American Airlines expects its first Boeing 787s to arrive about a year later than originally planned due to last year’s machinists’ strike at Boeing, according to an SEC filing issued by the Dallas-based airline yesterday. Last year the carrier signed a firm order for 42 Boeing 787-9s, the first of which it expected to arrive in 2012 and the last in 2018. Boeing expects to fly the first prototype late this spring, almost two years later than originally planned.
“Based on preliminary information received from Boeing on the impact of the overall Boeing 787 program delay to American’s delivery positions due to the strike in 2008, the company now believes the first of the initial 42 aircraft will be delivered during the second half of 2013,” said American in its filing. “The first of the 58 optional purchase rights aircraft would be delivered in the second half of 2016 based on the same preliminary information.”
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