Originally Posted by
flybit
It seems AC just cant pick the right planes. Perhaps AC expects to go into receivership and dump the bad purchases again.
As to the 788s, AC is one of many airlines who bought them and also have opted to convert some or all of their remaining orders to 789s
As PLeblond and I have posted before, this site is your friend
ALL THINGS 787
http://nyc787.blogspot.ca/
Interesting paragraph from his April 3 update:
"What was also interesting about March deliveries was the number of 787-9 (5) delivered vs. the 787-8 (6), almost half of the delivery totals for the month. For the quarter, Boeing delivered 10 787-9s vs. 20 787-8s. This will be an important metric to watch as production cost come down on the 787-9 (and the 787 program as a whole) the margins on these larger version will be higher vs. the 787-8. The more of these airplanes that are delivered the better Boeing's financial results will look. It is expected that the 787-9 (and the 787-10) should be more profitable to the company to produce than the 787-8. This profitability will be even more pronounced as Boeing has delivered over 50% of the 787-8 ordered thus far while only delivering less than 5% of the total 787-9 ordered to date. Boeing has delivered 24% of the total 787 orders thus far."