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Old Nov 13, 2011, 12:15 pm
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Stripy
 
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Originally Posted by zman
Not one 787-9 has been built to date, never mind flown.
Originally Posted by FWAAA
Exactly. I'd bet the first 787 won't actually be delivered until 2015 or 2016.

AA is probably in line for continuing compensation from Boeing's failure to have these ready by 2012, as AA's initial order specified.
I'm just a casual observer so didn't know much about the original delivery schedule or the fact that they haven't even built a 787-9 yet....but this does beg the question....why were so many people surprised and/or angry that AA chose to give a large part of it's recent order to Airbus? Until Boeing get this somewhat dismal performance issue sorted out and behind them surely every airline will think twice before going anywhere near them with an order for new planes.
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