Aircraft
Boeing To Move 787-9 Tail Work Out of Puget Sound
Boeing to move 787-8 tail work to Boeing Salt Lake City and Alenia.
Boeing expects its Salt Lake City site to start building the first production horizontal stabilizer for the 787-9 "late this year." (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing expects its Salt Lake City site to start building the first production horizontal stabilizer for the 787-9 "late this year." (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing has decided to move production of the 787-9 horizontal stabilizer from its development center in Seattle to Boeing Salt Lake City and Italy’s Alenia, the company announced yesterday during a stop on the 787 “Dream Tour” in Salt Lake City. Plans call for work to begin in Salt Lake City late this year and delivery of the first example during next year’s first quarter. Boeing has yet to determine the date for first delivery from Alenia, a Boeing spokesman told AIN.