Boeing Plans for Future without 787 Reliability Headaches
Boeing expects 787 production rates to reach 12 a month by 2016 and 14 a month before the end of the decade. (Photo: Boeing)
Boeing expects 787 production rates to reach 12 a month by 2016 and 14 a month before the end of the decade. (Photo: Boeing)

Less-than-satisfactory dispatch reliability of the Boeing 787 hasn’t discouraged the company’s ambitions to ensure enough airplanes roll out of the two Dreamliner factories to meet delivery commitments. Now building 787s at a rate of seven per month, the company announced plans last week to raise rates from the 10 per month targeted for the end of this year to 12 per month by 2016 and 14 a month before the end of the decade.