Boeing B787 deliveries delayed into first quarter 2011

After Boeing steadfastly maintained through 1H2010 that the first B787 would be delivered to the launch customer, All Nippon Airways, before the end of 2010, the manufacturer has today pushed back delivery of the first aircraft, this time to “the middle of first quarter 2011”. The delay is the latest in a series of issues that have delayed deliveries more than two and a half years.