On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:41:38 +0100, zonedout
wrote:
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>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:33:01 -0700 'spanka'
>wrote this on rec.travel.air:
>
>>http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/10102007/325/boeing-delay-first-delivery-787.html
>>
>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing on Wednesday pushed back first
>>deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner by at least six months as it
>>struggles to assemble the new lightweight, carbon-composite plane.
>
>Meanwhile the first commercial flight of the A380 happens in less
>than 2 weeks. Singapore to Sydney.
Yeah, only 2 years and several billions dollars late. And, of course,
it doesn't compete with the 787. The 787 competes with the new A350
whose first expected delivery is sometime in 2013. |
