Originally Posted by
fly18725
The 787-8 is actually selling better than the -9 and supposedly the lead time to get the -8 is now longer. AA is actually converting some -9s to -8s.
As all 787s are built on the same assembly line, I'm not sure why it would take longer to get one than the other if ordered today.
That said, according to Boeing's order page, the 787-8 has 467 orders, compared to the 787-9's order book of 466. So, the -8 is outselling the -9 as of today by a whopping ONE airplane. Considering that it was launched first, and was in service a few years before the -9, it shows how much more popular the -9 has been lately. For outstanding orders, the -9 has 452, vs only 235 for the -8. Clearly, the 9 is looking to be the more popular model going forward (the -10, for comparison, has 139 orders).