Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) sixth delay of its 787 Dreamliner won’t postpone the delivery date of the aircraft ordered by Royal Jordanian, the carrier’s Chief Executive Officer Hussein Dabbas said.
“We were assured the delivery of our airplanes will not be affected,” Dabbas said in a telephone interview today from Amman, where the carrier is based.
The carrier expects to receive its first plane in 2013, according to Dabbas.
But Boeing has learned the hard (and expensive) way that delegating too much of the advanced work on the 787 to global partners has not worked.
Despite having bought out the Global Aeronautica stakes from Alenia and Vought, the company is still experiencing quality issues that should not be occurring so close to when the 787 is on the final leg of its completion efforts.
Acquiring the Italian Alenia operation now would be a risky move, but leaving it longer will continue to compound the risk as Boeing looks to ramp up production towards 10-per-month by 2013.
Source:http://www.benzinga.com/general/10/08/450460/boeings-expensive-lesson-in-outsourcing
