ขอเบรคนิดนึงครับ เกิดการดีเลย์ในสายการผลิตของ 787

Serious supply chain problems delay 787 first delivery to 2009

Thursday January 17, 2008
Boeings 787 suppliers continue to fall short in completing work correctly and in a timely manner, the manufacturer admitted yesterday, forcing it to push first flight back another three months to around the end of the second quarter--nearly a year after rollout--and creating considerable uncertainty regarding the Dreamliners delivery schedule and entry into service.

First delivery to ANA will not be until early 2009, the company said, adding that it will be unable to provide a more specific date or a schedule of future deliveries until a more thorough assessment of its supply chain is completed at the end of the current quarter. I know our credibility is. . .being tested, Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Scott Carson said yesterday.

ANA called the further delay extremely regrettable, adding, We will work with Boeing on the revised schedule and decide how to proceed from there.

Carson and 787 Program VP and GM Pat Shanahan detailed the challenges facing the manufacturer yesterday during a conference call in which few reporters were permitted to ask questions. Speaking in a noticeably somber tone, they declined to blame specific suppliers but confessed that Boeing is being forced to do work at its Everett final assembly plant that suppliers were supposed to be doing.

Shanahan said, We underestimated how long it would take to complete someone elses work, noting that the Everett plant was set up for last stage 787 assembly. Carson said it was very onerous and time-consuming to reconcile partner engineering with the actual engineering needed to assemble the first aircraft. He said the company now is focused on getting all the partner supplier factories doing the work theyre supposed to be doing so that we can do the work were supposed to be doing.

While Boeing expressed confidence that it would meet its new schedule for first flight and delivery to ANA, it was noncommittal on further deliveries. Were not going to have 109 deliveries in 09 [as previously planned], Carson admitted, adding that the company had to work through an assessment over the next couple of months before making any statements on production ramp-up.

Shanahan said the new schedule for the first airplane is based on a better plan than the one announced last month, when Boeing projected first flight by the end of the current quarter (ATWOnline, Dec. 12, 2007). We thought that in late December wed really turn the corner, he said, but he revealed that the manufacturer had not realized how much of its partners work it would have to do itself.

Carson was deeply disappointed by the latest delay but expressed great confidence in Shanahan and the 787 management team. Yesterday marked Shanahans 90th day in charge.

Boeings 2008 financial guidance will be updated with the impact of these changes on Jan. 30 when it announces its 2007 results, it said. There will be no impact from the schedule change on 2007 financial results and the company does not expect the impact on 2008 earnings guidance to be significant.

by Aaron Karp

http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=11432

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Bangkok airways ก็สามารถสรุปสัญญาการจัดซื้อ Airbus A350XWB จำนวน 6 ลำ ได้เรียบร้อยแล้วครับ แต่ไป Fleet ของ Bangkok Airways จะมี ATR-72, A319 และ A350

ข่าวดีเยอะจริง ๆ ช่วงนี้

Bangkok Airways seals deal with Airbus

Bangkok Airways has sealed a US$700-million deal for six A350-XWBs,
with Airbus, ending two years of tough negotiations resulting from
delayed production of the next-generation jetliner.

The carrier also on Wednesday finalised an agreement with Rolls
Royce, the UK engine maker, for equipping the jetliners with its
Trent 800 engines and providing maintenance services.

Bangkok Airways chief executive and founder Prasert Prasarttong-
Osoth yesterday confirmed the deals, which firmly set the stage for
the airline to become a long-haul operator.

The deals came with favourable terms for Bangkok Airways, which had
taken advantage of the memorandum of understanding it signed with
Airbus in December 2005 for the purchase of six versions of the
original the mid-sized aircraft.

The aircraft was later redesigned with a wider fuselage, becoming
more expensive and taking longer to develop.

The deals favourable terms were also Airbuss way of compensating
Bangkok Airways for the delay in its A350 programme that was
originally scheduled to enter commercial service in 2010. The new
date is 2013.

That resulted in Bangkok Airways paying only $120 million for each
of the A350-XWBs, versus todays list price of around $180 million.
The agreement involves a firm order for four A350-XWBs and an option
for two others, for delivery between 2015 and 2017 of two units each
year.

The A350-XWB deal closed the door on Airbuss American rival,
Boeing, to sell its popular B787 Dreamliner, which at one stage was
compared with the Airbus jet, to Bangkok Airways. The agreement with
Rolls Royce also came with a 10-year TotalCare service
agreement.

Bangkok Airways had driven a hard bargain with Rolls Royce and was
looking for other engine makes, such as those made General Electric
and Pratt & Whitney, for a better deal.

But Bangkok Airways eventually had to give in as the new Airbus
aircraft was specifically designed to be equipped with Rolls Royces
Trent 800 engines, which improve fuel efficiency.

http://www.bangkokpost.net/Business/18Jan2008_biz44.php

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