Boeing 787 Slots Become Sudden Precious Commodities

[Saj_A]

After the spate of devastating delays that have delayed Boeing’s flagship 787 by over two years, the slow but steady rise in air traffic and a rebound in yield is forcing some customers to rethink their next moves in relation to deliveries, slots and financing of their existing airplane orders.

Now, the Australian carrier is prowling for early slots for its reduced 787 order, however, this search is proving to be unsuccessful as airlines realise that the value of their early delivery positions seems to far outweigh selling them on to rivals waiting farther back down the order queue.

There is a now a real possibility that those financially weaker airlines waiting at the front of the 787 queue may forsake some of their early positions to the highest bidder - revenue is important for Boeing as it aims to improve the profitability of the 787 program and will not be concerned who it is building jets for as long as the cash register “ka-ching” sound keeps playing.

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[Malcolm Parker]

no sympathies, they should not have made the irrational decision in reducing their order and cancelling their early slots. Sureyl the airline knows by know that the aviation industry comes and goes with peaks and troughs every few years and would have known it was recovering some time or rather.

[Harry G]

intersting to see how it affects the flag carrier and the big orange star ....
they jumped og the 787's in favour of airbus if I recall?