet the contractual delivery schedule for these aircraft. We are in discussions with Boeing regarding this situation," DL said in the report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It has not canceled the order. The statement first was reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
NWA's order followed Continental Airlines' by some four months, but it was Northwest that was scheduled to take first delivery. A Boeing spokesperson told the P-I that the DL/NWA order is "still on the books."
Delta's current firm order book comprises 63 other aircraft including eight 777-200LRs. The remaining aircraft are single-aisle planes or regional jets. DL listed 18 787 options in its "Aircraft on Option" table along with six 767-300ERs, 12 767-400s and 27 777-200LRs that have scheduled delivery slots. DL said those 787 options, if exercised, are scheduled to begin delivery in 2013. Boeing has had orders for 32 787s canceled this year: 16 by Dubai lessor LCAL, 15 by S7 Airlines and one VIP order.
by Brian Straus
ATWOnline