A day after resuming certification flight testing on the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing announced this morning that it expects delivery of the first production airplane to Japan’s All Nippon Airways in the third quarter of this year. The new delivery date reflects the effect of an in-flight fire during testing last November and includes the time required to produce, install and test updated software and new electrical power distribution panels in the flight-test and production airplanes, said Boeing. Four test airplanes–ZA001, ZA002, ZA004 and ZA005–have returned to flight status. The company said ZA003 and ZA006 would return to flying “within the next week or so.”
“This revised timeline for first delivery accommodates the work we believe remains to be done to complete testing and certification of the 787,” said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of the 787 program. “We’ve also restored some margin in the schedule to allow for any additional time that may be needed to complete certification activities.”
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