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Article: Dreamliner costing Boeing $4B in overruns.
- Article from:
- UPI Energy Resources
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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Production delays in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner have cost the U.S. planemaker $4 billion more than it expected, an industry analyst said.
They have blown through cost estimates with this program, Broadpoint AmTech analyst Peter Arment, told the Chicago Tribune.
Arment estimated the plane, originally billed as revolutionary, has cost Boeing $4 billion in development overruns.
The 787 has suffered five production delays impacting suppliers and customers. It is now two years behind its original schedule and has yet to get airborne on a test flight.
The delays are due, in part, to the new materials and ...