Timeline: Boeing delivers first 787 Dreamliner in more than a year

– Boeing Co delivered its first 787 Dreamliner in additional than a yr on Wednesday after a prolonged halt, stemming from manufacturing issues, value the U.S. planemaker no less than $5 billion.

The restart in deliveries comes as a significant reduction for Boeing, which was scuffling with the manufacturing of the wide-body jet for greater than two years. It might additionally assist the airline business higher faucet this yr’s growth in journey demand.

Here's a timeline of the troubled 787 program since 2020:

Date Improvement

September Boeing finds manufacturing downside within the new 787

2020 Dreamliner and warns of delays in deliveries

(https://reut.rs/3p3oPNF)

December Cuts 787 Dreamliner manufacturing for the fourth

2020 time in 18 months after posting zero

deliveries in November (https://reut.rs/3C9uIAH)

December The corporate’s high quality inspections associated to

2020 beforehand disclosed manufacturing flaws within the

airplane finds the identical concern in different components of

the jet (https://reut.rs/3p3p8bh)

March 2021 Boeing resumes 787 deliveries; fingers over one

airplane to United Airways (https://reut.rs/3dc3r5X)

Might 2021 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says

Boeing will briefly halt 787 deliveries as

the company waits for extra information to find out if

the planemaker’s deliberate inspection technique

meets federal necessities

July 2021 The FAA says some undelivered planes have a

new manufacturing high quality concern that the

firm will repair earlier than supply

July 2021 Boeing cuts 787 manufacturing after discovering

one other production-related structural defect

September The Wall Avenue Journal stories that the

2021 supply of Dreamliners will doubtless stay

halted till no less than late October because the FAA

rejects the corporate’s inspection proposal

October 2021 Boeing finds new defect in 787 Dreamliner,

says some titanium components have been improperly

manufactured over the previous three years

January 2022 Unveils a complete of $4.5 billion in prices in

the fourth quarter associated to 787 supply

delays, buyer concessions and manufacturing

prices

February The FAA says it might carry out last

2022 inspections on new jets and won't permit the

planemaker to self-certify particular person new

Boeing 787 planes

April 2022 Boeing tells airways and components suppliers that

787 deliveries will resume within the second half

of 2022, Reuters stories

Might 2022 The FAA finds 787 certification paperwork

incomplete, Reuters stories

July 2022 FAA approves Boeing’s inspection and

modification plan to renew deliveries of the

plane

August 2022 The U.S. authorities approves the primary 787

supply since 2021, clearing the way in which for

American Airways to take possession

August 2022 American Airways says it has

taken the supply of its first 787 Dreamliner

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