Boeing 787 Focus Shifts To Delivery and Production Pace

Sean Broderick Daniel Williams August 10, 2022

Boeing 787 production line — As deliveries resume, Boeing's focus will shift to completing work on aircraft already built and slowly ramping up 787 monthly production, which has been below two airframes per month since mid-2021.
Credit: Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times

Now that Boeing is resuming 787 deliveries, the company’s focus will shift to wiping out a 120-airframe stored backlog while steadily increasing production from the current rate of about one per month. On July 29, Boeing received long-awaited FAA approval on its plan to inspect undelivered 787s and...

Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

Daniel Williams

Based in the UK, Daniel is Director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network. Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2017, Daniel held a number of industry positions analyzing fleet data.

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