Boeing Dreamliner In Another Setback

Iconic airline manufacturer has seen its flagship aircraft the Dreamliner suffer yet another setback. The luxury aircraft which is yet to enter commercial operation has been dogged by problems and is massively over its original deadline by three years.

The latest problem was an electrical fire started in the fuselage, which resulted in an emergency landing taking place. Boeing confirmed that all other supporting systems worked as they should in the situation.

The incident has resulted in Boeing grounding all their Dreamliners while tests are carried out. The long awaited Dreamliner is still due to be delivered on March 2011 with All Nippon Airways to be the first airline to take delivery.

The news comes after main rival Airbus experienced major problems with its Trent 900 engines on the Qantas fleet of A380’s.

More Demand For Short Haul Aircraft

Boeing has announced it will improve production of its 737 single isle aircraft, this comes after it announced a rise in the number of planes produced earlier in the year. Boeing currently makes 31.5 737’s a month, then it announced that number would increase to 35 next year. Now they intend to make 38 of the aircraft after 2013.

The increase comes after demand from airlines, who are operating short haul flights, Boeing currently has a backlog of over 2000 orders and that number is set to increase as demand increases.

Boeing have been besieged with problems on its long awaited Dreamliner 787 which is 3 years behind schedule and already has a long list of orders.

More Problems For Boeing's Dreamliner

Boeing’s long awaited Dreamliner 787 has had yet another setback, the incident described as aan engine surge occurred during a test flight of the first plane off the production line. Testing is taking place at Roswell, New Mexico. Boeing said they didn’t know if the latest problem would delay the delivery dates of the dreamliner, which is already 3 years behind schedule.

The Rolls-Royce engine experienced air flow problems causing it to backfire, a new engine will be transported to Roswell to get the plane back in the sky, whilst tests are carried out by Boeing and Rolls-Royce on the faulty engine.

Even with all the problems the Dreamliner has had to overcome it is still the company’s best selling plane at this stage of development with 847 planes already ordered from various airlines. The Dreamliner is expected to be running scheduled flights by March 2010.

Boeing Delays Dreamliner Delivery

Boeing has announced the first delivery of its long awaited 787 Dreamliner will be delayed, All Nippon Airways were due to take delivery of the first of its kind at the end of the year but that date has now been put back to the end of May 2011.

The 787 is already 2 years behind schedule due to a series of technical hitches, but ANA has been promised the first 8 of the aircraft in late May, they have ordered 55 of the planes in total.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the most advanced plane the company has built and Boeing claim it will be faster, lighter and more CO2 efficient than some smaller aircraft flying today.

The delay is due to demand for the Rolls-Royce engine that is needed for the final stages of flight testing. It is unclear at this time if other airlines delivery dates will be affected by the delay.